Lighthouse Keeper changes the OIL!
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2024
- A big part of our job is to ensure the diesel engines keep running smoothly to ensure we have power on the station. In this video we have to do our 4000 hour oil change on one of the diesel engines.
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For those mentioning about tighteing the filter too tight, I totally get it. It does look like I am really tightening it like there is no tomorrow. (it is those giant muscles you see strainging there) Reality is, I am not tightening it that much, maybe more than a 3/4 turn but I have learned from having to work on the diesels from previous keepers, too tight means you are not getting that thing off without a screwdriver through the middle of it for leverage. I tend to go with a snug fit but not so tight you won't get the darn thing off. As I have to do this every 4000 hours per generator, you get used to how tight it needs to be before it is just too darn tight to get off! I appreciate all you guys looking out for me!!
We had a good laugh when your photographer recorded you from head to toe next to the oil drum. My wife does that all the time but usually from the back. 😊
Yeah, that gave me a pretty good chuckle also!
Wow what a amazing channel. I came across this channel as it recommended this video as i was looking up oil change procedures for my vehicle and as this was a oil change video RUclips recommended this and since then i have binged watched all your videos from the start and subbed and its a fascinating job. If i wasnt disabled i would love to do this job and have my wife with me also. We have distant family in canada just outside Vancouver and always wanted to visit this beautiful country. Keep up with these awesome videos. 😊
Thank you for your support and glad you stumbled across the channel. More videos planned for the future so keep watching!! Take care.
Good to see you again. Keep the videos coming. Enjoy them very much. Oh and beautiful dogs you have to.
Ah they dogs, yeah they are something else. The one of them is almost always under foot and the other is like a stealthy sneak who just shows up out of nowhere. haha. They are entertaining to have around for sure.
Amazing! But please get that dog some hearing protection!
Wouldn't he move away if it was too loud for him? Dogs are pretty smart
Do they make ear protection for dogs? hahaha
They come and go as they please. They don't stick around for too long in the engine rooms, usually just to see what is going on and then they go on their way. All the doors are open so they come and go as they please.
@@BCLighthouseKeeper Yes! They do! I have my dogs around in my music studio at times, or when doing loud things. If I'm wearing hearing protection and they want to be around, they will wear it too!
@@weston3303 Absolutely! But this seems a pretty happy dog 😀! Dogs will stick around longer than is wise because they are curious and because they want to be around you. And it used to be normal for humans too, to walk into such a room without hearing protection. It became normal to wear hearing protection because we found out we got deaf after some years. And while dogs live shorter than us, their ears are a lot more sensitive too!
Great to see you again. Awesome as always. I really loved this one!
Glad you enjoyed it. I had some fun putting it together.
Hello from Puerto Rico!! 🇵🇷 I am really enjoying these videos, keep up the good work, it is so awesome to me how you make these tasks so entertaining and interesting! Keep em coming! 💪🏽
Thanks for saying! Yeah, an oil change is not always that fun but you can still have fun with it! haha.
What an unique and very cool job you have :)
Thank you. It is a pretty uncommon job.
@@BCLighthouseKeeper Indeed very unique and cool salutation from Montreal,Québec!
Am I correct in seeing the engines have a separate larger sump to increase maintenance intervals?
That is my understanding. The large container under the engine holds about half to 3/4 of a drum of oil in it.
@@BCLighthouseKeeper We equipped some of our engines with larger oil sumps back in 2007 as part of what we call the extender program. This works well and in some cases we can run 6 months between oil changes. Part of this maintenance extension oil analysis at 500 hours is required. Do you do oil analysis as part of maintenance? Also do you run straight viscosity or multi viscosity oil.
Looking at the equipment I would say all is working well, good clean engine room, the practices here will result in long life between major overhaul. Keep up the good work!
It seems as if they’ve repurposed what normally is the day tank on gensets as a huge sump, I was a bit confused at the start of the video as every genset I’ve ever seen has diesel down there. 😂
@@sstorholm there is a larger daytank in the room (you can see it in a few of the shots) and it supplies both of the engines. It gets filled regularly from the large tank farm outside.
