While I prefer a manual, their relative unpopularity in the US market has led mfr's to use some sketchy stuff.
New Venture 1500 5-sp in my '98 S10; described by all the shops I've been to as a "throwaway" unit. Rebuilding requires special jigs the shops don't care to invest in, and parts are...
Is flour dust a consideration? I worked as an intern in a very large commercial bakery and it had high air flows to dissipate and collect flour dust in the mixing areas. They were mixing bread dough in dumpster-sized bins.
Your peak condenser water flow (both new chillers on) is going to go up by 33%, which is something the tower(s) are not going to like. Even the CW piping may be undersized for that flow.
I have a Ford flathead V8. They thrive on turbulence of the fuel mix, created by a quench. The mantra with these is to have around 0.050" clearance between piston and top of combustion chamber (with fully torqued head gasket). Stock these engines had up to 1/8" clearance on the driver's side...
An advantage I have heard is that smaller motors are easier to get when one fails, larger motors can be hard to find on short notice.
I've mainly seen these on installations where zero-downtime is a hard requirement. If one fan unit fails, the others in the array are ramped up to compensate...
What is the standby load? Any chance a bank of PowerWall batteries could do the job? Is the genset to allow indefinite continued operation, or an orderly shutdown/evacuation (keeping the elevators operational)?
Assuming these are residential units, where you take the drains depends a lot on water quality. If you have a saline (high mineral content) water source, the further concentration of the salts in the coolers will kill vegetation.
The Brit bike ignitions (by Lucas) had a dedicated coil and set of points for each cylinder, running on a common ignition cam. Not a dual-point (or triple) system in the context of the OP's system.
Is the seal/gasket in the area above the spigot's "dovetail" looking portion? I have seen old steam flanges that had something similar to prevent a direct path in case of a gasket failure, essentially a labyrinth secondary seal.
First thing I would ask an RS owner who had a HG failure after replacement of the faulty HG is, "How much did you crank the boost controller?" Second would be "Which aftermarket tune are you running?"
I think it's smoking all the time, just not enough volume of gases to make it easily visible. Do you have a borescope? Pull the plugs and take a look at the pistons with it. Clean around the edges = bad rings.
Sounds like you've narrowed down the problem. Just thought I'd toss this in...
I noticed a virtually identical noise on a 650 Triumph twin, while setting the timing - just before the valve began to open, and just before it started to close, it would make a noise like that. The motor turned out...
It is also possible that many of those who left did so to ensure their pension rights, or simply retired, or were encouraged to leave to bring in cheaper, younger talent. All you can do is ask in the interviews, and judge the position they offer on its merits.
