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Small Diesel Engine Maintenance and Repair
Generators, Tractors, Pumps and Stationary Engines: Fuel, Cooling, Electrics, Troubleshooting and Storage
Verlag:
Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36738965
EAN: 9798190411546
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Di, 27.10.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 24.50
Beschreibung
A small diesel is the most reliable engine most people own and the least forgiving when it is neglected. It runs for years without complaint, then stops for a reason that was visible weeks earlier. This manual is about seeing that reason. Twenty-six chapters work through the engine as a set of systems that each fail in their own way: fuel that must be clean and free of water, air that must arrive unrestricted, cooling that must actually circulate, oil that does more than lubricate, and an electrical side that causes more no-start calls than everything else combined. Each chapter builds from how the system works to what it looks like when it is going wrong, because a diesel almost always warns before it fails. The diagnostic chapters are the heart of the book. Starting problems are worked through a systematic path rather than by guesswork. Running problems are read from what the engine is telling you: the colour of the smoke, the character of the knock, the way power falls away under load. WHAT IS INSIDE. 26 chapters covering fuel, injection, air and exhaust, cooling, lubrication, electrics, turbocharging, valve train, governor and timing Application chapters for generator sets, tractor and equipment engines, and pumps and stationary engines that spend months idle Systematic diagnosis for starting faults and for running faults, with the readings that separate one cause from another 4 fully worked cases from first symptom to confirmed cause 14 clear technical diagrams Chapters on tools and meters, on costs and dealing with trades, and on emergency and temporary repairs Service log and fault log sheets, four appendices and a 14-term glossary WHO IT IS FOR Owners of standby generators, compact tractors, irrigation and transfer pumps, and any stationary diesel that has to start when it is needed. Injection pump internals and injector overhaul are identified as workshop work rather than described as weekend jobs.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Talor Press
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 140