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D. STARTING and STOPPING MAIN ENGINES
After your engine room check, you are ready to start main engines.
NOTE: the KEYs are used to turn on the starter buttons and to stop the engines.
Stop the engines by turning off the key. The engines can also be shut down by hitting the
stop buttons located above the start buttons however this will cause the alarm bell to
sound due to lack of oil pressure with the start key remaining in the on position.
If engines have been off for over 8 hours, make sure they run for at least 5 minutes and
that the temperature gauges show at least 140 before going over 1000 RPM. Running
underway with cold engines can more than double fuel consumption and can cause
engine failure.
Make sure engine power levers are in neutral before starting.
Note: Engines will not start while if power levers are in gear!
June 1, 2010