Hey tim, machinery technician from the USCG on an 87' patrol boat. The reason for 9 samples is gotta be one engine oil for each main, one engine oil for each generator, one lube oil sample from each reduction gear, one hydraulic oil sample from each steering pump, and finally one hydraulic oil sample from the auxiliary HPU. Love the vids tim, planning on transitioning from the USCG to the civillian side of the maritime ecosystem in the next couple years.
Ding ding ding... Hang on folks. We have a winner!!!! (🤔Didn't think it would take so long) Thank you very much for watching Jack! You know a guy like you might do well in the holiest of spaces aboard. CUOTO
The spontaneous combustion is often seen with 'drying' oils - like linseed. Used in some varnish / paint. Instead of a solvent evaporating, when the oil is exposed to air it polymerizes and forms a waterproof film. All good, but polymerizing creates heat, and the drying reaction goes faster when hot... So, take an oily rag (big surface area), thermally insulate with other rags, and the drying polymerization can run away and get hot enough to catch fire. Don't know if you have any oiled hardwood structures, but 'teak oil' is prone to combustion and is still used - drying oil varnish/paint is less common. Safe voyages to you and your crew.
38 years fleet truck maintenance here. Only time we get to see clean engine is when new equipment is put into service. Great video keep ‘em rolling Tim. Thanks.
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel Patrick. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Thank you very much for watching Ed. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Tim, thanks for going over this. I never imagined 125 gallons of oil in one of these engines. One thing you didn't mention - if one engine goes out, although unlikely, there is the second engine to keep the tug going (redundancy). The only thing I would be worried about, tho, is someone possibly damaging the outside coolers which would render the engines useless I would think.
Thank you for watching David. Yes. We have two of everything for redundancy. The coolers are in a recessed pocket and mostly only get damage from galvanic corrosion. CUOTO
We had Kim HotStart heaters on the S2 Alco's, and the CF7's were lucky enough to live indoors when not working. Even then, cold starts were an adventure. The Alco's were 539's, which had a 13" stroke and a 12.5" bore, if I remember right. To get one of them started on a cold morning, emptying a full can of ether into the intake was part of the game. Not recommended for the newer engines, lol. The CF7s had 567B engines, and they were much easier to wake up, being a two stroke and supercharged. The big issue with them was being careful to lean on the injector rack lever for just long enough to override the oil pressure auto shut down, but not long enough that if a real problem were happening that damage would occur. Fun times! CUOTO!
Chief Engineer doing a great job cleaning up. I operate a 24' steamboat which involves manual external engine oiling. Oil Absorbent socks and Bounty are what I use to keep that oil off my deck and out of the water I'm floating in. I put a handful of sand in each gallon I paint my deck with, so if I do start tracking oil around I don't slip and fall overboard. Even a few teaspoons of oil on a deck can become a very serious hazard.
The samples are looking for fuel contamination among other things. That usually comes from a bad injector or bad rings. Oil with fuel contamination doesn’t lube as well as oil alone, and leads to faster wear. In locomotives (a little larger) we don’t change oil unless contamination is present. They slop around enough that they need a top up often enough that we never (very very rarely) run into contamination.
Brings back many memories of working on the Cat Mains when I worked in NY Harbor back in the 80's. Running some of those older Tugs as a Single Engineer boat could be tough sometimes especially when running at sea in bad weather. I remember spending close to 24 hours sitting on the deck plates cleaning the Fuel Oil Strainers due to RUST Flakes coming out of the Fuel Tanks! I was only lucky enough to work on "newer" vessels a few times, so it's nice to see what these newer boats look like down below. Thanks for another great Video and maybe you can do some more videos of your Chief doing his daily routine. Thanks again from an Old Broken Chief Engineer Oceans Unlimited.
Thank you very much for watching Chief! Danny is shy and it has taken this long to get this much out of him, but who knows? The camera may grow on him. LOL. CUOTO
As a heavy equipment mechanic this was really cool to watch. Would definitely love to see some more maintenance and engine videos..very cool. Awesome video Tim have a great week!
Thank you for watching Adam. Have you seen my videos on top engine overhaul and the two engine room tour videos I did of a 3000 and 4200 HP? You might like them as well. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea yes sir those were some of the first videos I watched when I found your channel haha. They were excellent, you do a great job of explaining and narrating
It's nice to see more of the duties being done by personnel on board. Something other than watching the water going under the keel. Keep them coming, Capt.
I spent some time many years ago in one of the two engine rooms in an old 189' US Navy escort ship converted to a king crab processor sailing from Seattle to Kodiak Island. A clean engine room really is essential for safety; if you slip in an engine room there are no soft landings available, and for spotting little problems before they become big ones. Thanks for the look at the clean clean engine room of the Elk River.
Thank you for watching Ralph. Please keep in mind that we try very hard on this channel to directly name Tugs, Companies or Customers. It gets me introuble with my Employer. CUOTO
Linseed oil used for wood finish will spontaneously combust. You have to be very careful how you dispose of your rags and anything used to apply it. As a side note we do custom hay for farmers, if your moisture content is to high when you bale hay it also can spontaneously combust. It has burnt down a lot of barns. Found this video interesting. I used to schedule maintenance for the equipment at an open pit mine in Az.Our trucks had VT1800 engines and were seldom shut down.All maintenance was done while the trucks were running. When an engine can stay at a constant temperature it causes less wear on it. ( I hate spell check)
NIce video. We use those oil pads all the time in the elevator industry…we call them “ pit pads” for they usually are used in the pit of a hydraulic elevator. 20+ years ago I did some testing on pads like that to test them hydrophobic property :). Live confidently and peacefully
@@TimBatSea that they did a very very good job of not absorbing water. I was doing the testing for we had Very stringent requirements, they did absorb some water ..some did worse then others the best ones basically absorbed none -the water wasn’t absorbed so much as it got trapped between some of the weaves …meaning it could be easily shaken out, unlike the oil which had to stay locked in it
I have made that sailing trip a number of times to the Caribbean on my Cal 2-46. We had a very dependable old Perkins 4=236. Also very leaky. As big as your engines are they are so much more accessible that our little ones. At least you don’t have to twist in some weird position on your knees to get at the filters! But indeed, much more involved than my little one. I will have to check out your sailing channel. I have a 100 ton Master and ran ferries. Lived aboard and cruised for 25 yrs. Enjoying this channel. Thanks!
