Timing chain failure may call for engine replacement or a costly repair.
The escalating costs of repair, and the fact that she needed an engine replacement too, figured into the decision to return her to the Navy.
Knapp was referring to last-minute engine replacements that were necessary in all three Blueprint cars.
They were designed to be loosened quickly; steering engine replacement sometimes had to be made in space, under difficult conditions.
The others were probably in maintenance for engine replacement.
"I must check on the engine replacement," he said, then stepped under the wing.
No modification is required to the bulkhead so it would be possible to replace either before or after the engine replacement.
Dirty oil leads to serious damage, and if things get bad enough, there may be an engine replacement in your future.
It is disingenuous to say that engine replacement and other forms of modernisation do not increase fishing capacity.
In 2009, the company began engine replacement and additional upgrade efforts.