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Marine Diesel gensets. Operator’s Manual.
Systems and scheduled
maintenance
5.3.
General
Solé Diesel offers several maintenance packs for its gensets, you can find more information about
on the website:
•
Welcome pack.
•
On board pack.
•
50 hours Maintenance pack
•
1600 hours Maintenance pack
•
3000 hours Maintenance pack
Maintenance task. Screw tightening, fastening
For details of tightening torques see
Section 8 Torques
.
Maintenance task. Valve clearance inspection
The rocker cover must be dismounted to check the valve clearance. This operation must be
carried out when the genset is cold.
Item
Assembly standard
Valve clearance (cold setting)
Inlet
0,25 mm
Exhaust
Inspection
1.
Insert the appropriate thickness gauge between the rocker
arm and valve cap to check the clearance.
2.
Loosen the rocker nut (1).
3.
Tighten or loosen adjusting screw (2) to adjust valve
clearance by checking thickness with thickness gauge (3).
4.
When you have adjusted the thickness, tighten the rocker nut
and recheck the thickness.
With piston nº1 in the top dead centre of the compression
cycle, adjust the play of the intake and exhaust valves of cylinder nº 1. Proceed similarly as with the
other cylinders. The position of the BTDC can be confirmed with the alining signs of the distribution or
timing cover and the crankshaft pulley.
The adjustment of the valve play must be made after the cylinder head screws are again
tightened. (Strictly comply with the operation sequence indicated in the section 9).