Fascinating! I'm guessing that there is a "best practices" manual that has been developed to document the optimum way to accomplish maintenance tasks. If the best practices are adhered to everyone on board shares in the success and everyone on board has the chance to be successful. As better ideas come along (and they will) the best practices naturally evolve and the result is continued gainful employment for the entire crew. Another glimpse into what it takes to move product and another opportunity to educate the end users of that product.
Another great video. Always nice to see the engine room and especially a clean one as you have. I continue to be amazed at how your company allows your videos. This speaks volumes on the quality of your company as far as level of service they perform and their confidence in the ability to serve their customers. First class company. And a big thank you to your crew. Oil samples with 9 bottles I would say different methods of test on the oil. Well Done!
Thank you for watching Bill. I too am surprised that they haven't shut me down yet. 😂 Spoiler: 2 Main engine, 2 reverse gear, 2 generator, 1 tow engine and 2 steering pumps.
A different and very interesting one Tim. When I had the privilage of being shown around the engineroom of P & O's Ventura by the Chief Engineer, he aslo emphasized the importance of keeping things clean, even the inspection cover of the ship's loos filter! Great experience. Thanks for this one.
Great video. Yes, it is critical to keep the engines clean. I worked in the brewing industry for 25 years, and clean vessels and equipment were critical. Thanks for the great information. CUOTO! :)
Great video, thanks for the time you put into these. I have always call the oil absorbent rags "Pig Mats" they are really great to have around as you know. I would hate to be the one paying for those filters and oil at the change interval our little 671 DD's only take 8 gallons and one filter each and it's about 450 bucks.. nothing like the back of used diesel engine oil and it shows how hard the crew works keeping the tugs engine room nice and clean. You have a good crew for sure. CUOTO
Nice little look into the other work that needs to be done on any ship. I've worked with a Cat 3512 years ago, 1.200 HP @ 1.200 rpm. It was an older engine, mid '80's i believe. What a beast that was, tonnes of power and never gave in in any condition. I can't remember how often we changed the oil, though... it's been over 20 years and i've worked with all kinds of engines since then. The last Cat was a 3406E, 475 HP @ 1.800 rpm. It was fine, did what it should do. Oil-change every 750 hours. But i wasn't as impressed with it like the older 3408's and 3412's. My own engine, for 15 years now, is a Deutz RBV-6M-545, 800 HP @ 380 rpm (no typo). It's 61 years old, oil change every year regardless the hours and it's till running strong as ever. I've retrofitted a double Racor-filter 2 years ago, works really well! The fine filters on the engine can run much longer now. It wouldn't fit in "your" engineroom, though, it's a bit to big, lol. Man, i would love to have a go with that boat, let those 2 mighty Cat's do what they do best. No bowthruster in the barge so it all comes down to the man behind the stick. I like it. #CYOTO!
Thank you for watching Ed. Oh yes! Sounds like you've been doing it for awhile. 😂 The 35 series has had one hell of a run for CAT. Our 4200s all have 3516 and as you know, these 3000s have the 3512s. Some yachts use them but not as continuous duty engines. They get twice the HP and RPM than we do, but they don't run all the time either. CUOTO
Informative! Wasn’t expecting the engine room to be so clean. Always envisioned it as a dark and dingy spot. Glad the Captain had his recent maintenance taken care of too! ⛵️
Another very informative video Tim; on some of the smaller vessels I have been on we used to run the central heating/hot water thru the main engines. This way the main engines would be kept warm when stopped or, when underway we could switch the boiler off getting our heating/hot water from the main engines. Of course on those size vessels I was also the engineer so quite used to doing oil changes myself! I was also Master on an AHTS that had 6000bhp MAKs as main engines ( four of them) which had the domestic hot water supply system piped thru them. During an engine re-build I was interested why they waited for the re-built engine to warm up before starting it. The MAK service engineer on board explained about the thermal expansion load differences from starting a "cold" engine v a "warm" engine. Especially with a view to extending the engine's life. Anyway great video and content Tim, stay safe and see you Red - Red. 👍
OK. Great video. Can you do one about engine room safety ?? Ex: Safety glasses?? Hardhat? Etc. You can have these lads watch it and learn about safety. Hate to see someone put an eye out.
Thank you very much for watching. Safety is a very difficult thing to do a video about. This is because one day a lawyer may use one of my videos against me, my company or one of my friends. It is a great idea, and I will try to think of a way to do it. CUOTO
Nice information re engine. Engine room and engines look good. We had 1300 HP turbines to run oil pumps. They held 75 gallons of synthetic oil. A rebuild on one was $100,000.
A broard educatrion across your chosen field is always an assett. Nice engines, the last 12 cylinder I worked on was in an old Daimler double six. Man it used to love drinking petrol.
Same torquewrench for that endcap that I use sometimes working on stuff. When my elbow clicks it's halfway there, when my shoulder creaks it's torqued. Sometimes I say "click click" just to make sure.
