MARINE TS3’s
Checklist
To Keep Your TS3 In Good Order
- Do not attempt to
start the engine with flat batteries. This will damage your starter motor
and they are expensive to repair.
- Always check your
bilge pumps and check that your bilge trays are dry before starting the
engine.
- Do not start your engine if the bottom of the bell
housing is sitting in water. Major damage to starter and flex plate
assembly could occur if you do.
- Change the engine oil and oil
filter regularly (every 200hrs).
- For moderate climate
conditions, use only low ash SAE30
monograde such as Shell Rimula R3+ 30.
Call us for recommendations if you are operating outside moderate climate
conditions.
- Regular fuel filter changes
every year or 200hrs.
- Use a good quality anti-freeze / inhibitor in the engine coolant at all times.
- Keep your diesel tanks full
when not in use to avoid condensation forming inside the empty part of the
fuel tank.
- Have your injector pump and
injectors serviced every 1,000 hours or 5 years.
- Idle speed should be set at
550rpm – very important!
- Make sure all your gauges are
working and are accurate. If you replace a gauge, you must also replace the sender to match the
gauge.
- Where possible, fit Kysor
engine warning / shut down equipment to protect the engine if a mishap
starts to occur. In so many cases, the skipper is distracted and doesn’t
notice the change on the gauges until too late, whereas a loud buzzer and
bright red light switching on will be observed immediately.
- Make sure the engine scavenge
blower is getting huge amounts of clean, cool air,
from outside the engine bay.
- We recommend at least a 6”
diameter inlet pipe to the scavenge blower (per engine) and
do not draw air into
the blower from inside the engine bay (hot air).
- Use A4 page sized air venting
to and from the engine bay (per engine).
- An A4 page sized duct (per
engine) should be installed from the top of the engine bay to allow hot
air to escape to atmosphere. The duct can be made inside an existing
cupboard or built in seating and should be insulated for heat and sound.
- The A4 page sized air inlet
to the engine bay can be positioned inside an existing cupboard or seating
and positioned as low as possible to the lower floor level.
- Use correct AC oil bath air
cleaners (two per engine).
- Dry element air filters can
be used, providing the canister inlet size is 6” or larger. Dry element
air filter paper can be adversely affected by dampness / condensation /
moisture, whereas oil bath filter medium is not.
- Beware of higher blower
pressures (over 5psi). This means there could be a restriction in your
exhaust or exhaust ports are carboned up or the blower needs overhauling. This
must
be fixed immediately.
- Exhaust design needs careful
consideration. A short exhaust
ducted out the side or a dry system ducted up through the cabin is best.
- Where a backwash protector is
used, the unit needs to have 5” ID piping and 4” ID piping from the
backwash unit to the stern. Please contact us for further advice on
exhaust design.
- Use a water cooled exhaust manifold and a water cooled exhaust pipe down to the back-wash unit.
- Please talk to us about the manifold and exhaust design. We can assist with fabrication if required.
- If the standard cast iron exhaust manifold is used, it must me lagged in heat insulating material to prevent overheating the engine bay.
- Beware of low engine
operating temperatures. Low temperature indicates thermostat failure,
which must be fixed as soon as possible.
- Cold oil pressure should be
50 to 65psi at start up and hot oil pressure should be 10psi at idle and
50psi at 1,500rpm. Stop the engine immediately
and contact us if oil pressure is outside these values.
- If your engine is slow to start
when cold and blows white smoke at start-up, do not use
and contact us immediately for repairs.
- Do not idle the engine for
long periods to charge house batteries or run the fridge compressor. TS3
engines are not designed to be idled for long periods at no or light
loads.
- Use a suitably sized solar
panel battery charger for house and engine battery charging.
- Use the engine sparingly or
under load to run your fridge compressor, or install a battery / LPG
fridge.
- For larger vessels, a small
auxiliary engine driven genset maybe appropriate.
Call
us if you have any questions.
P: +64 9 2706001
M: 021 2541939
E: mark.erskine@actrix.co.nz |
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