Service Letters, Four-stroke – Table of Content

Updated: February 2017

SL No. Title
SL2017-641 Fuel Valve Adjustment

SL2017-640 Heavy Fuel Oil Cleaning (Removal of abrasive particles)

SL2017-639 New Design of High-Pressure Hydraulic Hoses, (Personnel safety - protective tubing)

PCI 367 Turbine Cleaning

SL2016-636 Splash Guarding , Connections in the fuel oil and lubricating oil system

SL2016-635 Fretting Marks on Connecting Rod Contact Surfaces

SL2016-634 Ridge Wear at Crankpin Journals

SL2016-631 Performance Test of Pilot Operated Check Valves (POCVs), Updating of SL13-575/BTT

SL2016-630 Change-over to EAL in Propeller Servo Systems (Replacement of SL13-580/BTT)

SL2016-629 Temperature Range for Propeller

SL2016-628 Fuel Injection Valve Condition

SL2016-627 Tightening of Roller Guide Housing (GenSet)

SL2016-623 Cooling Water Treatment and Periodical Test of the Cooling Water

SL2016-622 Tightening of Roller Guide Housing (GenSet) Replaced by SL2016-627

SL2016-619 Tightening of Roller Guide Housing (Propulsion)

SL2016-618 Tightening of Roller Guide Housing (GenSet) Replaced by SL2016-622

SL2016-615 Fuel Oil Backflushing Filter

PCI 359 Fixation of Air Filter Mat

PCI 356 Dry Cleaning of the Turbine in Slow Steaming Mode

SL2015-610 IMO Tier II L23/30H

SL2015-608 Valve Bridge Guide for L27/38

SL2015-606 Check of Tightening of Connecting Rod

SL2015-605 Hydraulic Tightening Pressure for Connecting Rod

SL2015-603 Publishing of Service Letters on the MAN Diesel & Turbo Website

SL2015-602 Maintenance and Pressure Test of Lube Oil Cooler

SL2015-601 Loosening of Plugs in Piston

SL2015-600 Testing of Overspeed on L23/30H GenSets

SL2015-597 High Exhaust Gas Temperatures and Turbine Cleaning

PCI 354 Sealing Air

PCI 353 Electronic Check-up for Common Rail Engines

PCI 351 Microbiologic Infection of Diesel Fuels

PCI 348 Fretting on Connecting Rod Contact Surfaces

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PCI 347 Tightening Torque of Impeller Nut on Attached Cooling Water Pumps

PCI 346 Change in Emission Control Areas

PCI 344 Lifetime of Connecting Rods

PCI 343 Tool Catalog

PCI 342 PrimeServ Protect

PCI 341 Maintenance of High Pressure Fuel Pump, Common Rail System

PCI 338 Cast Nozzle Ring Cracks

SL2014-595 Cleaning Procedure for Fuel Safety Filter (Supplement to SL13-577/KEL)

SL2014-594 Lubricating Oil Consumption

SL2014-593 Guidelines for Operation on Fuels with less than 0.1% Sulphur

SL2014-588 L27/38 Propulsion Woodward Governor Top

SL2014-586 Handling of Tacho Failures and Reduction of Safety Risks in Plants with AT2000 PCS

SL2014-585 Gear Servo Oil Pumps

PCI 337 Oil Mist Detection (OMD)

PCI 336 EM80 / EM300 Actuator

PCI 334 Scissors Jack for Main Bearing Assembly

Cus 331 Service Life of Piston Skirts

SL2013-583 L16/24 Mk 2 Update Package

SL2013-582 Lube Oil Treatment

SL2013-580 Change-over to EAL in Propeller Servo Systems

SL2013-578 Change-over to EAL (Environmentally Acceptable Lubricant) in stern tube and propeller hub

SL2013-577 Fuel Safety Filter

SL2013-575 Performance Test of Pilot Operated Check Valves (POCVs)

SL2013-570 Backup Operation of AT2000 PCS

Cus 328 Turbochargers NR24/R and NR26/R

Service life of compressor wheel for turbochargers on pulse-turbocharged engines

Cus 327 Product Safety Monitoring

Safety relevant issues

Cus 326 Cleaning of Sealing Surfaces on Common Rail Injection Equipment

Cus 325 Fretting at Conrod Bearings

Cus 321 Splash Guard

SL2012-565 Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensors, GenSets

SL2012-564 Retrofitting of Old PLC, Type CS31 and AC1131

SL2012-563 A New Service for Four-stroke Medium Speed GenSets and Propulsion

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SL2012-560 L16/24 Mk. 2 Update Package

