Vetus Marine engine cooling system Maintenance 42hp M4.45
Vetus Marine engine cooling system Maintenance, performed by trained technicians at, Santa Barbara Marine Diesel Mechanic. servicing, Channel Islands Marina, Ventura Harbor & Santa Barbara Harbor. VETUS MARINE MECHANIC. Regular cooling system maintenance is essential to maintaining engine uptime. Coolants wear out and require maintenance just as lubricants do. Maintaining the proper coolant chemistry protects against liner cavitation, corrosion, gelling, and deposits, while providing winter freeze protection.
Vetus recommends the coolant has to be replaced every 1000 operating hours or at least once every two years.
Heat Exchanger, Aftercooler, Transmission lube oil cooler, Engine lube oil cooler, can be easily. Flushed annually at tune-up, using Barnacle Buster descaling solution. on the entire, Raw water system all at once. watch 5min. video. How Sea Flush and Barnacle Buster Can Clean Heat Exhangers, Oil Coolers, and Exhaust Components – YouTube
Flushing the Raw water half of the marine engine cooling system, annually with Barnacle Buster. descaling solution, will double the manufactures cooling system maintenance schedule recommendation’s for removing and (pickling) all the components, Heat exchanger, Aftercooler, Lube oil cooler & Transmission lube oil cooler.
Fresh Water Flushing System:
The best way to keep your marine engine cooling system maintenance to a minimum, is to flush your engines saltwater system after each use with fresh water, here at Santa Barbara Marine Diesel Mechanic we designed a Fresh water flushing system. a couple years back and have installed many of them in all different size vessels with great success, convenience and ease of use are its top features, best in the business for Fresh water flushing systems. you can take a look at the system here on my Facebook page. and see some of the top-quality work. (2) : Marine Diesel Engine Salt… – Santa Barbara Marine Diesel Mechanic | Facebook
SB marine mechanic installed a Fresh water flushing system. a couple months back for a customer where the water pressure at the dock was sufficient enough were we used a single quick connect to be able to flush 2 main engines and a generator all at the same time.
Tip:
when using the fresh water flushing system, it is preferable to use aluminum (sacrificial anodes) instead of Zinc (sacrificial anodes) because they wear down more effectively.
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