The gensets of the 4000 series were manufactured by Perkins and were utilized in Jakarta, Indonesia. It should be under the catergory of high humidity operation.
All gensets were in continuous operation everyday since commisioned. Each of the intake manifold had twin turbo.
Massive flaking...
I have been rquested to determine the failure of two of five 'V16' diesel gensets. All five were commissioned in Feb '03 and failure occurred in Nov '03. Damages were confirned to no. 7 & 8 of A and B banks on both sets. Inspection revealed excess condensate had caused corrosion at the end of...
