Looking for marine diesel engine maintenance in Ft Lauderdale? Like most complex machines, marine diesel engines of all kinds still require maintenance service and care. In a conventional marine diesel engine, the power is produced by hot compressed air igniting fuel sprayed under very high pressure into the cylinder head. A marine diesel engine does not use a carburetor to mix fuel and air or spark plugs to ignite the mixture. Instead, marine diesel engines employ the pistons to compress the air, which causes it to become extremely hot and the fuel is ignited as soon as it is injected into the cylinder. Continue reading…