Thank you for watching James. You can see the them at SV Paquita here on TH-cam! Or click the link below. CUOTO th-cam.com/video/AwaBVKYx9tE/w-d-xo.html
Tim, have you ever looked at videos of Eppleton Hall? One of the very first functional Tug Boats THAT crossed the Atlantic from the UK. Oh it's a side wheeler steam boiler. The side wheeler almost seemed like early bow thrusters. Tim, are the "waste" cans lashed down somehow? Rough water seems like they could tip. Great video and details as always.
Thank you for watching the Bob. No, I am not familiar with that boat. I'll have to check it out. Yes, the waist cans are secured to the bulkhead with lines. CUOTO
Thank you for watching John. No hammerhead shark spotted on that trip. But the water was amazing. My next video on SV Paquita will show our halfway party where we go swimming in over 16,000 feet of blue blue water. CUOTO
Funny sidebar to spontaneous combustion… apparently the stains and sealants used on hardwood floors are very spontaneously combustible. Had an old flooring guy on a job he was doing for me say, “You’re not a real flooring guy until you’ve burned up at least 1 work van from forgetting a trash bag full of used rags!” Ouch!!😬 Cool video!! #CUOTO
😱😱😱😱😱😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching and supporting the channel Ian!. I thought they were susceptible to spontaneous combustion because they were sinners! 😂 CUOTO
Do you ever sample the new oil that you purchase ? Most times the oils coming out of our reals were not up to Cat's standard for cleanliness, it was purchased in bulk. Also do you ever sample the coolant or fuel ?, we did them also. CUOTO
Thank you for watching. Our oil comes directly from shell (we are distributors) and the specs come with the order. All of our fuel we take on or bunker ships with is all independently sampled. And our coolant is tested and logged periodically. CUOTO
I noticed that about your AB. In construction, if I am up a ladder, a good assistant will be ready with the thing I need before I need it. Also, you are correct: the lube oil is not exothermic. However, the diesel fuel is.
I was surprised that there was no drain valve on the filter housing with a hose attached so the filter would drain in a bucket on the floor, so they wouldn’t need to put diapers all over the floor. Do they cut open the used filters to inspect for wear particles?
Thank you for watching Don. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. The oil samples are usually more than enough proof of what needs to be replaced. CUOTO
SV Paquita probably also likes to run at 180. I know that the westerbeke on the Sabre does. Interestingly, modern Porsches run at 175 with oil temp at 200 (although this is a very different beast). Always interesting Tim!
Thanks, Tim! A great look 'on the insides' of your tug and part of the engineering efforts that are continuous! Diapers has become the natural descriptive term, and for good reason! LOL! Thanks again, Sir! CUOTO
Is the nine oil samples question because you don't have just one motor but 2 mains and generators and backup generators, maybe another for driving hydraulics and such?
Thank you for watching Alex. You are correct. 2 for the mains. 2 for their reverse gears. 2 for the 2 generators. 1 for the tow motor and 1 for it's hydraulics and 1 for the steering pumps. CUOTO
I spent 1/3 of my time in the engine rooms on my tin can and didn't learn as much as what you teach us. I might have stayed kin if I knew all of this.😄
Thank you for watching Art. The crank cases are not sealed and infact you can see black filter housings on each side of the engine that allow the crank case to breath and the oil to expand. So the air in the new filters just get pushed through the system. CUOTO
Thanks for another great video Captain! This is a wonderful insight into a rarely-seen part of the business - where all the money goes! Keep up the great content and thank you to the crew for letting us into the Engine Room! #CUOTO ~__/)__*
Thank you for watching Nick. There used to be. But today with all the regulations, it's hard to legally run a towing business with older tugs (red flag). So most oil companies want to hire the newest and safest equipment they can. This is an older boat (11 years) and it would cost about 10 million dollars to have it built today. So most people with that kind of money, don't want to do this kind of work. CUOTO
OK - here's my guess on why 9 oil samples - you have mains, generators, winch motor, transmissions, reversing gears etc. Each has oil that can be analyzed. I can't speak for vessel engine rooms, but spontaneous fires in our home workshops are typically finishes or construction materials catalyzing in an unventilated environment - linseed oil and old school epoxy are the most famous culprits. Linseed oil can go up from a single wet rag crumpled in a closed container. Thank you! I look forward to every Tuesday morning's video. Always a pleasure to watch.
You are correct! Thank you for watching. 2 main engines, 2 reverse gears, 2 generators, 1 tow motor, 1 hydraulics for tow motor, and 1 for the steering hydraulics. CUOTO
Tim, as a retired refinery guy I look forward to your productions. Not trying to be a negative nelly or in any way place a negative comment on your page. But why aren't your men wearing safety glasses or a form of eye protection when opening a filter housing that potentially could have pressure behind it? It's good practice to wear appropriate PPE in the engine room!
@@TimBatSea I don't like to critique & I hope you accept my advice positively. Over my 30 years in refining, I have seen too many good workers get avoidable injuries because of PPE avoidance. CUOTO
Thank you for watching Dwane. 2 main engine. 2 reverse gears. 2 generators. 1 tow machine. 1 hydrologics for tow machine. 1 for steering hydraulics. CUOTO
9 samples taken so there is a fresh sample for each test conducted on the oil? Is the engineeer a designated position or do they have to be licensed? Great variety of things going on around the whole boat!!!
Thank you for watching and supporting the channel David! The 9 are as follows; 2 main engines, 2 reverse gears, 2 generators, 1 steering pumps, 1 tow motor, 1 hydraulics for tow motor. With the new Subchapter M, engineers have to be licensed. CUOTO
Thank you for watching Jerome. 2 for main engines, 2 for the reverse gears, 2 for the 2 generators, 1 for the tow engine and 1 for it's hydraulics, and 1 for the steering. CUOTO
Tim: In another industry, someone who doesn't pay attention is labeled ... Lights are on, but nobody's at home ... Your folks are great assets on your boats!!
