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Originally Posted by Engine Serang
Gardiners were the cream of the crop, absolutely excellent and a pleasure to work on.
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Skipper on a 94 ft private yacht that had a Gardiner 8L3B main, and a 4LW auxiliary gen set which also drove a hydraulic bow thruster when required. 4LW had arrangement for a manual start where compression relief vales were closed in the firing order as the engine manually cranked. Fortunately never had to use that as both engines started easily without any need for prior warming. Didn't have to do any major maintenance but did oil changes, etc. Not particularly a down side, but do remember sufficient leaky inspection cover gaskets to keep the injunroom bilges from rusting.
