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JAXAshby wrote:


The claim has been made by a poster on this ng who calls himself "steve" that
diesel engines as used on commercial fishing boats are often torn down for a
major overhaul after every trip to sea, about 700+ engine time.

Anyone here have experience with diesel engines in commercial fishing boats?
do those guys really trust their lives to engines that won't go even a thousand
hours? Anybody know why they do this?

Or is "steve" out to lunch?

A USCG boat in this area had to rip out and replace a Cummins turbodiesel
with just over 1500 hours. Warped head among other problems. They were
not amused with this "life", from what I was told - but they also did the
R&R themselves in a bit over 6 hours (!)

I think that pace would be considered "in earnest"

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