Thank you for watching Mike. The Tug is 3000 (1500 each engine). Both engines are capable of almost twice the HP but are de-tuned for continuous commercial duty. CUOTO
Engineer needs to get a form a funnel and a 1/4 inch drive impact. The form a funnel will allow him to change the filters by himself. If that coolant line wasn't in the way, we used to take an old serpentine belt and make a sling on a bucket so it just hung below the filter housing.
About those diapers.... They are magical for pulling the oil off of the bilgewater, or God forbid, overboard. But for general wiping where water isn't involved, you are throwing money away. I use cotton scrap rags for oil cleanup on dry surfaces and save the diapers for the bilge.
i like using the dippers to i jut was they would be a little eazer to get i haft to order them from the net and the price is a little much to use all the time
Oil leaks on a boat end up in the bilge, eventually it would end up getting pumped overboard from the bilge pumps so oil leaks can become oil spill cleanups.
That is true for smaller boats but not for ones of this size. Our bilges can't be pumped overboard and all of our oil bilgewater separators have been locked out as per USCG. Only our sweetwater pumps (water from shafts) are allowed to go overboard. Our bilges get pumped out and recycled. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching Frank. 2 for the main engines. 2 for their reverse gears. 2 for the generators. 1 for the tow machine. 1 for the hydrologics for the tow machine. And 1 for the steering pumps. CUOTO
Hey tim, machinery technician from the USCG on an 87' patrol boat. The reason for 9 samples is gotta be one engine oil for each main, one engine oil for each generator, one lube oil sample from each reduction gear, one hydraulic oil sample from each steering pump, and finally one hydraulic oil sample from the auxiliary HPU. Love the vids tim, planning on transitioning from the USCG to the civillian side of the maritime ecosystem in the next couple years.
Ding ding ding... Hang on folks. We have a winner!!!! (🤔Didn't think it would take so long) Thank you very much for watching Jack! You know a guy like you might do well in the holiest of spaces aboard. CUOTO
The spontaneous combustion is often seen with 'drying' oils - like linseed. Used in some varnish / paint. Instead of a solvent evaporating, when the oil is exposed to air it polymerizes and forms a waterproof film. All good, but polymerizing creates heat, and the drying reaction goes faster when hot... So, take an oily rag (big surface area), thermally insulate with other rags, and the drying polymerization can run away and get hot enough to catch fire.
Don't know if you have any oiled hardwood structures, but 'teak oil' is prone to combustion and is still used - drying oil varnish/paint is less common.
Safe voyages to you and your crew.
Thank you very much for watching and for the info. CUOTO
38 years fleet truck maintenance here. Only time we get to see clean engine is when new equipment is put into service. Great video keep ‘em rolling Tim.
Thanks.
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel Patrick. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Good information. I work on both these big Cats and the EMD engines in the locomotive applications. We also change the oil between 3&4,000 hrs also.
Thank you very much for watching Ed. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Tim, thanks for going over this. I never imagined 125 gallons of oil in one of these engines. One thing you didn't mention - if one engine goes out, although unlikely, there is the second engine to keep the tug going (redundancy). The only thing I would be worried about, tho, is someone possibly damaging the outside coolers which would render the engines useless I would think.
Thank you for watching David. Yes. We have two of everything for redundancy. The coolers are in a recessed pocket and mostly only get damage from galvanic corrosion. CUOTO
We had Kim HotStart heaters on the S2 Alco's, and the CF7's were lucky enough to live indoors when not working. Even then, cold starts were an adventure. The Alco's were 539's, which had a 13" stroke and a 12.5" bore, if I remember right. To get one of them started on a cold morning, emptying a full can of ether into the intake was part of the game. Not recommended for the newer engines, lol. The CF7s had 567B engines, and they were much easier to wake up, being a two stroke and supercharged. The big issue with them was being careful to lean on the injector rack lever for just long enough to override the oil pressure auto shut down, but not long enough that if a real problem were happening that damage would occur. Fun times! CUOTO!
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Chief Engineer doing a great job cleaning up. I operate a 24' steamboat which involves manual external engine oiling. Oil Absorbent socks and Bounty are what I use to keep that oil off my deck and out of the water I'm floating in. I put a handful of sand in each gallon I paint my deck with, so if I do start tracking oil around I don't slip and fall overboard. Even a few teaspoons of oil on a deck can become a very serious hazard.
😲 I bet! Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Definitely reminds me of doing the oil checks on an EMD 567B in our switch engine on the railroad. Same tech since the 1940's! Another Great Video!
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
The samples are looking for fuel contamination among other things. That usually comes from a bad injector or bad rings. Oil with fuel contamination doesn’t lube as well as oil alone, and leads to faster wear. In locomotives (a little larger) we don’t change oil unless contamination is present. They slop around enough that they need a top up often enough that we never (very very rarely) run into contamination.
Thank you for watching Nicholas. CUOTO
Brings back many memories of working on the Cat Mains when I worked in NY Harbor back in the 80's. Running some of those older Tugs as a Single Engineer boat could be tough sometimes especially when running at sea in bad weather. I remember spending close to 24 hours sitting on the deck plates cleaning the Fuel Oil Strainers due to RUST Flakes coming out of the Fuel Tanks! I was only lucky enough to work on "newer" vessels a few times, so it's nice to see what these newer boats look like down below. Thanks for another great Video and maybe you can do some more videos of your Chief doing his daily routine. Thanks again from an Old Broken Chief Engineer Oceans Unlimited.
Thank you very much for watching Chief! Danny is shy and it has taken this long to get this much out of him, but who knows? The camera may grow on him. LOL. CUOTO
As a heavy equipment mechanic this was really cool to watch. Would definitely love to see some more maintenance and engine videos..very cool. Awesome video Tim have a great week!
