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Stress-Free Engine Maintenance
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Description
Stress-Free Engine Maintenance is an accessible and practical guide to understanding what is going on with your boat's engine, how to look after it as well as knowing the signs when all is not well, and how to fix it. Readers will learn how to change a filter and an impeller, how to ensure the engine doesn't overheat, and much more.
The contents covers all the essentials for looking after your engine, in one place, including:
· Principles of the engine
· Fuel, cooling and air systems
· Engine electrical systems
· Gear boxes and drives
· Checklists (e.g. before starting your engine, checks once your engine is running)
- Most common causes of breakdown and troubleshooting
Like the other titles in Duncan Wells' bestselling 'Stress-Free' series, the information is presented in an accessible, manageable fashion, making maintenance and basic repair of your engine straightforward with minimum stress. Diagrams, quick reference tables, box features, QR videos, clear explanations, top tips and checklists. There will also be plenty of amusing anecdotes and useful lessons learned.
Stress-Free Engine Maintenance will be a key addition to any boat's bookshelf, ready to remind the skipper how to deal with problems and keep everything running smoothly.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
- Why you need to look after your engine
- Reasons for learning about your engine
2. Principles of the engine
- How a diesel and petrol engine works
- The difference between a diesel and a petrol engine
- What happens if you don't know the difference between a diesel and petrol engine
- Anecdote: Putting the wrong fuel into the tank
- Video: How diesel and petrol engines work
3. Fuel system
- Get to know your fuel system
- Looking after your fuel tank
- Tips on changing filters
- Common symptoms of fuel problems
- Anecdote: What happens if you do not look after your fuel
- Video: Different types of fuel and contaminated fuel
- Video: how to change a fuel filter
4. Cooling system
- Differences in types of cooling systems
- Getting to know your cooling system
- Tips on changing impellers and clearing blocked raw water systems
- Common causes of cooling problems
- Anecdote: What can happen when the cooling system fails
- Video: How to change an impeller and how to check cooling efficiency
5. Air systems
- Why air is important to your engine
- How your engine accesses air
- Common causes of air system problems
- Anecdote: What happens when your engine doesn't get enough air
- Video: How to change an air filter and air filter examples
6. Engine electrical systems
- The basic electrical system
- How to look after your electrics
- Common causes of electrical failure
- Anecdote: What happens if your electrics fail
- Video: Battery checks and the basic electrical system
7. Lubrication system
- Why lubricating is important
- What do we lubricate?
- How to look after your lubrication system
- Anecdote: What happens if you don't lubricate enough
- Video: Where to check oil levels and types of oil
8. Gear boxes and drives
- Shaft drive
- Stern drive
- Sail drive
- Azipod
- Outboard
9. Checklists
- Checks before starting your engine
- Checks once your engine is running
- How to protect your engine between visits
- Anecdote: What can happen if you forget to prepare your engine
- Video: The engine checks
10. Importance of servicing and winterising
- Minimum annual service requirements
- The importance of servicing your engine
- How to leave your engine unused for prolonged periods (winterising)
- Anecdote: What can happen if you don't look after your engine
- Video: Flushing out the cooling system
11. Most common causes of breakdown
- Types of breakdown
- Why breakdowns are more common on boats
- Tips on preventing breakdowns occurring
12. How to troubleshoot a breakdown situation
- Symptoms of different engine faults
- What are the most common causes of these faults
- Tips on how to diagnose engine faults
- Anecdote: Examples of causes of breakdowns
- Video: Failed engine parts
13. Spares and tools
- Why do we need spares?
- What should we keep as spare parts?
- Anecdote: What can happen if you keep the wrong parts onboard
- Video: Showing examples of spares to keep
Product details
| Published | 01 Nov 2022 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 160 |
| ISBN | 9781472988553 |
| Imprint | Adlard Coles |
| Illustrations | Colour photographs and diagrams throughout |
| Dimensions | 246 x 189 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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