Start Up of a WW2 Submarine Diesel Engine of a German U-Boat 🔊

We will now pre-lubricate the engine and turn it at the same time. Oil pressure 2 bar! All cylinders are participating at the compressed air start up. Continue pre-lubricating! We will now blow through the cylinders with compressed air. That's why, the cylinder taps are opened. Ready to blow through! out of the engine Now the cylinder taps will be closed. All cylinder taps closed. Water pump switched on! Fuel valve opened! Injection pumps set on filling! Ready to preheat! Glowplugs are glowing! Ready to start up!

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Keywords: Engine Start, Engine Start Up, start up, Submarine, engine start up procedure, engine start sound, engine startup sound, engine start up smoke, cold start, engine, diesel engine, diesel, submarine, U-Boat, U-Boot, submarine engine, submarine engine start up, diesel submarine engine start, u-boot motor, u-boot motor start, submarine engine working, Kiel-Wik, German, procedure, submarine engine start, sound, WW2, World War 2, 2. Weltkrieg, starting, starting up, starting of train engine

Id: zLfa43_1WH8

Length: 6min 21sec (381 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 24 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/SylvesterWaters]

Will run for 200 yrs or more. Diesel engines were one of the more Magnificent inventions Of our time.

[u/pyr0paul]

Hey a video from my town. I it is from a smal museum for engines and other old engeneering stuff. Its right around the company I work for with view of the Nord-Ostsee Kanal.

Edit: the town is kiel, germany

[u/TheGoldenHand]

Germany public recording and privacy laws require blurring out subjects faces, unless you have a model release or other exceptions. If anyone was curious.

[u/t0f0b0]

What is the guy in the front doing? Pumping fuel?

[u/RockeRectum]

Thats a huge piston

[u/jimmyrhcp]

There's something about the visceral sound of WW2 machinery.

[u/CndConnection]

Man that thing is loud....I'm so curious as to how they masked that sound.

[u/stego13]

Seems like a bad idea for a startup. Old tech, and what’s the business plan exactly??

[u/SF_pride_latina]

Das Retro Techno DJ Machine! Jah maaan!