@@VHP7044 I do like a clean and organized engine room. Just for my own sake. As for your questions, they are a little beyond my pay grade. I don’t do any analysis and I don’t know exactly what the maintenance crew does when they are here. I also know little about the oil they actually send other than it is the big barrels. I am but a very very small cog in a giant working machine. lol.
Coffee can or oversized cup is great for taking off inverted filters if you don't want to have to clean up afterwards. Also if you don't crank the filters on, you won't need to crank them off.
Awesome suggestion! Never heard of the coffee can thing but totally makes sense! Thanks!!!
Way over tightened, Gasket touch, Then three quarters turn!
Understood, thanks for the input!
You guys should get some pig mats for you have to change the oil or work on fuel systems. Absorbs the fluids that spill out.
We do have plenty of absorbant pads on hand in case of a spill. Honestly, the oil filter slipped out of my hand and onto the floor! Normally, there is very little oil that ends up on the floor or anywhere else. My clumsy hands and slippery gloves led to the oil on the floor.
do you guys filter out the used oil and use it as fuel?
All the used oil is kept in the drums and then once a year sent back to the Coast Guard base. From there I am unsure what happens to it.
Are these Deutz engines? Love the Initial D car model =) I watched the whole series =D
My understanding the they are Deutz engines. Love me some Initial D!!!
Just a tip put the date and hrs on the filters when they were done
Appreciate the tip!!
Interesting! How long do these engines last if they run 24/7?
Are there service intervals for the pistons etc. or will the whole engine be replaced after some time?
Normally we will swap between engines every 15th and 30th if they are running 24/7. This way neither engine has to do too much work and it helps keep everything in good order. I have heard of one station that one of the engines did not work as so they were on a single engine 24/7 for a year and a half, with shutdown only for servicing. They are pretty robust engines and are real workhorses
There is a mechanic crew out of the CCG base who comes out twice a year for maintenance. They adjust valves, replace belts and just check the engines over for any mechanical issues. If an engine does break down it would need to be replaced which is a pretty big effort. Just transporting an engine to a site is a big task, then trying to install it is a big team of people who need to get it done.
daam is that a initial model in the background at the start ? pretty cool ngl
Yes, it is the AE86 from Initial D. You can check out my other channel, Scale Auto Garage, where I build model kits, including several Initial D cars. Fun!!!
Love your videos! Do you do any fishing while you are off duty?
That is an interesting question to get to the water below the light might be treacherous so to go fishing might mean taking a Dinghy out .
I don't do a lot of fishing myself but I have been out in the boat and done some. Apparently the Salmon in the area are pretty easy to catch if you have the right gear. Bottom fish are literaly, cast, reel in, fish on the hook. No lies, you can actually just dip a hook on a line off the side of the boat and watch them bite the hook.
There is actually a really deep shelf right off the station and everything in close is really rocky. You could catch fish from the shore but every other cast out, the hook gets stuck on the rocks. You really need to go about 10 meters from the shoreline before you can really do any fishing.
Wow 400 hours on a Baldwin filter. You’ve got bigger ones than I have
4000
I'm no mechanice so I have no idea what you are refering to but I just use what is provided to me. Not had an issue with any of the provided filters that I have noticed. Something you feel I should be looking out for?
@@BCLighthouseKeeper most oil and filter are changed every 350-600 hours not in the thousands. That’s a lot of filtering for 1 little filter You have extra oil for the long duration but no extra filtering That’s just a long time on 1 filter you should call Baldwin and see what they say about thousands of hours on a filter. Just never seen a filter on that long
Understood, thanks for your input. I shall foreward the info to the proper department! Appreciated.
I hear kiddies voices at 8:00 in the music!? :)
My daughter, the camera operator! She was telling me I needed to put the 'E' in June.
air cooled to...id figure they would be liquid cooled and a heat exchanger with sea water
Could be that the fewer parts and systems, the less possible things may break down? Don’t know all the decisions as I am just a guy working at a location. lol. Who knows what led to the choices that brought us to this current juncture. As long as they work and keep the lights on then I’m a happy guy! Hahaha 🤣
That oil filter was way over tightened.
