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Posted by Britt on December 29, 2003 at 18:45:47 from (207.69.136.199):
In Reply to: what is the hardest oil change you ever did? posted by Jay on December 29, 2003 at 15:47:40:
A pair of Cat D-399 diesel generator sets. They were in the desert in Saudi Arabia. These were "prime power" sets that were only shut down in an emergency. As such they had dual oil sumps and dual filter banks on each engine. You could switch a valve and run the engine off of one sump and filter bank while you changed the oil and filters in the other sump. Then you would switch the engine over to the other sump and repeat the process. The temperature in the shade was around 110 to 120 degrees. Inside the generator building it was more like 150 degrees. I don't recall exactly how much oil each sump held, but it was around 100 gallons per sump. Needless to say, it wasn't one of my favorite tasks. When I was working outside, I kept my wrenches in a five gallon bucket of water. If you left them out in the sun for more than 10 minutes, they would raise blisters on your hands. When a breeze would blow during the afternoon, it felt just like you had opened an oven door. No one ever went to Saudi Arabia for the climate. I won't even mention the sand storms.
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