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| | Crankcase Explosions, Scavenging & Economizer Fires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19) |
 | | Scavenging air fires, on larger two stroke, slow speed engines, can occur where an excess of combustible, such a coke, builds up in the scavenging air manifold. |
 | | Indications of a scavenge fire can be an increase of manifold temperature. |
 | | All ships I sailed on had a steam line connected to the scavenge air receiver, So you could smother the fire, using steam, you were less likely to thermally stress anything, blasting water or CO2 in would lead to a lot of cracks. |
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