SL2012-559 Valve Adjustment Procedure

SL2012-557 Tightening Torque L21/31

SL2012-556 New Low Sac Nozzle

SL2012-555 Fuel Oil Piping

Cus 319 Fuel Injection - Pump Set

Cus 318 Turbochargers TCR14, TCR16, TCR18, TCR20 and TCR22, Containment safety upgrade

Cus 317 Nozzle ring cracks on NA and TCA type turbochargers

Cus 315 Resilient Conical Bearings

Cus 312 Connecting Rod Bearing Shells

Cus 310 Turbocharger NR12/S - New Gaps and Clearances

SL2011-551 Cylinder Head (broken studs / incorrect type of nuts)

SL2011-550 Turning Valve Bridge

SL2011-547 New Shaft Sealings for Cooling Water Pumps

SL2011-546 Update of Software in Propulsion Control System

SL2011-545 New Improved Site for Service Letters

SL2011-541 Fatigue Piston Cracks on L23/30-series Engines

Cus 303 Engine Mounted Sealing Flaps

SL2010-538 New Spring Loaded Seals for Fuel

SL2010-536 Broken Camshaft Bolts (M16 - Quality 12.9)

SL2010-535 Cylinder Condition

SL2010-532 ALERT Service Bulletin - Product Recall Action - ASB2010/03/01

SL2010-531 ALERT Service Bulletin - Product Recall Action - ASB2009/12/23

SL2010-528 Service Letter in Electronic Form

SL2010-527 Updated Quality of Fuel Oil

SL2010-525 Fuel Injection Valve Test

SL2010-523 L16/24 GenSets 2008 Update PrimeServ Retrofitting

SL2010-518 New Course Catalogue of MAN Diesel PrimeServ Academies

Cus 299 Emergency Stop System, Safety Measures

Cus 298 Upgrade Products

Cus 295 MDO & MGO

Cus 293 Maintenance Intervals for Baffle Screws

Cus 292 Bearing Bushes of the Camshaft, Replacement Intervals

Cus 291 Sleeve Springs

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Cus 289 Check of Valve Rotation

Cus 287 Turbocharger NR12/S - Modification of the Cartridge

SL2009-519 Full Flow High Pressure Filters

SL2009-517 Updated Valve Adjustment Procedure

SL2009-516 Keeping Fuel Rack Position in Zero Position in Case of Two Faulty RPM Pick-ups

SL2009-508 Shaft for Roller at Inlet and Exhaust Valve Guide

SL2009-506 Lifting Tools for Cylinder Unit, Cylinder Liner and Dismantling Tool for Bearing Shell

SL2009-505 New Low Sack Nozzle

Cus 286 IMO Tier II - Engine Type 32/40 with 500 kW/cyl.

Cus 285 Conservation of Decommissioned Engines

Cus 284 V-profile Clamp to Connect Bearing Casing and Compressor Casing

Cus 277 Crankshaft / Camshaft Torsional Vibration Damper

Cus 274 TCR Turbocharger - Balacing the Rotor Assembly after Exchanging the Compressor Wheel / Turbine Rotor

Cus 273 Maintenance Intervals for Valve Supports (Fuel Injection Pump)

Cus 272 Turbocharger TCR22 - Refitting the Silencer

Cus 266 Turbocharger Operation Shut Down

Cus 265 Spare Part Kit for Cylinder Heads

SL2008-500 Additional Inspection of Connecting Rods

SL2008-494 Exchange of Old ABB CS31 PLC with MicroLogix 1500 PLC from Allen-Bradley

SL2008-493 Exchange of Old ABB CS32 PLC with New ABB AC1131 PLC

Cus 259 New Work Card 200.06 - Fuel Injection Pump: To Check and Examine Nose-type Baffle Screws

Cus 258 Switching from Heavy Oil to Gas Oil

Cus 257 Ensuring Appropriate Fuel Quality

Cus 256 Crankcase Relief Valves - Type EVA and EVN

Cus 254 Additional Information for Cus 236, Use of Low-sulphur, Distilled Fuels

Cus 252 Checking the Settling Characteristics of Resilient Conical Bearings

SL2007-489 Recall of Connecting Rod Bolts for L23/30H and L28/32H

SL2007-487 Release of New Improved Type of Oil Filter Cartridge

SL2007-486 Bracket for Guidance of Cam Followers on L21/31 Engines

SL2007-485 Service Letter in Electronic Form

SL2007-472 Special Handling of Propeller Blade Screws, Re-fitting

SL2007-470 Propeller VBS-ODS Pitch Feedback System, Item 1

Cus 245 Maintenance on the Engine Speed Governor System

Cus 244 Turbocharger NR12/S - Introduction of Splash Oil Cooling, Modification of Location Bearing

