Course Overview

Diesel engines are getting popular due to rare maintenance and repairing services; the ultimate reason is that only 3% of the total vehicles on the road. Thereby, the drivers do not know much about the maintenance repair of these engines and how the vehicles with diesel engines are different from the cars that boast gasoline engines. Nevertheless, diesel engines are not infamous; instead, these engines are a centre of interest for the professionals in auto repair careers.

Do diesel engines require more maintenance?

Industrial vehicles usually have diesel engines; hence, the maintenance and repair of these engines can help the professional service providers reduce the cost of the assets of a company.

How do I become certified to repair?

The Diesel Engine Maintenance and Repair Certification Course by Zoe Talent Solutions are designed for individuals who want to open doors of opportunities. This, while keeping themselves aligned with changing trends and new developments in the diesel engine industry. The expert instructors of this course do not provide information on the theory. They also help the trainees to get their hands dirty to gain real-world knowledge. This will increase their chances of a successful career in the auto repair industry.

Course Objectives

The primary and critical aims and objectives of the Diesel Engine Maintenance and Repair Certification Course will help the individual trainees in:

• Comprehensively understanding the diesel engines’ operational principles
• Grasping the diesel engines’ proper issues of the operations
• Gaining expert-level understating of the engine maintenance system
• Acquiring the knowledge of the systems like a modern injection
• Comprehension of the maintenance strategies and best practices
• Having a firm grip on the topics like primary components’ operations and functions
• The assimilation of the knowledge of diesel engines’ auxiliary systems
• Understanding the problems of the diesel engine and identifying and applying the appropriate solutions
• Comprehension of the diesel engines’ combustion process
• Acquiring updated information about the diesel engines
• Assessing the emissions, their sources, and solutions
• Understanding diesel exhaust after-treatment and effects of emissions

Training Methodology

Zoe’s course is meant to fulfil its purpose through professional training by expert instructors. The trainees, in the end, become knowledgeable enough that they understand the recent trends in their relevant fields and perform best under pressurized situations even. Before beginning each course, the content is reviewed thoroughly and revised to ensure that all topics are according to the changing dynamics and trends of their relevant discipline and market.

Our Do-Review-Learn-Apply model is applied in each session uniquely developed by Zoe to ensure maximum input by using techniques like projects, group activities, roles plays, etc. The trainees are transformed into experts who later on can easily be absorbed in their relevant industries and showcase their skills.

Organisational Benefits

The organizations can harvest the following benefits from Diesel Engine Maintenance and Repair Certification Course:

• Better staff skills to timely recognize the problems in the diesel engines
• Reduced cost on the maintenance and repair due to efficient staff
• The better ability of the plant because of skilled staff and team
• Application of the optimal solutions and operations will ensure a decrease in pollutant emissions
• Improved safety of the staff and plant
• Better maintenance of the plants’ equipment will result in the enhancement of the performance of this equipment
• Saving time by using staff’s troubleshooting skills for the diesel engines
• The time and cost required for repair will be reduced due to the high-level skills of the staff

Personal Benefits

The individuals will be able to enjoy the following benefits upon successful completion of this course:

• Basic to advanced understanding of the diesel engines, their maintenance, and repair
• Better and enhanced ability of the trainees for solving issues related to diesel engines
• In-depth understanding of the changing technology of diesel engines and new advancements in this field
• Enhanced ability to read instructions on the service manual and work efficiently
• Improved ability to decide on the grounds of diesel engine repair
• More chances to get hired due to expert-level skills
• Better ability to find faults and work to eradicate them while cost and time in repairing are reduced
• Effective contribution of the individuals to comply with emission regulations and application in the records of the superior plant safety

Who Should Attend?

• Mechanical engineers whose role is to maintain and repair diesel engines
• Mechanical technicians who are interested in diesel engines and work to reduce emissions
• Supervisors and operators who oversee plants and present reports to their superiors
• Safety and environmental technicians aim to minimize emissions to comply with regulations related to emissions
• Leaders of the plants and managers whose jobs involve managing the facility and assets to reduce cost and time on repairs and increase production
• Any individual interested in the diesel engine maintenance and repair course and wants to pursue a future in this field

Course Outline

Important topics of the Diesel Engine Maintenance and Repair which will be covered in this course are given below:

Module 1: Introduction to Diesel Engines

• What is a Diesel engine?
• What are the benefits of the diesel engine?
• In which industries can this course be applied?
• A brief history of the diesel engines.
• New trends in the market
• New advancements in this field.

Module 2: Principles of Diesel Engines 

• Operation method
• Conditions of the operations
• Power Output
• Torque and efficiency of the engine
• Combustion and its chambers
• Alternative options for fuels
• Two-stroke and four-stroke engines

Module 3: Types of Diesel Engines

• Rotating Combustion internal engine
• Reciprocating combusting internal engine
  • Different designs of reciprocating combusting engine
• Characteristics of each type.
• Benefits of each type

Module 4: Auxiliary Systems and Main Components of the Diesel Engines

• Main components
• Exhaust systems and air supply
• Cooling system
• Lubrication
• Turbochargers
• Supercharging
• Starting the system

Module 5: Operations of Diesel Engines

• Pre-checks operations
• Observation and monitoring of the normal operations
• Procedures for shutting down
• Unusual operation procedures

Module 6: Troubleshooting

• Matrix troubleshooting
• Diesel knock
• Some common issues with diesel engines

Module 7: Formation of the Emission in the Diesel Engines

• Important definitions:
  • Carbon Monoxide (CO)
  • Hydrocarbon (HC)
  • Nitric Oxide (NO)
  • Smoke formation
  • Particulate Matter (PM)
• Sources of the emissions
• Diagram of the heat release and its link to the formation of the emission

Module 8: New, Advanced, and Modern Diesel Engine

• Environment regulations and their link to modern diesel engine
• What is Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR)?
• Effects of EGR on PM, oxygen, cylinder wear, NO, piston ring wear, and carbon dioxide

Module 9: Diesel Fuelling

• Fuel
• G-T-L fuel
• Biodiesel
• Emulsions
• Synthetic Fuels

Module 10: Diesel Engine Combustion

• Spark Ignited (SI) engines
• The link between design parameters and fuel consumption
• Definition of 4-stroke operation
• Compression Ignited (CI) engines
• Differences and similarities between SI and CI engines
• Energy losses
• Energy balances

Module 11: Maintenance

• The monitoring system for diesel
• Overhaul
• Indicator and vibration diagrams
• Preventive Maintenance Program
• Compression test
• Fuel-injection pump test benches

Module 12: Air Management System

• Definition of Air Management System
• Different kinds of Air Management systems
• Purpose and uses
• Characteristics of Air Management System
• Future trends

Module 13: Fuel Injection System

• Functions
• Parameters
• Nozzle holder designs
• Nozzle designs
• Unit systems (Pump and Inject)
• Engine Maintenance system (EMS) 

Module 14: Review and Implementation

• A brief review of the important topics
• Implementation