
Diesel Engine Care and Repair
A Captain's Quick Guide
Nigel Calder(Author)
International Marine Publishing Co
Published on 16. March 2007
Book
Other book format
16 pages
978-0-07-147468-9 (ISBN)
Description
When it's sink or swim, this Quick Guide will keep you afloat!
On the water, when an engine problem surfaces, there is no time to spend searching through an exhaustive manual. Diesel Engine Care and Repair provides all the answers--fast.
Drawn from the world's largest boating library, it presents 14 color panels of authoritative, concise information on diesel engines. This on-the-spot reference is a convenient, accessible, and utterly streamlined information resource.
On the water, when an engine problem surfaces, there is no time to spend searching through an exhaustive manual. Diesel Engine Care and Repair provides all the answers--fast.
Drawn from the world's largest boating library, it presents 14 color panels of authoritative, concise information on diesel engines. This on-the-spot reference is a convenient, accessible, and utterly streamlined information resource.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Rockport, ME
United States
Illustrations
25 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 109 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
68 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-147468-9 (9780071474689)
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E-Book
04/2007
1st Edition
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
€19.89
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Person
Niger Calder is the author of Marine Diesel Engines (1987, 1991) and Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual (1989, 1995), the success of which has made him the most sought-after marine how-to writer in the U.S. and U.K. He has published more than 800 magazine articles in SAIL, Cruising World, Ocean Navigator, Yachting World, etc., and lectures on cruising to sell-out crowds. He is also the author of The Cruising Guide to The Northwest Caribbean (IM, 1991) and Cuba: A Cruising Guide (Imray, 1996). He will be testing his newest ideas with his family during a six-month cruise to the Caribbean and South America this winter.
Content
Meet Your Diesel Engine
Standard Operating Practices
Troubleshooting
Overview
Engine Cranks Slowly or Not at All
Engine Seized Up
Engine Cranks Normally But Does Not Fire
Engine Overheats
Miscellaneous Operating Problems
Routine Maintenance
Standard Operating Practices
Troubleshooting
Overview
Engine Cranks Slowly or Not at All
Engine Seized Up
Engine Cranks Normally But Does Not Fire
Engine Overheats
Miscellaneous Operating Problems
Routine Maintenance