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Cus 242 New Wear Criteria for Valve Guides

Cus 236 Operation of MAN Diesel Medium-speed Engines on Low Sulphur Fuels

Cus 234 Emergency and Post Lubrication System, TCA Turbochargers on Two-stroke Engines

Cus 232 Turbocharger NR/R and NR/S, Wear of Turbine Nozzle Ring

Cus 231 Valve M329

SL2006-468 Inspection and Exchange of Allen-Bradley PLC

Cus 230 Turbocharger NR34/S - Splash Oil Cooling on Turbine-side

Cus 228 MAN B&W Turbocharger / Cleaning the Turbine - Benefits of Dry Cleaning at Operating Load

Cus 227 Service Life of Piston Skirts

Cus 225 Installation of Piston Crowns

Cus 224 Six Years of Operating Experience with Splash-oil-temperature Monitoring

Cus 223 Reliable Engine Starting (Turning, Blowing-through, Starting)

SL2005-459 Unintended Loosening of Plugs and Restriction in Piston

SL2005-458 New Relay / Control Box

SL2005-457 Maintenance of the Automatic Lubricating Oil Filter

SL2005-450 Gasket Kit for Cylinder Unit

Cus 221 Rudolf Diesel Academy, Training Seminars

Cus 220 Maintenance on the Contact Surface of Piston Crown and Skirt

Cus 219 Utilisation of Components

Cus 217 Splash Oil Cooling on Turbine-side for NR20/S, NR24/S and NR29/S Turbochargers

Cus 216 Attachment of Warning Signs

Cus 215 NR29/S and NA29/S Turbocharger, V-profile Clamp to Connect Bearing Casing and Compressor Casing

Cus 214 Axial Compensators between Turbocharger Compressor and Charger Air Cooler

Cus 212 New Design of the Valve Turning Devices

Cus 211 Solas: Retrofit of Insulations

Cus 208 Electronic Check-up

SL2004-443 Installation of Filter Protection Valve (FP Valve) on the Automatic Lubricating Oil Filter

SL2004-435 Check of Hydraulic Tools - Personnel Safety at Risk

SL2004-434 Maintenance Procedure of Lubricating Oil Filter

SL2004-433 New Piston Ring Package for L/V28/32H with Flame Ring Type Piston

Cus 205 Turbocharger NR/R - Fixation of Compressor Wheel, Tightening Torque of Magnetic Nut Made of Steel

Cus 204 Turbocharger NR24/R, Compressor-side Shaft Sealing

Cus 202 Ultrasonic Cleaning of the Charge-air Cooler in Situ

Cus 201 New Sealing Ring for Baffle Screws

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SL No. Title

SL2003-430 Inspection and Exchange of Danfoss Pressure Transmitters

SL2003-425 Inspection and Exchange of MAN Exhaust Valve Spindle

SL2003-422 Solas Requirement / Jacketed High Pressure Fuel Pipes

Cus 200 New Surface Treatment for the Inlet and Exhaust Valve Cones

Cus 199 Installang O-ring Seals on the Top Land Ring

Cus 198 Intermediate Ring on the Compressor Wheel

Cus 196 Turbocharger NA/S and NA/T, Turbine Gas-admission Casing and Nozzle Ring

Cus 195 SOLAS Requirements

Cus 193 Checking and Adjusting the Valve Yoke and Valve Clearance

SL2002-411 Solas Requirement / Jacketed High Pressure Fuel Pipes

SL2002-410 Electronic Equipment on Engine Type L27/38 GenSet

SL2002-387 Check of Fuel Oil Piping System

Cus 191 Additional Remarks on the Topic Big-end Bearing Check and Replacement

Cus 190 Supplementary Information Regarding Checking and Replacing Big-end Bearings on Medium-speed Engines

SL2001-392 Cylinder Oils for MC Engines Operating on Low Sulphur Fuels

SL2001-189 Examination of Piston (Only of the MAHLE Type Already Manufactured)

Cus 185 Supplementary Remarks on Maintenance Work on Valve Cones

SL2000-380 Check of Fuel Oil System Piping System

SL2000-379 Classification of Service Lettes

Cus 181 Its Unwise to Pay Too Much, but Its Worse to Pay Too Little!

