Customer Feature - Imperial Diesel Service, LLC

November 7, 2024

Imperial Diesel Service, LLC uses a Diesel Pro Power, Inc. overhaul kit on a tugboat with Cummins KTA19.

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Contact Information For Imperial Diesel Service, LLC :

(224)-489-8895

We recently tagged along to see our customer Imperial Diesel Service, LLC rebuild a tugboat engine (Cummins KTA19) on a tight deadline. The tugboat is part of a large project in the Tampa area to build a bridge across the bay. Downtime is expensive for these guys, so we made sure to get Dion (the owner of Imperial Diesel Service, LLC) the Cummins KTA19 Overhaul Kit quickly, and he worked countless hours through the night to get tugboat back on the water and pushing barges full of bridge construction materials.

Tugboat Phyllis E. with twin Cummins KTA19-M engines and Twin Disc reduction gears 4.5:1.

Dion the owner of Imperial Diesel Service, LLC works on all makes and models of marine diesel engines but specializes in Cummins engines. We took a tour of his shop in Largo Florida where he assembled the Diesel Pro cylinder kits, and often builds custom tools in order to better perform a job and reduce downtime for customers with large marine equipment.

Dion from Imperial Diesel Service, LLC assembles a Diesel Pro Power, Inc cylinder kit for Cummins KTA19.

Overhauling a large engine like a Cummins KTA19 is no simple task so Dion uses his experience as well as technical information directly from the Cummins manual to make sure that each component is assembled correctly. Torque specs, injector timing, liner height, proper spacing and positioning of the piston rings are just a few of the aspects that Imperial Diesel Service LLC pays special attention to when assembling an engine.

Watch Part 1 Of The Cummins KTA19 Engine Overhaul In A Tugboat Below

Dion prepares to torque the cylinder head bolts on the Cummins KTA19.

Getting the right parts on time ensures that Imperial Diesel Service, LLC can get their customers back on the water in a timely manner and reduce costly downtime. From there its up to Imperial Diesel Service, LLC to get the job done, and get the sea trial in so that the customer can get back to the work they have to do, whether that is a construction contract or a fishing season that is starting. We are happy to be a partner of Imperial Diesel Service, LLC to get that done.