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Marine Lubricants (continued) to produce a moderate alkaline re- serve (6 TBN) oil. This product offers unusually good rust and cor- rosion protection, wear protection and water separation characteris- tics. DORO AR 30 meets the Sulzer requirement for engines equipped with PTO units.

Texaco offers a complete line of trunk piston engine oils for medium and high-speed diesels. The specific lubricant required would be based on the sulfur content of the fuel being used in the engine. TARO XD oils, with a TBN of 15 minimum, are used in engines burning fuel with a sulfur content up to 1.8 percent.

TARO DP oils, with a TBN of 30 minimum, are specifically designed for trunk type engines utilizing fuel with sulfur in excess of 1.8 percent.

TARO XD and TARO DP are avail- able in SAE 30 and SAE 40 viscosity grades. TARO XL 40 (SAE 40) is for use in medium-speed engines where the operating conditions or fuel sul- fur content requires a 40 TBN prod- uct.

All of these oils are blended from carefully refined base oils fortified with specially developed additive packages to give excellent perform-

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The marketing of fuel treatments by Unitor Ships Service A/S has recently been dramatically strengthened by the acquisition of supplier Gamlen Chemical Compa- ny. Unitor marine chemicals are now drawn from the combined re- sources and expertise of both Perol- in Marine, long know for its fuel treatments, and Gamlen Chemical

Co. The result is a highly efficient and cost-effective range of fuel treatments, cleaners, and water treatments.

Unitor offers treatment products for such fuel handling system prob- lems as sludge, water contamina- tion, corrosion and bacteria/fungi.

A fuel conditioner such as

Unitor's Fuelcare is effective against sludge formation in unstable fuels. The instability can have been caused by aging or long term heat- ing, or by mixing incompatible fuels aboard.

Sludgy fuels often entrain water, thus by dispersing existing sludge and by preventing incompatibility, water contamination can be re- leased for removal by settling/cen- trifuge.

Corrosion is prevented by the filming action of the fuel condition- er. The additive also chemically neutralizes acids in the fuel.

Where bacteria/fungi are present, it is first necessary to remove as much water as possible from the fuel and then to treat with a biocide.

The biocide Bioclean is a "broad spectrum" biocide, meaning it is effective in killing a wide range of bacteria and fungi, an essential re- quirement for fuels since exact type of bio-activity is often not known.

Water contamination, especially saltwater contamination, in fuel can cause costly problems during com- bustion, such as high temperature corrosion of engine components by ash deposits. Fortunately, high tem- perature corrosion and ash deposi- tion problems can be terated with additives such as Burnall or Clean- burn, which are effective in both these areas. With the use of a fuel conditioner these problems as well as storage tank and pipeline corro- sion can be avoided.

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