Cus 177 Turbochargers NR24/R and NR26/R

Modification of the compressor wheel seat and labyrinth ring for engines with impulse-pressure supercharging

Cus 175 Monitoring the Crankcase with the Splash Oil Monitoring System

Cus 174 Honing Dismantled Cylinder Liners

SL1999-371 Cylinder Covers

SL1999-364 Year 2000 Product Compliance

SL1999-363 Gasket Kit for Cylinder Unit

SL1998-188 Tightening Procedure for Connecting Rod Screws

SL1998-187 Modification of Piston Ring Package to Include a Nose Minute Ring

SL1998-186 Cooling Water Treatment

SL1998-185 Examination of Exhaust Gas Valve Spindle

SL1998-184 O-ring for Water Guide Jacket

SL1998-183 Adjustment Washer between Thrust Pin and Thrust Piece

SL1998-182 Examintation of Piston Pin Bush

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SL1998-181 Examination of Piston Pin

SL1997-350 Damage of Main Bearings on Rigidly Mounted Auxiliary Engines Caused by External Vibrations from the Hull Structure

SL1997-349 Gasket Kits for Cylinder Unit

SL1997-335 Adjustment of Camshaft and Maximum Combustion Pressure

SL1997-180 Sealing with PERMATEX 300 Super between Engine Frame and Stud for Cylinder Head

SL1997-179 Modification of Bearings and Holding Screw on NR20 Turbocharger

SL1996-338 Gasket Kits for Cylinder Unit

SL1996-336 Alternative Dimension of Bearing Shells Available for Main, Guide and Crankpin Bearings as well as Oversize Thrust
Pieces for the Above-Mentioned Engine Types

SL1996-178 Revised Instruction Concerning Control and Possible Repair to Valve Seat Rings

SL1995-331 New Design of Crankpin Bearing and Main and Guide Bearing

SL1994-325 Monobloc Pistons Made of Nodular Cast Iron with Hardened Ring Grooves

SL1994-321 Reconditioning of Connecting Rods

SL1994-320 Safety Valve

SL1994-314 Starters Based on Air Motors of the Vane Type

SL1994-177 New Fuel Oil Pumps

Cus 124 NR Turbochargers, PTG, Nozzle Ring Erosion

SL1993-311 Removal of Nozzle Cooling

SL1993-310 Check and Adjustment of Fuel Injection Valves

SL1992-299 Valve Seat Rings

SL1992-298 Valve Seat Rings

SL1992-297 Sticking Fuel Pumps on Engine Operating on HFO

SL1992-296 Fuel Injection Pumps Modified Plunger / Barrel Unit

SL1992-290 Securing of the Piston Pin Position in the Piston on B&W Diesel Engines, Type DM 25 MTBH(S)-40

SL1992-176 Milling of Frame Top Surface

SL1991-289 Service Information on Turbochargers

SL1991-288 Connecting Rods for B&W Diesel Engines, Type DM 26 MTBH(S)(F)-40

SL1991-284 Introduction of Rillenlager for 23 and 28 Engines

SL1991-274 Piston and Connecting Rods. Combination of Scraper Rings

SL1991-175 Modification of Ring Package

SL1990-270 Lubrication

SL1990-257 Loop Expansion Joint for Fuel Oil Outlet and Inlet

SL1990-174 Modification in Torsional Vibration Damper

SL1989-255 Condensation of Water in the Charge Air Receiver

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SL1989-254 Cleaning of the MAN B&W Turbochargers NR and NR/R Type

SL1989-252 Scale and Corrosion Control in Freshwater Cooling Systems

SL1989-173 Fuel Oil High Pressure Pipe

SL1989-172 Modification of Fuel Injection Pump Element

SL1988-242 Flexible Steel Pipe Connection for Fuel Oil Outlet and Inlet

SL1988-235 Chemical Attack of Flexible Hose Connections of the Type AEROQUIP FC350 Caused by the Decreasing Quality of HFO

SL1988-229 Transverse Play of Rotor

SL1988-228 Dismantling and Reassembling of Cartridge

SL1988-227 Wear Resistant Turbine Nozzle Ring for the MAN B&W Turbochargers

SL1987-215 Piston

SL1987-171 Inspection of Vibration Damper

SL1986-166 SSV-piston

SL1984-204 Blending Unit Booster Pumps in AOB and UF Installations

SL1984-165 Inlet and Exhaust Valves

SL1984-163 Rotocap on Inlet Valves

SL1984-161 Connection Rod, Old and New Designs

SL1983-195 Grey Cast Iron Piston

SL1983-160 Slit Filter on Fuel Injection Valve

SL1983-159 Crack Examination of Piston

SL1982-188 Conversion to Operation on Intermediate Fuel

SL1982-186 Piston

SL1982-185 Connecting Rod, Retightening

SL1982-158 Tightening Moment of Main Bearing Caps

SL1982-157 Torsional Vibration Damper

SL1982-155 Grinding of Valve Seat Rings

SL1981-183 Checking of Regulating System of the Fuel Pump when Operating on Low Quality Fuel Oils

