RYA Diesel Engine Course

Learn how to look after a marine diesel engine and practice simple maintenance procedures on this enjoyable and informative hands-on course.

This course will give you the knowledge to carry out routine daily maintenance checks on a marine diesel engine and diagnose and rectify common minor malfunctions. You will learn how a diesel engine works and how all the sub-systems – fuel, oil and cooling – work. You will learn how to bleed a fuel system, change fuel filters, do an oil and filter change and replace a defective cooling water pump impeller. You will gain hands on experience working on a real diesel engine with real components but in a classroom environment.