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Old 03-20-2016, 03:30 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by Portage_Bay View Post
In addition to gauges, sight and sound don't forget smell. I've caught before major problems overheated electrical, an engine running to hot, a fuel leak and scariest of all the gen set oil filter gasket had developed a pin hole leak and was spraying oil on the Maine's turbo.
Yes indeed! I discovered a suddenly leaky fuel pump, and a chafing power cable to one of the air-cons that way.

With the IR gun I checked the oil filter (engine and transmission), the shaft packing gland, the coolant temps coming out of the heat exchanger, the alternator, the exhaust before and after the shower head.

I also checked the mechanical gauges that were in there for engine temp, oil pressure, and drive oil pressure/ plus the fuel filter vacuum and pressure and the pressure and temp gauges on the Naiads.
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