Analysis on the Common Failures of 400kw Perkins Generator Lubrication System

Dingbo Power series Perkins generators have the advantages of low fuel consumption, stable performance, convenient maintenance, and low operating costs. They are ideal power equipment favored by customers at home and abroad. No matter what brand of generators, their lubrication system is a very important part of the whole unit. The common fault of 400kw Perkins generator lubrication is that the oil pressure is too high or too low. When the red oil pressure warning light on the instrument panel is on, the user should immediately stop for inspection and troubleshoot. Reasons to avoid serious accidents. Unstable oil pressure can easily cause excessive wear of generator parts and even serious operation failures. Dingbo Power will analyze the reasons for the unstable oil pressure for you as following.

1. Reasons for excessive oil pressure

Excessive oil pressure not only increases the load of the oil pump and accelerates its wear, but also causes the friction surface of the parts to be short of oil or cut off, which is likely to cause accidents.

1) The main reason for the high oil pressure is that the oil volume in the main oil passage is too large or the oil passage after the main oil passage is blocked. At this time, the user can first check that there is inorganic oil at the higher and farther valve rocker arm. Organic oil is unlikely to be blocked. If it is inorganic oil, check the oil circuit section by section and eliminate it.

2) The oil viscosity is too large.

3) The preload pressure of the pressure limiting valve or the pressure regulating valve spring is too high or the valve is stuck, which makes the oil pump oil pressure too high. 4). The pre-tightening force of the return valve spring is adjusted too high or stuck, which makes the main oil passage pressure too high or does not return oil.

2. Reasons for low oil pressure

When the amount of oil supplied by the engine to the main oil passage is reduced or there is oil leakage in the oil passage after the main oil passage, the 400kw Perkins generator will prompt that the oil pressure is too low. At this time, in addition to accelerating the wear of the moving parts of the unit, there may also be serious accidents such as bush burning and crankshaft, which will cause serious harm to the unit. Users must pay attention to the following reasons and repair them in time to avoid unnecessary losses.

1) The oil pump is severely worn, resulting in too little oil supply.

2) Using expired or inferior engine oil, the oil viscosity is too low, causing the oil to leak from the relative moving parts, resulting in too low oil pressure.

3) The bearing clearance of the main bearing bush and connecting rod bearing bush is too large, causing oil leakage.

4) The oil pressure is too low caused by the clogging of the filter collector.

5) The operating temperature of the unit is too high, causing the oil to deteriorate and cause the oil pressure to be too low.

The above is the common fault analysis of 400kw Perkins generator lubrication system introduced by Dingbo Power. When the red oil pressure warning light on the instrument panel is on, the user should stop and check immediately to eliminate the cause of the fault and avoid serious accidents.

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