OldDan1943
Guru
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2017
- Messages
- 10,649
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Kinja
- Vessel Make
- American Tug 34 #116 2008
My NL Gen suddenly would stop after about 5 mins. Turned out to be a bad coolant temp sensor. Replaced it, all it fine.
My NL had NO instrumentation ..... Why you may ask? Because it will "protect itself" Oh yea, just shuts down.... It now has analog coolant temp gauge and oil pressure gauge and a SW overboard high temp alarm, ideally I will have some idea WHY it is "protecting itself." LOL
So what did I learn? Water temp sensor and/or oil pressure sensor goes bad, the generator will "protect itself" and shut down.
My official NL tech also said the NL is very sensitive about coolant level so, he added just a little bit more anti-freeze, up to the neck.
My NL had NO instrumentation ..... Why you may ask? Because it will "protect itself" Oh yea, just shuts down.... It now has analog coolant temp gauge and oil pressure gauge and a SW overboard high temp alarm, ideally I will have some idea WHY it is "protecting itself." LOL
So what did I learn? Water temp sensor and/or oil pressure sensor goes bad, the generator will "protect itself" and shut down.
My official NL tech also said the NL is very sensitive about coolant level so, he added just a little bit more anti-freeze, up to the neck.