Breakage of The Tightening Stud of Cyl - Cover

MITSUI
MINI MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.

NEWS DIESEL ENGINE DEPT. －RESEARCH GROUP.
for MITSUI－B & W engine,

NO. 78
SECTION T.Ushijima
Countermeasure for the breakage of the tightening stud for CHIEF
the cylinder cover ASSIST Y.Nishioka
CHIEF
STAFF
ENGINE TYPE MC / MCE / MC-C DATE Aug.,2003
We have occasionally received a report citing trouble with breakage of the tightening
stud for the cylinder cover on some of the captioned engines in service.
In this connection, we herewith would inform you of the cause and counter-
measure for this, and we would like to recommend you to apply it when the cylinder
cover is overhauled for maintenance.
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1. Circumstance of breakage
The breakage of the tightening stud for the cylinder cover is due to corrosion pits
caused by invasion of the flow out water drain of cooling F.W. into the small space
between cylinder cover tightening stud’s thread and cylinder frame’s thread when
overhauling of exhaust valve and/or cylinder cover was carried out.
Cylinder cover
Tightening stud
Broken part
Cylinder frame
There are two kinds of tightening stud for cylinder cover as shown in the attached
Fig.-1 and Fig.-2, that is a stud without an O-ring and a stud with an O-ring.
Stud with an O-ring has been adopted on our engines for some years in order to
prevent the water invasion into thread part even though the adoption time varied
slightly depending on the engine type.
However, even on the stud with an O-ring, we have recently experienced the same
trouble with the stud without an O-ring caused by the decreasing of sealing effect
due to deterioration of the O-ring under the long usage.
2. Inspection
We would like to recommend you to carry out the following inspection of all
tightening studs for cylinder cover by removing them at next overhauling of
cylinder cover.
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1) Corrosion pit
Check the tightening stud overall by visual checking; precise attention should
be paid to the thread part.
Remove any corrosion pits with sand paper, if corrosion pit is observed.
2) Crack
Check the tightening stud overall by a dye-penetrate test; precise attention
should be paid to the thread part.
Replace the stud, if a crack is detected.
3. Countermeasure
1) We would like to recommend you to apply the following countermeasure

against corrosion problem of tightening stud for cylinder cover.
(AA) Engines equipped tightening stud without an O-ring (Fig.-1)
Remove/install the tightening stud at every overhauling time of cylinder cover

according to the procedure mentioned in item 2), and clean the root part
around the tightening stud carefully.
Then, apply sealing material (Permatex 3) between the tightening stud and the
cylinder frame.
Sealing material Tightening stud

(Permatex 3)
Cylinder frame
(BB) Engines equipped tightening stud with and O-ring (Fig.-2)
Replace the O-ring of the tightening stud at every overhaul time of the
cylinder cover at least, and install the tightening stud onto cylinder frame
according to the procedure mentioned in item 2).
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2) Installation of tightening stud for cylinder cover
Installation procedure of tightening stud has been changed recently in order to

avoid the inclination of the tightening stud at installation.
So we would like to recommend you to re-install the tightening stud according
to the following procedure at re-installation of tightening stud on the vessels in
service.
Installation procedure of tightening stud for cylinder cover
Tighten the tightening stud until it touches the bottom end of the
thread on the cylinder frame.
Then, loosen the tightening stud by 45 - 60 degrees.
Please contact MES TECHNOSERVICE Co., Ltd. offices, if you have any questions
regarding this matter.
MES TECHNOSERVICE CO., LTD. Head Office (Tamano)

TEL No. : +81 863 23 2581
FAX No. : +81 863 23 2085
MES TECHNOSERVICE CO., LTD. Tokyo Office

TEL No. : +81 3 3544 3421
FAX No. : +81 3 3544 3030
MES TECHNOSERVICE CO., LTD. Kobe Office

TEL No. : +81 78 321 2501
FAX No. : +81 78 331 5062
MES TECHNOSERVICE CO., LTD. Nagoya Office

TEL No. : +81 52 654 9461
FAX No. : +81 52 654 8381
MITSUIZOSEN TECHNOSERVICE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

TEL No. : +65 6777 1677
FAX No. : +65 6773 3677
MITSUIZOSEN TECHNOSERVICE HONGKONG LTD.

TEL No. : +852 2610 1282
FAX No. : +852 2610 1220
MITSUIZOSEN TECHNOSERVICE TAIWAN CO., LTD.

TEL No. : +886 7 331 2801
FAX No. : +886 7 332 2218
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Fig.-1 Tightening stud without an O-ring
Tightening stud
Cylinder frame
Fig.-2 Tightening stud with an O-ring
Tightening stud
O-ring
Cylinder frame
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MITSUI

MINI MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.

for MITSUI－B & W engine,

ENGINE TYPE MC / MCE / MC-C DATE Aug.,2003

1) We would like to recommend you to apply the following countermeasure

(AA) Engines equipped tightening stud without an O-ring (Fig.-1)

Remove/install the tightening stud at every overhauling time of cylinder cover

Sealing material Tightening stud

(BB) Engines equipped tightening stud with and O-ring (Fig.-2)

Installation procedure of tightening stud has been changed recently in order to

Installation procedure of tightening stud for cylinder cover

MES TECHNOSERVICE CO., LTD. Head Office (Tamano)

MES TECHNOSERVICE CO., LTD. Tokyo Office

MES TECHNOSERVICE CO., LTD. Kobe Office

MES TECHNOSERVICE CO., LTD. Nagoya Office

MITSUIZOSEN TECHNOSERVICE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

MITSUIZOSEN TECHNOSERVICE HONGKONG LTD.

MITSUIZOSEN TECHNOSERVICE TAIWAN CO., LTD.

Fig.-2 Tightening stud with an O-ring

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