The wear of chromium plate on cylinder liners in the Paxman 12 RP 200L engine (TM-MET-075)

Cylinder liner wear in Paxman Valenta d esel engines is a major maintenance problem on HST power cars. The design life for the chromium plated steel liners is 10 000 engine hours or approximately 2 years, however the accelerated wear behaviour of the liners has in general resulted in their...