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    • Raw Water Cooling
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Marine Diesel Basics 1 – Maintenance front covers of English editions

Visual Help For Your Marine Diesel System

Take control of your boat engine maintenance with this comprehensive online resource, designed for owners of motorboats, narrowboats and sailboats.

Whether you’re a seasoned sailor or a beginner, this website will help you keep your marine diesel engine safe, reliable and robust in all conditions.

Marine Diesel Basics books are packed with simple drawings and clear text explaining all aspects of marine diesel systems – from the fuel fill fitting on deck to the propeller.

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Marine Diesel Basics 1 – Maintenance front covers of English editions
Marine Diesel Basics 1 – Maintenance front covers of English editions

Visual Help For Your Marine Diesel System

Take control of your boat engine maintenance with this comprehensive online resource, designed for owners of motorboats, narrowboats, sailboats and workboats.

Whether you’re a seasoned sailor or a beginner, this website will help you keep your marine diesel system safe. reliable and robust.

Marine Diesel Basics books are visual guides packed with simple drawings and clear text explaining all aspects of marine diesel systems– from the fuel fill fitting on deck to the propeller.

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Learn How To Do Maintenance Tasks

The acclaimed book Marine Diesel Basics 1 (2nd ed.) makes maintenance simple and easy. Over 350 drawings show how to complete 144+ maintenance, lay-up, and recommission tasks.

Over 9,000 copies sold! Available in English, Chinese, French, German, and Portuguese in spiral bound (lies flat!), paperback, hardcover and ebook.

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Join world-renown boat guru Nigel Calder for his online courses or for the live MDB webinar. Get familiar with marine diesel system parts, learn how they function, and appreciate the importance of basic preventative maintenance.

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Free Diesel Engine Manuals & more

Almost 3,000 manuals available for most makes of diesel engines, cooling systems, fuel systems, transmissions and saildrives, shaft seals and propellers, and transmissions. All downloads are free.

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What To Do –And When To Do It

Download free checklists for maintenance, lay-up, recommission, or saildrives. Watch instructional videos, and check out the YouTube channel! Learn more about how systems operate. Free Technical Wordlists in 16 languages also available.

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