Product Description
After many years in the boating industry and writing countless articles for your favorite boating magazines, John Fleming has put his wealth of knowledge into his new book, The Complete Guide To Gasoline Marine Engines.
This book is not limited to the routine maintenance tasks or simple repairs that many engine books detail. These pages take the reader deep inside the engine by discussing the design, function and results of the entire "engine system". The book's design allows the reader to start with the basics and progress through each skill level until a thorough understanding of engines is achieved.
Although this book delves deeply into the technical aspects of engines, to more clearly relate the repair procedures, the information remains extremely easy to understand and follow throughout each phase.
You will not find another book that will explain gasoline marine engines as completely or easily as this book.
One fact is clear; when you complete this book you will know more about gasoline marine engines than you ever thought possible.
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From the Author
Marine engines are really rather simple devices, if we will only let them be so. Yes, there are some pretty complicated things going on in our engines, but even those need not be a mystery. This book will bring everything you ever wanted to know about the four-stroke marine engine down to an understandable level. The modern marine engine is an abstract type of contraption with two distinct faces. On the one hand, we have a basic engine that has not changed a great deal for many years. Many of the principles on which it operates are as old as Sir Isaac Newton. On the other hand, we have a set of electronic systems that are as new as today. The electronic systems on our engines have been both a blessing and a curse. They have allowed us to do some astonishing things with the engine, but they have also given us some headaches during their development. I view the engine at three levels. That very basic engine we have had for so many years is the first level. The electronic suite that serves the systems on that engine is the second level and the sometimes uneasy marriage between the two is the third level. On that first level, this book will detail the important mechanical parts of the engine. It will further tell you what the engine does and how it accomplishes those things. It will also describe some of the more important recent changes to engines. On the second level, it will describe the operation of electronic engine systems and explain in general terms the benefits electronic controls offer to the engine builder. It will not delve deeply into electronic circuitry because we cannot repair an electronic module at the shop level. We use a laptop computer to diagnose the problems when our electronics fail, but we are limited to replacement of the entire module as a remedy. A good general understanding of the function of that module is important, but if you are interested in electronics for their own sake you must look elsewhere. At the third level, we will consider the manner in which electronic engine systems fit into the overall operation of the engine. Instant and precise control of the ever-changing requirements of the engine is the forte of the electronics package. Please do not let the matter of electronics daunt you. Too many people have thrown up their hands and said, "I don't understand." Then they simply quit. There is a limited amount you must understand to deal with the engine. Each level will be addressed in separate sections and each section will have a gradually increasing degree of sophistication. You can read as far as you wish into any area or chapter of this book, then stop. You can pick up at another chapter and proceed. I hope you will read it all and be encouraged to look for other books on the subject.
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