13.2.2 The
following parts are to be opened out and examined:
- Cylinders and covers.
- Pistons, piston rods, connecting rods, crossheads and guides.
- Valves and valve gear.
- Crankshafts and all bearings.
- Crankcases, bedplates and entablatures.
- Crankcase door fastenings, explosion relief devices and scavenge
relief devices.
- Scavenge pumps, scavenge blowers, superchargers and their associated
coolers.
- Air compressors and their intercoolers.
- Filters and/or separators and safety devices.
- Fuel pumps and fittings.
- Camshaft drives and balancer units.
- Vibration dampers or detuners.
- Flexible couplings and clutches.
- Reverse gears.
- Attached pumps and cooling arrangements.
13.2.3 Selected
pipes in the starting air system are to be removed for internal examination
and are to be hammer tested. If any appreciable amount of lubricating
oil is found in the pipes, the starting air system is to be thoroughly
cleaned internally by steaming out, or other suitable means. Some
of the pipes selected are to be those adjacent to the starting air
valves at the cylinders and to the discharges from the air compressors.
13.2.4 The
electric ignition system, if fitted, is to be examined and tested.
13.2.5 The
manoeuvring of engines is to be tested under working conditions. Initial
starting arrangements are to be tested.
13.2.6 Where
steam is used for essential purposes, the condensing plant, feed pumps
and fuel oil burning plant are to be examined and the steam pipes
examined and tested as detailed in Pt 1, Ch 3, 16 Steam pipes.