Diesel After-Sales Service

Service Bulletin

A 3.1

Technical Information to all the Owners

of Sulzer A Type Diesel Engines

22.03.96
(Supersedes Bulletin
A3 dated 12.09.83)

Grinding of Inlet / Exhaust

Valves and Seats

Contents:

Page

3. TURNING OF VALVE SEATS

ON MDO-ENGINES

4. SERVICE BULLETINS
PUBLISHED FOR
A-TYPE DIESEL ENGINES

Diesel After-Sales Service

Telex: 896 659 NSDL CH

2. RE-MACHINING OF INLET
AND EXHAUST VALVE SEATS
IN THE CYLINDER HEAD

New Sulzer Diesel Ltd

Phone: (052) 262 80 10 (24hours)

1. RE-GRINDING OF INLET
AND EXHAUST VALVES

28.86.07.40 Printed in Switzerland

INTRODUCTION

PO Box 414
Telefax: (052) 213 94 83

CH-8401 Winterthur, Switzerland

INTRODUCTION
This Service Bulletin deals with the grinding of inlet and exhaust valves and seats of AType
diesel engines.
Service experience has shown that some difficulties were encountered with reconditioning of
valves and valve seats. This Service Bulletin informs about the latest procedure for regrinding
valves and seats.
The handling and operation of the grinding tool is described in the manual supplied with the
grinding machine and should be carefully observed.
This Service Bulletin should be kept in a separate file in the control room. The respective pages or
tables of the Service Bulletin with modifications to the Operating Manual, Maintenance Manual
or Code Book should be copied and filed in the respective Manual or Book.
1.

RE-GRINDING OF INLET AND EXHAUST VALVES

Lappingin the valve to the valve seat using lapping paste is to be avoided. Lappingin of a
Nimonic exhaust valve with its valve seat using lapping paste can lead to damage.
Valves whose seating surface is badly damaged by pitting and corrosion have to be reground
using a suitable machine tool.
0

Seating surface angle on the valve = 30 - 2'

When grinding, only a minimum of material should be removed, just enough to obtain a smooth
surface, in order to prolong the usable lifetime of the valve.
Grind only with wet cooling.
In order to prevent chatter marks on the seating surface, the grinding machine has to be situated
at a place where it will not be influenced by vibration of any machinery. If necessary, the
grinding machine has to be mounted on rubber pads.
Unarmoured valves may be reground to a maximum until the seating surface is at the same level
as the valve head. (see A3.1 / 1, Fig. A, dimension "a").
Armoured valves may be reground to a minimum of 5 or 4 mm of the valve edge height
depending on the valve diameter (see A3.1 / 1, Fig. B).
When the angle has been accurately maintained during grinding, a marking check of the
reground valve together with the valve seat in the cylinder head, provided the latter is in good
condition, will show a contact area of 50 to 100 % of the width of the seating, starting from the
outside diameter (see A3.1 / 1, Fig. C).
The inlet valve seating surface normally shows no signs of pitting or corrosion marks. However,
it tends to become concave due to wear. Such valves do not have to be reground but they have to
be matched with the same valve seat in the cylinder head as before (see A3.1 / 1, Fig. D).

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2.

RE-MACHINING OF INLET AND EXHAUST VALVE SEATS IN THE CYLINDER

HEAD

2.1. General
Valve Seat Grinding Machine

8
6

12

16

4
0

Chris-Marine - type

20

Hunger - type

The centring of the device in the valve guide must be absolutely correct.
To prevent chatter marks, the cylinder head must be placed on thick rubber matting, especially
onboard ships, in order to exclude any vibrations from running machinery.
The handling and operation of the grinding tool is described in the manual supplied with the
grinding machine and should be carefully observed.
After machining, the ground surface must be as smooth as possible.
Valve seating angle = 30

+ 2
0

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2.2. Reconditioning is necessary

- Whenever new valve seats have been fitted into the cylinder head.
- When new or reconditioned valves are to be fitted.
- When the seating surface, especially on the exhaust valves of engines operating with heavy
fuel oil, shows pitting and corrosive marks, etc.
2.3. Reconditioning is not necessary
- When the valve seats are neither worn nor damaged.
- When the surface of the seat of an inlet valve is only slightly convex and the same valve as
before is fitted again to this valve seat.
2.4. Cleaning after remachining
No chips, cuttings or grinding dust may remain in the cylinder head. A thorough cleaning and
checking has to be carried out after completing the work.
2.5. Checking of the valve seating
After reconditioning, it is essential to check the correct contact of valve and seat.
Using marking blue, the contact area between valve and seat has to be 50100 %, starting from
the outside diameter (see A3.1 / 2, Fig. A).
Remachining of the valve seat is only permissible to a maximum depth of 1 mm. (Please refer to
enclosure A3.1 / 2).
2.6. Touch up after the remachining
After the seat has been remachined the top diameter has to be corrected to the original value as
shown in Fig. B, C and D on enclosure A3.1 / 2.
This correction is necessary so that the valve, even after a longer operating time, cannot jam or
not be seated fully, due to some protrusions.
The remachining of the valve seat is only permissible to a maximum depth of 1 mm (please refer
to enclosure A3.1 / 2).
The maximum outside diameter, thus obtained, can be taken from the table below:

Engine Type

Exhaust Valve
Dia.A (new)

Exhaust Valve
Dia.B (recond.)

Inlet Valve
Dia.C (new)

Inlet Valve
Dia.D (recond.)

A 20 D (MDO)

63.7 mm

65.7 mm

63 mm

65 mm

A 20 H (HFO)

63 mm

65 mm

63 mm

65 mm

A 25

97.5 mm

99 mm

97.5 mm

99 mm

AS 25 D (MDO)

82.5 mm

84 mm

82.5 mm

84 mm

AS 25 H (HFO)
AT 25 D (MDO)
AT 25 H (HFO)

82 mm

84 mm

82 mm

84 mm

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Good experience has been gained with valve grinding machine tools from the following two
companies:
Chris Marine AB
Stenyxegatan 3
S21376 Malm / Sweden

L.Hunger
Grafelfingerstrasse 146
D81375 Munich / Germany

The abovementioned machine tools can be ordered from New Sulzer Diesel After Sales
Service or through any of their Representatives.

3.

TURNING OF VALVE SEATS ON MDO-ENGINES

Grinding is foreseen for HFO installations, but it

can be applied on MDO engines too. For valve
seats on MDO installations a turning device
instead of a grinding machine is supplied. Please
refer to the list below.

2'
30_+ 0

Engine Type

Turning

Grinding

A 20 D

yes

(yes)*

A 20 H

no

yes

A 25 D

yes

(yes)*

AS 25 D

yes

(yes)*

AS 25 H

no

yes

AT 25 D/H

no

yes

* grinding tool is not standard supply!

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4.

SERVICE BULLETINS VALID FOR A -TYPE ENGINES

We have so far published the following Service Bulletins which are valid for A type engines:
A-2.2

dated 30.11.94 / Assessment of Main and Bottom End Bearings

A-4.1

dated 01.06.95 / Lubricating Oil Treatment

A-5

dated 11.07.85 / Flushing Instructions

A-6

dated 30.10.86 / Undersized Bearings and Reconditioning of Crankshafts

A-7.1

dated 30.11.93 / Fuel Injection Nozzle Specification

A-8

dated 15.08.94 / Cylinder Liner with a Fine Thread in the Upper Part of the Bore

A-9

dated 18.10.94 / Heavy Fuel Oil Concept Guide and System Adjustments for
A 20H / AT 25H Auxiliary Engines

A-10

dated 25.07.95 / New Plunger and Barrel for Fuel Pump of AT 25 Engines

A-11

dated 15.09.95 / New Piston Ring Fitting Tool

A-12

dated 15.09.95 / Modification to the Governor Drive of

PG 12 and UG 8 Woodward Governors

Should you not be in possession of the above mentioned documentation suitable for your plant,
kindly contact your local New Sulzer Diesel representative for your copy.
ENCLOSURES: as mentioned in the text

New Sulzer Diesel Switzerland Ltd has issued this Service Bulletin with their best knowledge and
ability. However, New Sulzer Diesel Switzerland Ltd can not take any liability for any or all
information contained in this or any other Service Bulletin.
Changes of any nature to the form and or to the content of this or any other Service Bulletin as
published by New Sulzer Diesel Switzerland Ltd, are not permitted.

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Service Bulletin Enclosure A3.1/1

Valve head

D
Wear
Straight edge
0

50 - 100%
Contact surface
98

min. 4

min. 5

30 -2'
83

B
a

Grinding of Valve Spindle Seats

Grinding of Valve Seats

50 - 100 %

B or D
0.5

A or C

max. 1.0

AT 25 HFO & MDO, AS 25 HFO Inlet and Exhaust Valve Seat

A 20 HFO Exhaust Valve Seat

D
0.5

max. 1.0

AS 25 MDO, A 20 HFO & MDO Inlet Valve Seat

B or D
0.5

A or C

max. 1.0

AS 25 MDO, A 20 MDO Exhaust Valve Seat

A 25 Inlet and Exhaust Valve Seat

Service Bulletin Enclosure A3.1/2