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Diesel engines
A friend is thinking of buying a yacht with twin diesel engines. He doesn't
trust the people who inspect boats because he believes they are in cahoots with the yatch brokers. He asked me if I'd take a look at the engines in the boat he made an offer on. Are there some things I can check on without taking a lot of time and using expensive equipment? He suggested checking the exhaust for smoke but since diesels burn oil anyway I wouldn't expect to tell much from that. Oil analysis is out because the owner just changed it. engineman1 |
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In article , Engineman1 wrote:
A friend is thinking of buying a yacht with twin diesel engines. He doesn't trust the people who inspect boats because he believes they are in cahoots with the yatch brokers. He asked me if I'd take a look at the engines in the boat he made an offer on. Are there some things I can check on without taking a lot of time and using expensive equipment? He suggested checking the exhaust for smoke but since diesels burn oil anyway I wouldn't expect to tell much from that. Oil analysis is out because the owner just changed it. If it were me buying it then I'd want to do a compression test. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mike Graham | Metalworker, rustic, part-time zealot. | http://www.metalmangler.com| Caledon, Ontario, Canada |
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Have him call several insurance companies for quotes. They will recommend
very independent expert marine surveyors who do this stuff for a living and could care less what a yacht broker thinks of them. If you pay for a valuation survey you'll get a thorough report and a fair estimate of the value. There's lots more to a boat than engines, and there's an awful lot to marine engines. What you don't know can cost a fortune if it doesn't actually kill you. "Engineman1" wrote in message ... A friend is thinking of buying a yacht with twin diesel engines. He doesn't trust the people who inspect boats because he believes they are in cahoots with the yatch brokers. He asked me if I'd take a look at the engines in the boat he made an offer on. Are there some things I can check on without taking a lot of time and using expensive equipment? He suggested checking the exhaust for smoke but since diesels burn oil anyway I wouldn't expect to tell much from that. Oil analysis is out because the owner just changed it. engineman1 |
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In article , Ed Huntress wrote:
that. Oil analysis is out because the owner just changed it. You can learn a lot about the condition of a diesel engine by having an assessment done of the lubricating oil's condition. I guess the missed that pertinant final line in the original poster's message, the the oil was just changed. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mike Graham | Metalworker, rustic, part-time zealot. | http://www.metalmangler.com| Caledon, Ontario, Canada |
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There are two kinds of smoke from either Diesel or SI engine. First is
white/bluish smoke. Although we frequently say an engine smoking like that is 'burning' oil, it is not really burning it. In fact, that is vapor from hot oil, unburned, and comes from oil leaking into hot cylinder from bad rings or valve seals, and is the same in SI or CI. Second kind of smoke is black smoke, or soot. This has somewhat different but related causes in SI and CI engines. In either case it is due to rich mixture resulting in incomplete combustion, but the technical details on exactly how the soot forms are different. In the CI (Diesel) it usually means misadjustment or problem in fuel (injection) control. Engineman1 wrote: A friend is thinking of buying a yacht with twin diesel engines. He doesn't trust the people who inspect boats because he believes they are in cahoots with the yatch brokers. He asked me if I'd take a look at the engines in the boat he made an offer on. Are there some things I can check on without taking a lot of time and using expensive equipment? He suggested checking the exhaust for smoke but since diesels burn oil anyway I wouldn't expect to tell much from that. Oil analysis is out because the owner just changed it. engineman1 -- Don Stauffer in Minnesota webpage- http://www.usfamily.net/web/stauffer |
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"Mike Graham" wrote in message
... In article , Ed Huntress wrote: that. Oil analysis is out because the owner just changed it. You can learn a lot about the condition of a diesel engine by having an assessment done of the lubricating oil's condition. I guess the missed that pertinant final line in the original poster's message, the the oil was just changed. Too bad. -- Ed Huntress (remove "3" from email address for email reply) |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
"Mike Graham" wrote in message ... In article , Ed Huntress wrote: that. Oil analysis is out because the owner just changed it. You can learn a lot about the condition of a diesel engine by having an assessment done of the lubricating oil's condition. I guess the missed that pertinant final line in the original poster's message, the the oil was just changed. Too bad. How sensitive are the tests? Obviously, they will pick up 'normal' levels of wear, but might you get reasonable indications at lower levels, from 10 hours of wear? Not to mention the fact that all the oil won't have been drained out. -- http://inquisitor.i.am/ | | Ian Stirling. ---------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------- Two parrots sitting on a perch. One asks the other, "Can you smell fish?" |
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Yep, indeed, steam. Steam should dissipate quicker than smoke. Bluish
white (oil vapor) stays a bit longer, soot hangs around forever, unfortunately :-) Carl Byrns wrote: On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:11:30 -0500, Don Stauffer wrote: There are two kinds of smoke from either Diesel or SI engine. First is white/bluish smoke. Although we frequently say an engine smoking like that is 'burning' oil, it is not really burning it. In fact, that is vapor from hot oil, unburned, and comes from oil leaking into hot cylinder from bad rings or valve seals, and is the same in SI or CI. Second kind of smoke is black smoke, or soot. This has somewhat different but related causes in SI and CI engines. In either case it is due to rich mixture resulting in incomplete combustion, but the technical details on exactly how the soot forms are different. In the CI (Diesel) it usually means misadjustment or problem in fuel (injection) control. You forgot white smoke- steam- from internal water leaks. -Carl "The man who has nothing worth dying for has nothing worth living for"- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Don Stauffer in Minnesota webpage- http://www.usfamily.net/web/stauffer |
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 19:19:27 GMT, Carl Byrns
wrote something .......and in reply I say!: There can be white _smoke_ (stays around and does not dissipate as fast as steem) caused by too lean a mix, IIRC. On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:11:30 -0500, Don Stauffer wrote: There are two kinds of smoke from either Diesel or SI engine. First is white/bluish smoke. Although we frequently say an engine smoking like that is 'burning' oil, it is not really burning it. In fact, that is vapor from hot oil, unburned, and comes from oil leaking into hot cylinder from bad rings or valve seals, and is the same in SI or CI. Second kind of smoke is black smoke, or soot. This has somewhat different but related causes in SI and CI engines. In either case it is due to rich mixture resulting in incomplete combustion, but the technical details on exactly how the soot forms are different. In the CI (Diesel) it usually means misadjustment or problem in fuel (injection) control. You forgot white smoke- steam- from internal water leaks. -Carl "The man who has nothing worth dying for has nothing worth living for"- Martin Luther King, Jr. ************************************************** **************************************** Huh! Old age!. You may hate it, but let me tell you, you can't get by for long without it! Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !! ") _/ ) ( ) _//- \__/ |
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