Understood, thanks for the input.
are you sure it´s 4000 hours ? That´s a lot and even more for an aircooled engine
Or 6 months, whatever comes first.
for a few seconds I was thinking are you really changing oil on a running engine lol, but then I realized there are two engines, and you were changing oil o none of them that is probably not running I never liked those oil filters that are to me upside down they always spill out oil kind of wild having two oil filters on one engine, but then I don't know too much about diesel engines, is that tank on the bottom all diesel oil if it is that is a lot of oil ?
Also, what was the last semi clear kind of cup you cleaned out.
Love the dogs I also noticed that in the last clip in the engine room that your fingernails have grown a little since the last time you uploaded a video, lol
Yes, there are 2 engines and so you change the oil on the engine currently not running. There are 2 filters on the engine, one is for oil, the lower one and the upper one is actually for diesel. The top cup is just for catching oil before it gets into the air filters. This one does need to be emptied fairly regularly.
@@BCLighthouseKeeper Putting the feul filter next to the oil filter so you can easily change both at oil change......
Why cant auto makers think of that?
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So basically a see-through "catch can"...I presume to filter out the PCV fumes....
I think the worst is when the fuel filter is actually inside the fuel tank of the car. I mean really, what were they thinking? haha.
@@BCLighthouseKeeper
That sock filter in the tank catches big chucks...
but usually allows fine particles through so there is always some fuel going through...
to the in-line filter which is a small steel canister somewhere in the line forward to the injectors....
It seems they would use a better oil (synthetic) instead of that cheap Mobil 1300. Engines would be far happier, last longer and use less fuel.
Possible but I think the overall plan is to move to renewables and phase out as much of the engines as possible.
@@BCLighthouseKeeperi think the plan is to drive the economy into the dirt and then when we are a third world country we will have neither lighthouses nor oil. That's just based on evidence and actions though.
Would be better without music
I wrestle with this choice a lot more than you may think. As I also have another channel that does primarly building, I am always back and forth with music or ASMR. Problem is, unfortunately you won't ever be able to please everyone. Music? Commentary? Subtitles? ASMR? There are so many choices on how you can make and produce videos for RUclips. All I can do is try to make videos that will apeal to the most broad of an audiene that I feel I can. Music is always such a huge subjective thing as well, what I like for music may not be my viewers taste in music. It is a conundrum for sure.
So how many litres (not inches) of oil is a normal change?
It gives some idea of how the oil lasts 4000 hours.
If the generator engine runs @ 3000rpm....
the equivalent of say a 2 litre engine @ cruise @65mph....
then 4000 hours would be equivalent of a car doing 4000 x 65 miles = 260,000 miles.
A normal 2 litre car has a sump capacity of 3.5 litres (About a US gallon) and should be changed @ 5000 miles for conventional oil.
The only way that the oil in the generator can last for 55x as long...
is to have a huge sump capacity.. say 192 litres . (3.5 x 55)
(About 16 litres less than one full 208 litre drum)
I'll be interested to know.
Has any though been given to installing a Mann and Hummel centrifuge on each engine to "polish" the oil which could extend it's life even further?
Are these Deutz air cooled engines....
air cooling so no mucking about with coolant...
but how is the cooling air handled going in and coming out of the engine room?
Thank you very much for your questions, it is appreciated. I can not be considered a mechanic at all and so I can only respond using my limited knowledge and experience.
The amount of oil used is not measured by litres unfortunately. All the oil ends up in the large square container underneath the engine. It is fulled until the gauge reads full. A full tank takes somewhere betwen half to 3/4 of a drum. I would say your math is pretty close for what is being used, from my limited understanding.
Adding anything to a system is a long and difficult process. The Canadian Coast Guard is a government branch and so any expenditures go thorugh a long process of approvals before actually coming to fruition. There is a push to move towards renewables including solar and wind and I feel like the focus is in that direction more than a focus on refining the diesel engines. The diesels are workhorses and have little to no issues with them and they just run forever so messing around with any of the systems that make them work I feel might not be something that anyone wants to mess with. If it isn't broke, don't fix it. lol.