SL1981-176 Re-honing of Cylinder Liners

SL1981-174 Mounting of Main Bearing Temperature Sensors

SL1981-173 Counterweights on Crankshaft

SL1981-172 Counterweights on Crankshaft

SL1981-154 Cleaning of Fuel Nozzles

SL1981-153 Tighten-up of Screws, Counterweights

SL1981-152 Tighten-up of Screws, Counterweights

SL1981-151 Temperature Sensors in Main Bearing

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SL1981-150 Piston

SL1981-149 Shaft Sealing

SL1981-148 Inlet Valves and Exhaust Valves

SL1981-147 Inlet Valves and Exhaust Valves

SL1981-146 Connecting Rod

SL1981-145 Connecting Rod

SL1981-144 High Pressure Fuel Pipes

SL1981-142 Protection of the Gearbox Oil Pumps

SL1981-141 Blind Plate for Cooling Water Pipes

SL1981-140 Checking of Suction Filters

SL1980-137 Overspeed Stop

SL1980-136 Flange Screw for Propeller Hub

SL1980-133 High Pressure Fuel Pipe

SL1980-132 Stud for Cylinder Cover

SL1980-131 Valve Rotator (Rotocap) on Exhaust Valve

SL1979-152 Sealing between Cylinder Liner and Engine Frame

SL1979-151 Scraper Rings for Pistons

SL1979-150 Fuel Valve Sealing

SL1979-143 Cleaning Systems for Turbochargers

SL1979-141 Fuel Pump Index Alteration when Operating on Heavy Fuel

SL1979-139 Indicator Cocks

SL1979-130 Piston for Cooling and Bilge Pump

SL1979-129 Replacement of Filter Cartridges

SL1979-128 Piston, Fractures in Pin-boss

SL1979-126 Fuel Pump Index Reduction

SL1979-124 Nozzle and Holder for Fuel Valve

SL1979-123 Nozzle and Holder for Fuel Valve

SL1978-138 Starting Air Distributor

SL1978-131 Two-valve Cylinder Cover – Gas Leakages

SL1978-130 Fuel Pumps – Bosch Fuel Pumps

SL1977-116 Conical Valve Retainers

SL1977-102 Starting Air Distributor

SL1977-091 Big End Bearing Shells

SL1977-090 Big End Bearing Shells

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SL1977-087 Connecting Rod Bolts – Tightening Instruction

SL1976-120 Hydraulic Tool

SL1976-084 Paper Cartridges in Lube Oil Filters

SL1976-081 Bearings for Crankshaft with Reduced Diameter

SL1976-080 Nozzle Cooling

SL1976-079 Starting Valve

SL1976-075 Thermo Feelers for Bearing Supervision

SL1975-117 Oil Collector in Piston

SL1975-115 Screws for Piston Pin

SL1975-114 Stud for Main Bearing

SL1975-073 Tightening of Studs for Cylinder Cover

SL1975-070 Operation on Heavy Fuel

SL1975-069 Hydraulic Jacks for Tightening Studs and Bolt Connections etc.

SL1975-068 Exhaust Valves

SL1975-062 Lubrication of Claw Coupling for Lube Oil Pumps

SL1974-057 Separate Valve Seat Rings

SL1973-113 Dismantling of Threaded Joints

SL1973-049 Clearance of Valve Gear

SL1973-045 Accessories for Hydraulic Tools for Tightening of Bolt Connections, etc.

SL1973-044 Main Bearings

SL1972-107 Tightening of Screws for Piston Pin

SL1972-041 Studs for Fuel Oil Pumps

SL1972-035 Main Bearings

SL1972-034 Main Bearings

SL1972-032 Connecting Rod Bolts

SL1972-031 Slipping of Crankshaft

SL1971-106 Stern Tube Stuffing Boxes, Type Mu/Mi

SL1971-024 Rubber Rings on Cylinder Liner

SL1970-019 Cast Iron Pistons

SL1970-016 Water Washing of Turbochargers

SL1969-104 Clamping of Balance Weights

SL1969-010 Crankshafts

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