Thank you for watching Adam. Have you seen my videos on top engine overhaul and the two engine room tour videos I did of a 3000 and 4200 HP? You might like them as well. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea yes sir those were some of the first videos I watched when I found your channel haha. They were excellent, you do a great job of explaining and narrating
Thanks for the video. It gives me a greater appreciation for the size of your tug. Its big!
😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
It's nice to see more of the duties being done by personnel on board. Something other than watching the water going under the keel. Keep them coming, Capt.
Thank you for watching Richard. CUOTO
Sooo interesting to hear about all of these “insider” tidbits! A great big thank you to Danny and Dalton for showing us the inner sanctum!
Thank you for watching Laura. I'll be sure to pass this along to them. CUOTO
I spent some time many years ago in one of the two engine rooms in an old 189' US Navy escort ship converted to a king crab processor sailing from Seattle to Kodiak Island.
A clean engine room really is essential for safety; if you slip in an engine room there are no soft landings available, and for spotting little problems before they become big ones.
Thanks for the look at the clean clean engine room of the Elk River.
Thank you for watching Ralph. Please keep in mind that we try very hard on this channel to directly name Tugs, Companies or Customers. It gets me introuble with my Employer. CUOTO
Very interesting Tim, different from the normal weekly uploads but very nice to see other duties you guys have to undertake.
Thank you for watching Mike. Trying to keep it fresh. CUOTO
Linseed oil used for wood finish will spontaneously combust. You have to be very careful how you dispose of your rags and anything used to apply it. As a side note we do custom hay for farmers, if your moisture content is to high when you bale hay it also can spontaneously combust. It has burnt down a lot of barns. Found this video interesting. I used to schedule maintenance for the equipment at an open pit mine in Az.Our trucks had VT1800 engines and were seldom shut down.All maintenance was done while the trucks were running. When an engine can stay at a constant temperature it causes less wear on it. ( I hate spell check)
Thank you for watching Garry. CUOTO
NIce video. We use those oil pads all the time in the elevator industry…we call them “ pit pads” for they usually are used in the pit of a hydraulic elevator. 20+ years ago I did some testing on pads like that to test them hydrophobic property :). Live confidently and peacefully
Thank you for watching John. What did your tests reveal? CUOTO
@@TimBatSea that they did a very very good job of not absorbing water. I was doing the testing for we had Very stringent requirements, they did absorb some water ..some did worse then others the best ones basically absorbed none -the water wasn’t absorbed so much as it got trapped between some of the weaves …meaning it could be easily shaken out, unlike the oil which had to stay locked in it
I have made that sailing trip a number of times to the Caribbean on my Cal 2-46. We had a very dependable old Perkins 4=236. Also very leaky. As big as your engines are they are so much more accessible that our little ones. At least you don’t have to twist in some weird position on your knees to get at the filters! But indeed, much more involved than my little one. I will have to check out your sailing channel. I have a 100 ton Master and ran ferries. Lived aboard and cruised for 25 yrs. Enjoying this channel. Thanks!
Thank you for watching and welcome to both channels Fred. CUOTO
Thanks for the info about the engines I find big marine diesels fascinating. I like these types of video thanks very much!
Thank you for watching Eric. CUOTO
Fascinating! I'm guessing that there is a "best practices" manual that has been developed to document the optimum way to accomplish maintenance tasks. If the best practices are adhered to everyone on board shares in the success and everyone on board has the chance to be successful. As better ideas come along (and they will) the best practices naturally evolve and the result is continued gainful employment for the entire crew. Another glimpse into what it takes to move product and another opportunity to educate the end users of that product.
Thank you for watching. Oh yes. The best practices. In our industry we have a manual for everything we do. CUOTO
Excellent video and description! Always love your videos. Thumbs up sir!
Thank you very much for watching Mike. I appreciate it. CUOTO
Another great video. Always nice to see the engine room and especially a clean one as you have. I continue to be amazed at how your company allows your videos. This speaks volumes on the quality of your company as far as level of service they perform and their confidence in the ability to serve their customers. First class company. And a big thank you to your crew. Oil samples with 9 bottles I would say different methods of test on the oil. Well Done!
Thank you for watching Bill. I too am surprised that they haven't shut me down yet. 😂 Spoiler: 2 Main engine, 2 reverse gear, 2 generator, 1 tow engine and 2 steering pumps.
A different and very interesting one Tim. When I had the privilage of being shown around the engineroom of P & O's Ventura by the Chief Engineer, he aslo emphasized the importance of keeping things clean, even the inspection cover of the ship's loos filter! Great experience. Thanks for this one.
@@normtyneships194 Thank you very much for watching and supporting the channel Norm! CUOTO
Great video. Yes, it is critical to keep the engines clean. I worked in the brewing industry for 25 years, and clean vessels and equipment were critical. Thanks for the great information. CUOTO! :)
Thank you for watching. I appreciate that. CUOTO
Great video, thanks for the time you put into these. I have always call the oil absorbent rags "Pig Mats" they are really great to have around as you know. I would hate to be the one paying for those filters and oil at the change interval our little 671 DD's only take 8 gallons and one filter each and it's about 450 bucks.. nothing like the back of used diesel engine oil and it shows how hard the crew works keeping the tugs engine room nice and clean. You have a good crew for sure. CUOTO
I do indeed! Thank you for watching James and thank you for supporting the channel! A good chief engineer can make or break you. CUOTO
Nice little look into the other work that needs to be done on any ship. I've worked with a Cat 3512 years ago, 1.200 HP @ 1.200 rpm. It was an older engine, mid '80's i believe.
What a beast that was, tonnes of power and never gave in in any condition. I can't remember how often we changed the oil, though... it's been over 20 years and i've worked with all kinds of engines since then. The last Cat was a 3406E, 475 HP @ 1.800 rpm. It was fine, did what it should do. Oil-change every 750 hours. But i wasn't as impressed with it like the older 3408's and 3412's.
