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Reliable engine starting (turning, blowing-through, starting) Cus 223 • 01/06

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General Instructions To enhance operational reliability when running your engines, we would like
to recommend the following to ensure that your engine starts reliably.

Cause Under certain circumstances lubricating oil or water may gather in a cylinder’s
combustion chamber when the engine is at a standstill. For example, coolant
leaks on combustion chamber parts, on the charge-air cooler or on the
exhaust gas boiler may enable water to be collected imperceptibly in the
cylinder. Lubricating oil collected in the combustion chamber may be a
consequence of faulty cylinder lubrication operation.

Possible damage Oil or water collected in the cylinder, which exceeds the compression-
chamber volume, could lead to a hydraulic lock when blowing-through the
engine. This in turn could cause severe damage to the piston unit, conrod,
bearings and combustion chamber parts.

Remedy Because of the above-mentioned possibility of damage, it is highly advisable

to turn the engine each time before performing any blow-through. This must
take place using open indicator taps. This enables any collections to be
recognised, as these fluids escape through the indicator valve.

In the past, turning the engine was a routine procedure prior to each blow-
through or starting process. This was, in other words, a “good old tradition”.

Although the likelihood of fluid collecting in a combustion chamber is now

comparatively small because of state of the art in production processes,
turning before every blow-through process with subsequent start is still a
reliable preventive measure for the working routine.

slow -turn device are excluded from this,

Engine installations using a slow-
because these are automatically activated before each engine start.

MAN B&W Diesel AG • 86224 Augsburg • Germany

Tel. +49 821 322-0 • Fax +49 821 322-3382 • E-Mail: service-augsburg@de.manbw.com1 1-2
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Contact address Should you have any queries our Technical Service will be only too glad to be
of assistance:

MAN B&W Diesel AG

86224 Augsburg, Germany
Tel.: +49-821-322-1075
Fax: +49-821-322-3838
E-mail: service-augsburg@de.manbw.com

Please forward this information to your technical operational personnel.

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MAN B&W Diesel AG • 86224 Augsburg • Germany

Tel. +49 821 322-0 • Fax +49 821 322-3382 • E-Mail: service-augsburg@de.manbw.com1 2-2