Again, my knowledge on the actual engines is limited, but the word Deutz has been thrown around in the past and so I am leaning toward them being this type of engine. The room has a ventalation system in it that regularly moves the air from one end of the room to the other and temperature sensors are used to turn on or off fans to help push the air around as needed. As the building is made of block and there is only one window on the water side of the building, it actually stays pretty cool in there even during the summer, which we rarely see anywhere over 24 degrees outside.
Hope that helps answer some of your questions.
John ,
60 hz AC so generator is probably 1800 rpm or 1200 for a 4 pole or 6 pole generator .
3600 is for cheap portables . It can Not run at 3000rpm to make 60 hz.
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Sorry I was thinking Canadian=British=230VAC @50 hz = 3000rpm/1500rpm.750rpm.
I see from Wiki that all North America is 120VAC @60 hz.
The example I gave re hours = miles is still accurate and 3/4 of 208 litre drum is 150 litres...
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John,
It is actually 240 Ac , 60 hz single phase , when it enters the house.
Two hot lines ( mains ?) come in at 240.vac. Three wires to house .
The panelwith the circuit breakers
Has a neutral that goes back to the street transformer .
So our large appliances like stove , cloths dryer , air conditioner etc use 240.
The panel uses one hot to ground to get 120 for our lighting and outlets for most uses .
Loads split at panel to even usage .
Commercial can have 240 or 208 three phase .
Industrial uses 440 3 phase .
Fun fact Los Angeles was isolated from rest of country at start of electrification. And Was 50 hz.
When they had to change to the standard , all the clocks would not work do everyone was given new 60 hz electric clocks .
Old ones had to be turned in and were dumped in the ocean.
So in LA time not only flies , it swims ( with the fishes?)
Safety first,service always
Maybe next time you record yourself performing your duties as a federal employee you will be sure to wear ALL appropriate PPE.
and just a quick question....
Is the CCG okay with you making a profit from youtube while documenting duties that you are already getting paid handsomely to do?
Appreciate your concern for my well being.
As a federal employee I am required to inform HR of any extra jobs I am doing aside from my full time gig and provide any and all documentation regarding said extra earnings I may have to ensure they do not conflict with ethics rules. As for RUclips, I don’t actually make any money with this channel. I do it for fun and because it’s interesting. So all the handsome pay I get goes towards things like new phones and gimbles so I can provide the best quality content that i can.
You shouldn't let your dog hang out in that high noise environment. Dogs can loose their hearing just like humans do when exposed to loud sounds. They just don't know how to complain about it.
I appreciate your concern for my dogs. Thank you.
you would let your dog into that loud room?? ii
Yes, they go where they like to go.
@@BCLighthouseKeeper abuse. pretty typical for the canadian coast guard
@@RemoveDataHarvesters That is a pretty bold statement sir and I am unsure where that would even come from. You know nothing about me or how I treat my pets and to claim abuse on a public form seems pretty disrespectful.
@@BCLighthouseKeeper as i said, it's expected behavior from the canadian coast guard, nothing more or less.. I'm not worried. and nor should you be worried about my commenting. I'll watch more of your videos in the future, or i'll choose not to.
I am unsure of what you are claiming when you say it is expected behaviour from the CCG. I, by no means, represent the CCG as a whole. As for expected behaviour, my dogs live the absolute best life. They have no leashes, no fences, they come and go as they please, they eat and sleep when and where they want, they get tons of attention from both keepers on station, they hunt in the forest and play when and where they feel like it. I can't imagine any other dogs having the freedom to just be dogs as they are. Coming onto my channel and thowing around claims like abuse is just unwaranted, no matter what your personal issues with the CCG may be. I am not at all concerned about if you watch or don't watch my videos at any point, but when it comes to slander or attempts to throw unwarranted allogations my way, on my channel, I do have concerns.