My own engine, for 15 years now, is a Deutz RBV-6M-545, 800 HP @ 380 rpm (no typo). It's 61 years old, oil change every year regardless the hours and it's till running strong as ever.
I've retrofitted a double Racor-filter 2 years ago, works really well! The fine filters on the engine can run much longer now.
It wouldn't fit in "your" engineroom, though, it's a bit to big, lol.
Man, i would love to have a go with that boat, let those 2 mighty Cat's do what they do best. No bowthruster in the barge so it all comes down to the man behind the stick. I like it. #CYOTO!
Thank you for watching Ed. Oh yes! Sounds like you've been doing it for awhile. 😂 The 35 series has had one hell of a run for CAT. Our 4200s all have 3516 and as you know, these 3000s have the 3512s. Some yachts use them but not as continuous duty engines. They get twice the HP and RPM than we do, but they don't run all the time either. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea For a while, yes. I am raised on a ship. Been doing it all my life. :) I'm 45 now, so i've got a bit ahaed of me still. ;)
Informative! Wasn’t expecting the engine room to be so clean. Always envisioned it as a dark and dingy spot. Glad the Captain had his recent maintenance taken care of too! ⛵️
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching Scott. I have two engine room tours, 3000 hp and 4200 HP. You might like them. CUOTO
You forgot one of the main reasons for keeping engine room spotless. That’s the pride of the engineer.
😂😂😂 True. Thank you for watching Tim. CUOTO
A clean engine room is a definitely a happy engine room. You actually feel good about working and doing maintenance.
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Love the mechanics and engineering of the tugs
Thank you again for watching Bill. CUOTO
Another very informative video Tim; on some of the smaller vessels I have been on we used to run the central heating/hot water thru the main engines. This way the main engines would be kept warm when stopped or, when underway we could switch the boiler off getting our heating/hot water from the main engines. Of course on those size vessels I was also the engineer so quite used to doing oil changes myself!
I was also Master on an AHTS that had 6000bhp MAKs as main engines ( four of them) which had the domestic hot water supply system piped thru them. During an engine re-build I was interested why they waited for the re-built engine to warm up before starting it. The MAK service engineer on board explained about the thermal expansion load differences from starting a "cold" engine v a "warm" engine. Especially with a view to extending the engine's life.
Anyway great video and content Tim, stay safe and see you Red - Red. 👍
Thank you very much for watching Ricky. That's cool about warming up a rebuilt engine. CUOTO
Very interesting Cap't. Many thanks for sharing. Have a great rest of the week.
Thank you for watching George. CUOTO
OK. Great video. Can you do one about engine room safety ?? Ex: Safety glasses?? Hardhat? Etc.
You can have these lads watch it and learn about safety. Hate to see someone put an eye out.
Thank you very much for watching. Safety is a very difficult thing to do a video about. This is because one day a lawyer may use one of my videos against me, my company or one of my friends. It is a great idea, and I will try to think of a way to do it. CUOTO
Nice information re engine. Engine room and engines look good. We had 1300 HP turbines to run oil pumps. They held 75 gallons of synthetic oil. A rebuild on one was $100,000.
Thank you for watching David. That sounds about right. CUOTO
A broard educatrion across your chosen field is always an assett. Nice engines, the last 12 cylinder I worked on was in an old Daimler double six. Man it used to love drinking petrol.
Thank you very much for watching. CAT makes many different variants of the 35 series. Our 4200 boats used 3516s. CUOTO
Same torquewrench for that endcap that I use sometimes working on stuff. When my elbow clicks it's halfway there, when my shoulder creaks it's torqued. Sometimes I say "click click" just to make sure.
😂😂😂😂 I can relate! Thank you for watching John. CUOTO
Another great video Caption Tim .
Thank you William. CUOTO
Sorry Tim, not trying to scoop your man, but- Dalton- if you ever decide to come ashore, call me. You're hired.
😂😂😂😂 And he is an amazing cook too! Thank you for watching John. CUOTO
interesting video thank you Tim. Dalton. and Danny
Thank you for watching James. CUOTO
Look forward to videos of your recent trip - Thanks CUOTO
Thank you for watching James. You can see the them at SV Paquita here on TH-cam! Or click the link below. CUOTO
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Thank you gents for the demonstration.
Thank you for watching. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Tim, have you ever looked at videos of Eppleton Hall? One of the very first functional Tug Boats THAT crossed the Atlantic from the UK. Oh it's a side wheeler steam boiler. The side wheeler almost seemed like early bow thrusters. Tim, are the "waste" cans lashed down somehow? Rough water seems like they could tip. Great video and details as always.
Thank you for watching the Bob. No, I am not familiar with that boat. I'll have to check it out. Yes, the waist cans are secured to the bulkhead with lines. CUOTO
You must’ve seen a lot of hammerhead sharks up close & personal😱😂 the color of the water in the Sargasso is awesome 👍
Thank you for watching John. No hammerhead shark spotted on that trip. But the water was amazing. My next video on SV Paquita will show our halfway party where we go swimming in over 16,000 feet of blue blue water. CUOTO
Funny sidebar to spontaneous combustion… apparently the stains and sealants used on hardwood floors are very spontaneously combustible. Had an old flooring guy on a job he was doing for me say, “You’re not a real flooring guy until you’ve burned up at least 1 work van from forgetting a trash bag full of used rags!” Ouch!!😬 Cool video!! #CUOTO
😱😱😱😱😱😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching and supporting the channel Ian!. I thought they were susceptible to spontaneous combustion because they were sinners! 😂 CUOTO
Super cool blog
Great trip I love to have done that
Thank you for watching again Adam. CUOTO
Do you ever sample the new oil that you purchase ? Most times the oils coming out of our reals were not up to Cat's standard for cleanliness, it was purchased in bulk. Also do you ever sample the coolant or fuel ?, we did them also. CUOTO
Thank you for watching. Our oil comes directly from shell (we are distributors) and the specs come with the order. All of our fuel we take on or bunker ships with is all independently sampled. And our coolant is tested and logged periodically. CUOTO
I noticed that about your AB. In construction,
if I am up a ladder, a good assistant will be ready with the thing I need before I need it.
