TECHNICAL

BULLETIN
Services, Wärtsilä Netherlands B.V.
Engine section Engine type Ref. Date Issue Document No. Page
5501 Fuel pump Sulzer A/AS/AT25 Type Diesel engines Services 24.09.2010 01 TB00/5501/07 1(5)

Specifications of plungers
with barrels and nozzles
Engine types Sulzer A/AS/AT25 Type Diesel Engines

Remarks Re – issue of original Sulzer bulletin: A – 7.2 dated 19.12.1997

Subject Specifications of plungers with barrels and nozzles

Background

This Technical Bulletin contains the specifications of plungers with barrels and fuel nozzles for
A/AS/AT25 engines.

1. PLUNGER AND BARREL

1.1. Designation

Please find on the sketch below the key to the designation marks on a plunger and its barrel.

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1.2. Specification

Please find on the table below the correct plunger type suitable for your engine (please refer to
enclosure A_7.2/1 for the respective drawings).

Valid for A/AS25 engines only:

- Depending on the fuel type, the clearance between plunger and barrel is different. It is 6 – 8 µm for
HFO engines and 4 – 6 µm for MDO engines.
- Type 260 plungers are also used for the previous type fuel pump housing with a distance ring
inserted between plunger and pump housing (please refer to enclosure A-7.2/1).

1.3. Delivery Stroke

Delivery stroke and pre-stroke of type 260 plungers deviate from the other types (see table below).
For the detailed adjusting procedure please refer to the maintenance manual.
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2. FUEL INJECTION NOZZLES

2.1. Injection Nozzle Designation

2.2. Injection Nozzle Specification

Note: Opening pressure for all nozzle types: 250 bar.

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2. DATA FOR ORDERING SPARE PARTS

When ordering any parts mentioned in this Technical Bulletin through Wärtsilä Netherlands B.V., the
following information has to be given:
Code number, Engine type, nominal speed, fuel type and application (constant speed or variable
speed). For fuel nozzles we need additionally: Spray angle, number of spray holes and hole diameter.
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Documentation Add this information to your engine manual.

Ordering parts Contact your closest Wärtsilä Services Network. When ordering please specify
the engine serial number and the material numbers.

Letter distribution The Wärtsilä Services Network and users/owners of engines concerned.

Feedback E-mail to: service.sales.nl@wartsila.com

Letter validity Until further notice.

Disclaimer
This Technical Bulletin is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information with regard to the subject-matter covered as was
available at the time of printing. However, the publication deals with complicated technical matters suited only for specialists in the area and
the design of the subject-products is subject to regular improvements, modifications and changes. Consequently, Wärtsilä Netherlands B.V.
and/or any other Wärtsilä group company cannot accept any responsibility or liability for any eventual errors or omissions in this Technical
Bulletin or for discrepancies arising from the features of any actual item in the respective product being different from those shown in this
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