Diesel Engine Care and Repair

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-07-147468-9
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 16 Seiten, Format (B × H): 109 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 68 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Calder, Nigel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Wassersport
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Meerestechnik, ablandige Plattformen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Calder, Nigel
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.