Also, you are correct: the lube oil is not exothermic. However, the diesel fuel is.
Thank you very much for watching. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
I was surprised that there was no drain valve on the filter housing with a hose attached so the filter would drain in a bucket on the floor, so they wouldn’t need to put diapers all over the floor. Do they cut open the used filters to inspect for wear particles?
Thank you for watching Don. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. The oil samples are usually more than enough proof of what needs to be replaced. CUOTO
Awesome adventures Captn!
Thank you very much for watching Arthur. CUOTO
SV Paquita probably also likes to run at 180. I know that the westerbeke on the Sabre does. Interestingly, modern Porsches run at 175 with oil temp at 200 (although this is a very different beast). Always interesting Tim!
Thank you for watching Henry. CUOTO
When I retired out of the oilfield three years ago. Peterbuilt was introducing a new engine. It was requiring an oil change at 35000 miles.
Thank you for watching Dennis. WOW. That's cool. CUOTO
Thanks, Tim! A great look 'on the insides' of your tug and part of the engineering efforts that are continuous! Diapers has become the natural descriptive term, and for good reason! LOL! Thanks again, Sir! CUOTO
Thank you for watching Randy. Mark Twain once said that "diapers and politicians should both be changed for the same reason". 😂 CUOTO
That was Awesome! Thanks for sharing ! Welcome home.... 😎👍⚓CUOTO
Thank you Rick. CUOTO
I wont complain so much about my truck holding 4 gallons of oil now lol. Very interesting Tim Havagudun Cap.
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Is the nine oil samples question because you don't have just one motor but 2 mains and generators and backup generators, maybe another for driving hydraulics and such?
Thank you for watching Alex. You are correct. 2 for the mains. 2 for their reverse gears. 2 for the 2 generators. 1 for the tow motor and 1 for it's hydraulics and 1 for the steering pumps. CUOTO
Glad that’s not on my tab! Thank Tim 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for watching Milan. CUOTO
I spent 1/3 of my time in the engine rooms on my tin can and didn't learn as much as what you teach us. I might have stayed kin if I knew all of this.😄
Thank you for watching and thank you for your service Bob! CUOTO
Thanks Capt for the filter change video. How do they vent out the air in the filter after the change?
Thank you for watching Art. The crank cases are not sealed and infact you can see black filter housings on each side of the engine that allow the crank case to breath and the oil to expand. So the air in the new filters just get pushed through the system. CUOTO
Thanks for another great video Captain! This is a wonderful insight into a rarely-seen part of the business - where all the money goes! Keep up the great content and thank you to the crew for letting us into the Engine Room! #CUOTO ~__/)__*
Thank you for watching and supporting the channel since the beginning! I really appreciate it! CUOTO
Are there any captains that own their own tug and run it themselves or is it all corporate? Interesting video
Thank you for watching Nick. There used to be. But today with all the regulations, it's hard to legally run a towing business with older tugs (red flag). So most oil companies want to hire the newest and safest equipment they can. This is an older boat (11 years) and it would cost about 10 million dollars to have it built today. So most people with that kind of money, don't want to do this kind of work. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I think if I had that sort of money I'd be joining you Tim sailing the high seas. 😀
@@TimBatSea I kinda figured that was the case. It’s sorta like the trucking industry, just way more expensive lol
OK - here's my guess on why 9 oil samples - you have mains, generators, winch motor, transmissions, reversing gears etc. Each has oil that can be analyzed.
I can't speak for vessel engine rooms, but spontaneous fires in our home workshops are typically finishes or construction materials catalyzing in an unventilated environment - linseed oil and old school epoxy are the most famous culprits. Linseed oil can go up from a single wet rag crumpled in a closed container.
Thank you! I look forward to every Tuesday morning's video. Always a pleasure to watch.
You are correct! Thank you for watching. 2 main engines, 2 reverse gears, 2 generators, 1 tow motor, 1 hydraulics for tow motor, and 1 for the steering hydraulics. CUOTO
Tim, as a retired refinery guy I look forward to your productions. Not trying to be a negative nelly or in any way place a negative comment on your page. But why aren't your men wearing safety glasses or a form of eye protection when opening a filter housing that potentially could have pressure behind it? It's good practice to wear appropriate PPE in the engine room!
Thank you for watching Barry. Good point. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I don't like to critique & I hope you accept my advice positively. Over my 30 years in refining, I have seen too many good workers get avoidable injuries because of PPE avoidance. CUOTO
Funny how the processes are the same just enlarged. Just did oil changes on the C18 cats in a party fishing boat I run.
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Test samples must be taken from various points, for example storage or service tanks and from the engines themselves.
Thank you for watching Dwane. 2 main engine. 2 reverse gears. 2 generators. 1 tow machine. 1 hydrologics for tow machine. 1 for steering hydraulics. CUOTO
I’ve seen much older EMDs. Ours at work of from the 30’s, but it gets shut down daily.
Thank you for watching Nicholas. CUOTO
A good mechanic doesn't need a torque wrench. I used to be a diesel mechanic. A clean engine is a Happy engine! :-) good video
Thank you for watching Mike. CUOTO
9 samples taken so there is a fresh sample for each test conducted on the oil? Is the engineeer a designated position or do they have to be licensed? Great variety of things going on around the whole boat!!!
