Know Your Boat's Diesel Engine by Andrew Simpson

Just what you need to keep their engines running
trouble-free and your vessel on the water

Did you know your boat's engine doesn't have spark plugs like a car's engine does? Know Your Boat's Diesel Engine answers questions about watercraft engines.

Boating expert Andrew Simpson used his mariner expertise to by contributing to magazines like Cruising World, Motor Boating and Sailing, and Practical Boat Owner. Simpson wrote Know Your Boat's Diesel Engine as a manual designed to teach in simple terms to new or inexperienced boat owners the process of boat diesel engine repair.

This working manual is a repository of knowledge that allows anyone to work on their own diesel engines for the purposes of:

• Maintenance
• Vessel operation on the open water and
• Troubleshooting engine problems

This book teaches boat owners:

• How a diesel engine runs
• A check first procedure to determine what engine component has failed
• How to fix any problems discovered

Completely accurate color drawings and photos accompany instructions to assist readers with identifying key elements of boat diesel engine repair.

Simpson educates and assists the inexperienced in mechanical projects involving the diesel engine in a guide reviewed and approved by the Royal Yachting Association. Readers can trust Simpson's guide as its been vetted by experts responsible for establishing the global gold standard for boating education. Additionally, Simpson's manual was revised to meet the needs of North American watercraft owners.

Any watercraft owner with a diesel engine will find this manual makes maintaining a diesel engine easy.

Subject: How to troubleshoot, maintain and repair your boat's diesel engine. ISBN-10: 0071493433 | ISBN-13: 9780071493437 | McGraw Hill 93437