Fuel Oil Purifier Overhaul | Selfjector | Chief MAKOi

In this episode, I assign the cadet to take charge in overhauling the Fuel Oil Purifier.
Mitsubishi Selfjector

Chief MAKOi

[patelliott]

Good Morning Chief! As a man living in a small landlocked town in Virginia, USA and having a love for all things mechanical I thoroughly enjoy your videos. It's my opinion that the men working for you are lucky to have a mentor such as yourself. May God continue to watch over and Bless You, your Family, and of course your Crew.

[michaeldudley]

Great to see correct tools used, methodical working, along with team work. As a retired engineer of forty years it's great to see skills passed onto the young engineers. And a mentor like yourself, can't
get any better

[Lost-In-Blank]

Wow. Must be a tense experience, for the cadet, turning on the oil purifier for the first time after it has been cleaned and reassembled. "Gee, I sure hope I'm not about destroy this $50, 000 machine!"
Excellent video and great work! You must be excellent to work under Chief !

[h_garcia]

I'm about to finish undergrad with a cell biology degree; I TA for a wet lab course where one of the most often used tools is the centrifuge. We have it on a yearly service contract (higher service frequency if the kids try to spin samples with unequal masses), this video makes me seriously appreciate the work and knowledge seafarers have, especially in situations that depend on your knowledge to keep the entire team moving.

[johnmcl]

Chief this reminds me of my days on the farm working the cream separator as a youngster and coming from a oil pipeline job this is very well done. I sure this youngster will go from strength to strength. Regards

[VenturiLife]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. This is great. I was always mystified how ships could run on that sludge. That purifier is suprisingly complex.

[danbrit]

Now I'm on a research kick on how these things work and do what thay do ..keep up the awesome work of keeping the world moving

[Gunnr]

Good day, Chief!!

Fascinating content on one of many parts that keep a ship in top shape.

Good on the Senior Engineering staff for not only teaching, but allowing this Cadet to prove his training and knowledge. To quote another channel I frequent, when he started to reassemble, all of those parts were "nice and shiny!!"

Finally, good luck to this Cadet in his promotion to Fourth Engineer. May your travels encounter favorable winds and smooth sailing. And, when you encounter the rough seas of Life, may your training be a solid beacon to guide you through to safe harbour.

[JacoBadenhorst]

Chief. Great job on teaching your team. The way they go about the job, shows that they have a solid foundation on which they perform their work. And that is something you learn. No-one is born that way. Congratulations to you and your team. I wish you all fair seas.

[nofider]

Never thought I'd see another... Spent many hours stripping cleaning De Laval fuel and engine oil purifiers .... That brought back some taxing memory's Thanks Chief :-)

[Riggis]

Great guidance...❤ People working alongside you are really lucky... Hope all juniors get seniors like you..

[gerryg]

Patience, care and delicacy.... with big hammers! Fascinating film Chief, thanks for sharing.
Incidentally, many years ago in a previous life I worked in UK agriculture and both Alfa Laval and Westphalia were known to us as milking machine makers!

[ih]

Love the more technically themed videos like this!

[mikeb]

I used to work for Westfalia Separator, it’s nice to see your guys doing a thorough job on the overhaul.

[ARWest-bpyb]

Takes me back to my Navy days in Engineering. You've got a great crew Chief! 👍👍

[brianbarnes]

I used to hate changing the main bowl seals on purifiers. A nightmare to remove and fit without damaging them. Great video brought back memories good and bad.

[kathym]

The sound of your voice is very conducive to learning! I wish all instructional videos were like this.

[toddfraisure]

That can be nerve racking. I remember how it was exactly. So many times, there were no manuals on board, so we relied on pictures during disassembly and lots of phone calls to ask for specs.
More videos like this please Chief!

[trep]

Great team of engineers! Well trained and well managed.

[jameslanning]

When I was in the Navy, we used "De Lave, " oil purifiers. They were similar to yours. I suppose there's not a lot of difference in the concept, so designs will be similar.
We had that stack of filtration baskets, like in yours. And we had to remove the baskets and clean them individually as well.
We didn't use them for fuel oil, because the ship's engines, generators, and about everything, ran on JP5 jet fuel.
They were used to purify the engine's lube oil.

You got a good crew there, they did a great job on that purifier. It looked brand new after they got all the crap out of it!
Now, I did notice the digital readout, of the purifier status. "That's a cheat in the Navy!"
On the De Lave purifiers, there was a little button, that popped in and out as the purifier ran up to speed.
We had to count the number times the little button popped in and out. It had to pop out a specific number of times to mark the point where the purifier could be used. Like 60 times in one minute. Something like that.