Thank you for watching and supporting the channel David! The 9 are as follows; 2 main engines, 2 reverse gears, 2 generators, 1 steering pumps, 1 tow motor, 1 hydraulics for tow motor.
With the new Subchapter M, engineers have to be licensed. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I thought there were nine because there was one bottle missing out of the box of ten.
So funny watching on their phones…but if you’re watching this on your phone, it’s okay! Hahaha
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching, phone or no phone Bill. 😂 CUOTO
Thanks for this content.
Thank you very much for watching. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
DO YOU GUYS RUN A DE LAVAL PURIFIER ALSO,,,THEY ARE AWESOME...
Thank you for watching Terrel. No we don't. CUOTO
You didn't say, What the 9 bottles were for.
Great video. Thanks for showing us.
Thank you for watching Jerome. 2 for main engines, 2 for the reverse gears, 2 for the 2 generators, 1 for the tow engine and 1 for it's hydraulics, and 1 for the steering. CUOTO
Tim: In another industry, someone who doesn't pay attention is labeled ... Lights are on, but nobody's at home ... Your folks are great assets on your boats!!
Thank you for watching Gene. CUOTO
Interesting stuff, thanks.
Thank you very much for watching Deborah. CUOTO
Tim
Are the engines 3k hp, or is the tug 3k hp split between the two engines of 1500hp?
Thank you for watching Mike. The Tug is 3000 (1500 each engine). Both engines are capable of almost twice the HP but are de-tuned for continuous commercial duty. CUOTO
Engineer needs to get a form a funnel and a 1/4 inch drive impact. The form a funnel will allow him to change the filters by himself. If that coolant line wasn't in the way, we used to take an old serpentine belt and make a sling on a bucket so it just hung below the filter housing.
Thank you for watching Jason. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Here is my TH-cam fame. Other than a few motorcycle rides I have recorded.
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@@jasonb72 Wow! That's awesome! I didn't know there were tier upgrade kits available. Cool. Thank you. CUOTO
I always learn something from your videos. 3M oil absorbent pads which don't absorb water? who knew
They are pretty cool! Thank you for watching Mark. CUOTO
Tim , What is the name of your other Channel ?
Thank you for watching Michael. It's SV Paquita. CUOTO
About those diapers.... They are magical for pulling the oil off of the bilgewater, or God forbid, overboard. But for general wiping where water isn't involved, you are throwing money away. I use cotton scrap rags for oil cleanup on dry surfaces and save the diapers for the bilge.
Thank you for watching Dave. CUOTO
How many hours do the Generators go on an oil change?
Thank you for watching Mark. We do ours every 350 hours. CUOTO
i like using the dippers to i jut was they would be a little eazer to get i haft to order them from the net and the price is a little much to use all the time
Thank you for watching Matt. I think you can get them at West Marine too. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea cool but the closet west marine is 2 ib a half hours a way
Oil leaks on a boat end up in the bilge, eventually it would end up getting pumped overboard from the bilge pumps so oil leaks can become oil spill cleanups.
That is true for smaller boats but not for ones of this size. Our bilges can't be pumped overboard and all of our oil bilgewater separators have been locked out as per USCG. Only our sweetwater pumps (water from shafts) are allowed to go overboard. Our bilges get pumped out and recycled. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
What are they pouring the waste oil into?:)
Thank you for watching. I believe you may have been seeing them consolidate the oil 8nto one bucket and then it is poured into our slop tank. CUOTO
Evaporative emissions are highly flammable and i have thoes white diaper rags for heavy equipment 😅
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
We called them diapers. One place I worked had two versions, one for oil (like yours) and one for water. About 15 years ago they were a buck a piece.
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Never seen a 3000HP oil filter before.
And now you've seen 6! Thank you for watching. CUOTO
every 4000hours or every 400hours?its alot for oil change if relly is 4000hours
Thank you for watching. It's 4000 hours or sooner if the samples come back saying it needs to be changed. CUOTO
In woodworking it's the oil finishes that are prone to spontaneous combustion, such as tung oil and linseed oil. CUOTO
Oh yes! Thank you for watching Chris. CUOTO
Excellent! CUOTO
Thank you for watching Jerome. CUOTO
I’ve got 2 3406 cats in my tug and we change the oils and filters. every 250 hours.
Thank you for watching Ethan. That may be because your engines are what? 360HP? Ours are a bit bigger and have 125 gallons in each crank case. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea yeah we only have 33 litres in each motor
Genset looks like a Deere?
Thank you for watching Paul. Yes. You are correct. CUOTO
Here's a comment for your analytics.
Much appreciated Bill! CUOTO
Us land lubbers call them PIG mats.
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Why nine you ask?
Three times three is nine of course.
Just like twenty seven divided by three.
Du^uh!
😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching Frank. 2 for the main engines. 2 for their reverse gears. 2 for the generators. 1 for the tow machine. 1 for the hydrologics for the tow machine. And 1 for the steering pumps. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea
I already had some idea that you weren't steering with a chain up and down the wheel straight to the rudder and back.
Wow
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
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Thank you for watching! CUOTO
we used diapers when I built fuel stations
They work well. Thank you for watching Johnathan. CUOTO
You have a CAT Engine and everybody knows Cat's have NINE lives???...
😂😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching Dennis. CUOTO
That’s nothing! I change the filters on my 4 cylinder Subaru “shit boxes” (old beat and up cars) all the time.🤣
😂 Thank you very much for watching Paul. Did you know that Subaru spelled backwards is U R A Bus? CUOTO
no different then a 300hp oil change...
Thank you for watching. Just 10 times bigger. CUOTO
Re: oil samples, do you sample the transmission oil?
We do. Both main engine reverse gears and the hydraulics on the tow motor and steering pumps. Thank you for watching. CUOTO