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    • 6bta oil leak by alternators

      This topic has 4 replies, has 5 voices, and was last updated byBrad Fausett 5 years ago

      January 17, 2019 at 11:17 am I have this same wetting on both of my engines and cannot locate the source. Has anyone seen this? I can’t seem to make my pictures small enough to post.

      Started by: Rick Pederson in: Cummins Marine Engines

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      January 22, 2019 at 10:47 am Check to make sure it is oil, it may be belt dust. I have noticed on ours we get a good bit of black in the area that is from the belt.

      Last Post by: Brad Fausett posted: 5 years ago

    • Idiot's guide to the 6BTA 5.9 Maintenance

      This topic has 8 replies, has 7 voices, and was last updated byNicholas 5 years ago

      May 4, 2017 at 9:22 am Hi everyone.Ā  I’m new to this board, and new to owning a yacht.Ā  I have a Carver 404 with twin 6BTA 5.9 370 HP engines.Ā  It had a mechanical survey, but I am learning that the person who did this was not very good.Ā  I recently had to have my port gear replaced, and during that, my mechanic let me know that the aftercooler needed rebuilding.Ā  My point with this is I didn’t even know that aftercoolers needed regular maintenance until h…

      Started by: Rick Pederson in: Cummins Marine Engines

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      June 13, 2018 at 12:32 pm Go to cummins website and register your engines with your serial numbers. Once you have done that you should have access through their website to the owners manual and O&M manual for your engines. The O&M manual has the basic recommended service items & interval. I built myself an excel spreadsheet checklist using that basic data because it can be a little overwhelming. Keep reading the articles here and search for forum posts from …

      Last Post by: Nicholas posted: 5 years ago

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