MANY TIMES WHEN WE START AN AUXILIARY ENGINE, IT FAILS TO START. STARTING PROBLEM IN AN AUXILIARY ENGINE CAN BE CATEGORIES IN TWO :-
A) NOT STARTING ON AIR
B) STARTING ON AIR BUT STOP AGAIN
IN THIS POST WE WILL TALK ABOUT ENGINE NOT STARTING ON AIR. TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM SHOULD ALWAYS BE FROM THE START.
- CHECK THE AIR BOTTLE VALVE WHETHER IT IS OPEN OR NOT.
- CHECK THE “Y” FILTER FOR ACCUMULATION OF OILY SLUG.
- ADJUST THE AIR REDUCING VALVE.
- CHECK THE MAIN STARTING AIR VALVE ACTUATION.
- DISTRIBUTOR MAY BE FAULTY.
- THE AIR LINE FROM DISTRIBUTOR TO STARTING AIR VALVES MAY BE CHOCK.
- STARTING AIR VALVES MIGHT BE STICKY.
- IN CASE YOU HAVE AN AIR MOTOR STARTING, THEN CHECK WHETHER THE PINION OF AIR MOTOR IS GETTING ENGAGE PROPERLY WITH THE FLYWHEEL OR NOT.
- CHECK THE AIR MOTOR.
- WITH ENGINES HAVING CONSTANT PRESSURE TYPE TURBOCHARGER CHECK THE LAMBDA CONTROLLER.