Scandic Diesel Services have more than 30 years knowledge and experience within fuel equipment sales and repairs. We are recognized by many manufactores as a leading company within our core business through our partner PJ Diesel Engineering.

In addition to our new sales of parts, reconditioning on demand - we have through the years built up an extensive exchange program within fuel pumps and plunger & barrels.

We can today supply fuel pumps as well as line pumps on exchange.

Poor oil quality

During the seventies, the oil crises occurred, causing bad and contaminated fuel to be delivered to the merchant fleet. The poor quality of fuel resulted in failure of the fuel equipment especially fuel valves and pumps seized and jammed.
This resulted in a large market demand for fuel equipment, which the manufacturers were unable to deliver within required time frames.
The ship owners were desperate for their ships to sail continuously, as the off hire was very expensive. With their backs against the wall, some were forced to find other solutions in order to avoid the extensive delivery time.

How not to do.. Being in the market of reconditioning fuel pumps was not easy – Ship owners were desperate and some suppliers saw the opportunity of making fast money. It was attempted to recondition by machining and chroming of plungers. It was soon very clear that chroming would not last long term, and this was only one of many different attempts to recondition. Many fuel nozzle producers had their golden days, but drive for profit caused the quality of the material used to be lowered substantially, sometimes resulting in.....