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What is the purpose of a rotocap on an auxiliary diesel engine exhaust valve spindle?

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What is the purpose of a rotocap on an auxiliary diesel engine exhaust valve spindle?

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• Exhaust valve operation in a 4-stroke diesel auxiliary engine • What happens to a valve and its seat and face when they always close in exactly the same position under high temperature and pressure • The mechanical effect of slow, continuous rotation of an exhaust valve

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• Think about what problems might occur to an exhaust valve if it never rotated and always contacted the seat in the same place. • Ask yourself: what benefit does a device provide if its job is to make the valve spindle slowly turn every time it opens and closes? • Which choice best matches the LONG‑TERM effect of spreading heat, wear, and deposits evenly around the valve face and seat?

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• Recall what actually causes a valve to close in a diesel engine (cam and spring action). Does the rotocap replace that? • Consider whether simply rotating the valve is primarily for cooling, for getting more oil to the guide, or for reducing wear and burning over time. • Eliminate any option that describes a function already clearly done by the valve spring/cam or lubrication system, rather than by rotation of the valve.

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