Talk:Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C

message: The bore and stroke are listed in hundreds of millimeters. I am absolutely positive this is incorrect but do not know where to find authoritative data. Would someone mind taking a look into this and confirm it is supposed to be cm?   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.24.243.122 (talk) 15:17, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bore and Stroke 

message: Is the Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C used with direct drive or something else (gearbox?  electric transmission?)? njh 06:46, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The usual installation of marine diesel engines in large commercial vessels like container ships or tankers is a direct connection to a fixed pitch propeller, no clutch, no gearbox, no nothing. This means that such a ship can't move slowly on its own power but on the other hand gives lowest maintanance cost and best fuel economy for the designed speed. - Alureiter 12:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  transmission 

message: How is this engine started?  Pneumatically?
: Yes, large marine diesels are started with compressed air. - Alureiter 10:37, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Very impressive piece of machinery 

message: --Ritinkarsen 12:06, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I count only 12 heads. The first 14 cylinder engine is just completed for the biggest maersk container ship, the gudrun maersk, I have to add it after verification. --Marc Lacoste 21:43, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hey Marc. its wrong! Gudrun Maersk has a Sulzer 12 RTflex96C engine. a 14 cylinder engine is not built yet. The worldwide first 14 cylinder engine was the MAN-B&W 14 K98 ME, built in S.Korea for the newest Maersk container vessels.217.9.49.2 11:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  you're right, 217.9.49.2, the gudrun maersk is powered by a 12 cylinder, but i don't saw a press release from MAN saying they have built a 14 cylinder neither. MAN will break the 100 000 hp barrier in february 2006 with a 12 cylinder, and Wartsila will make a 14 cylinder for 2008 --Marc Lacoste 17:48, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 14-cylinder

message: Wärtsilä has changed the name of this engine into Wärtsilä RT-Flex, do we have to change the name also ??
:Create an article, then cause this article to redirect there, with a mention about the previous name. Is that so hard? By the way, source? Hengineer 08:01, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Checked the Wartsila website, no the flex is a different line of products. The website states the flex has "better" capabilities, better fuel economy, "smokeless" operation, less maintenance, etc... http://www.wartsila.com/,en,productsservices,productdetail,product,106F8B1D-FFFA-400A-9F3A-7C4B5FBF7A47,5B676C68-5794-4765-AB44-4077CD1BF36F,,8001.htm Hengineer 16:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wärtsilä Drops the brand name 'Sulzer' 

message: Can we get a photo or two of this thing for the article? I read the description of a 5-story tall engine and, well, I want to see it. LOL --Ragemanchoo (talk) 02:27, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/ has pictures of this family of engine, though not that particular one.  It should give you some sense of the scale.  67.98.226.14 (talk) 02:06, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture?

message: Where does the figure, "~160 grammes @ full load", come from? According to the Wärtsilä website the fuel consumption at full load is over 170 g/kWh. Tupsumato (talk) 14:02, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You are confusing specific fuel consumption and fuel injected per cylinder event. The article's sfc claim agarees with you, perhaps it needs to be rewritten for clarity. Greglocock (talk) 23:47, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Oops, my mistake. This has happened awfully lot lately... Tupsumato (talk) 06:07, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fuel consumption 

message: This article describes two different engines in a manner that may mislead and confuse the reader. Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96C (there is no hyphen) has an injection pump, overhead cam and all other things of a traditional diesel. Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA-flex96C, however, doesn't have all that. It's a common-rail engine. Somebody fix this. Le Grand Bleu (talk) 18:43, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two different engines 

message: Doesn't Common Rail only refer to the fuel injection system, and NOT to some of the other mechanical items mentioned? Oceanic84 (talk) 17:15, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common Rail