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Piston crown wear is caused by late combustion, insufficient cooling, fuel impingement, high fuel viscosity, water in fuel, corrosion, catalytic oxidation, and improper cylinder oil. Remedies include checking fuel injection timing, fuel injectors, cylinder oil supply rate, fuel viscosity, water content, centrifuges, piston cooling system, overhauling parts, and dye checking for cracks. Prevention includes draining water from fuel, maintaining cooling systems, proper fuel valve/pump maintenance, regular overhauls, and clean charge air cooler/injector nozzles. Advice for engine makers includes using heat resistant alloy steel for pistons, flame or chrome hardening ring grooves, designing pistons simply to match spray patterns, ensuring

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Piston crown wear is caused by late combustion, insufficient cooling, fuel impingement, high fuel viscosity, water in fuel, corrosion, catalytic oxidation, and improper cylinder oil. Remedies include checking fuel injection timing, fuel injectors, cylinder oil supply rate, fuel viscosity, water content, centrifuges, piston cooling system, overhauling parts, and dye checking for cracks. Prevention includes draining water from fuel, maintaining cooling systems, proper fuel valve/pump maintenance, regular overhauls, and clean charge air cooler/injector nozzles. Advice for engine makers includes using heat resistant alloy steel for pistons, flame or chrome hardening ring grooves, designing pistons simply to match spray patterns, ensuring

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PISTON CROWN PISTON CROWN

Discuss the piston crown wear as follows:


(a) Causes (b) Remedies (c) Prevention for reoccurrence
(d) Advice to Engine maker how to prevent reoccurrence
Causes
!hen inspection make to piston crown " it ma# be found deep patches liked $Elephant %kin & " which is caused b#
piston crown burning and wear ' (# using of maker supplied template " burning awa# of piston crown could be
measured'
Piston crown wear is caused b#''
- After burning effect due to late and incomplete combustion
- Piston overheat due to insufficient cooling " heav# depositing and blockage of cooling passage
- )uel impingement and burning on the crown due to incorrect spra# pattern b# defective fuel valve
- )uel impingement and burning on the crown b# over penetration due to in*ected fuel viscosit# is high
- E+cess water content in fuel
- !et corrosion due to long standb# period and low temp
- Catal#tic o+idation of crown and vanadium attack'
- ,sing incorrect -(. value of c#linder oil and improper feed rate leading to Ring /one deposit and wear'
Remedial actions to wear
- Check fuel in*ection timing and correct to prevent after burning'
- Pressure test fuel in*ectors and renew as necessar#
- Check c#linder 0'1 suppl# and increase feed rate as necessar#'
- Check viscosit# of fuel oil regarding applied heating'
- Check water content in fuel and drained out from settling and service tank'
- Check centrifuges'
- Check piston cooling s#stem and rectif# cause of insufficient cooling
- 2f necessar# " piston to be thoroughl# overhauled ' Dismantled all parts " clean the crown and spout no//les with
chemical solvent " high pressure water *etting to base metal appear ' Assemble with pressure test'
- D#e check to find out an# cracks
- -he shape of piston crown to be e+amined " measure with special template and check grooves clearance b# new
rings'
0imit for burning awa# 34 5 64 7 of thickness of piston crown
-emplate gap clearance 84 5 86 mm
- 2f crown and grooves become e+cess wear" it must be sent ashore ' 2t can be repaired with proper firm b# machine
out to wear passage " welding up and final machining to si/e with proper methods'
Prevention to re-occurrence
- Drain out the water content in fuel and properl# centrifuged'
- 9aintain correct cooling temperature and pressure to piston cooling s#stem
- Proper maintenance to fuel valve and fuel pump to obtain perfect combustion condition
- 9aintain proper fuel viscosit# and temperature
- Regular overhaul to unit and piston according to maker recommended R':
- ,se correct -(. c#linder 0'1 and suppl# sufficient amount'
- ;eep cleanliness of charge air cooler and -'C no//le ring
- .ever run with engine overload
- Alwa#s blown out air before starting and after )'!'E
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Advice to Engine Maker
-he material of the piston crown should be heat resistance allo# steel and the piston ring grooves are to be flame
hardened or chrome plated to minimi/e wear ' -herefore advise to Engine makers to choose the ideal material for the
piston crown with properties of<<''
- !ear resistance
- E+pand onl# slightl# when heated
- -o increase the mechanical strength
- =ood thermal conductivit#
- 0ow in cost
- 0ight in weight
)or the design aspect " engine maker should consider <
- -he shape of piston crown should be simple and match with the spra# pattern of the fuel in*ection'
- -he material and thickness of piston crown could be properl# resist to thermal stress'
- Proper and simple cooling design should be made
- -he proportional clearance of liner and piston
- -he rating of engine and its dut# c#cle
- )uel >ualit# used
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