Marine propulsion auxiliary cooling system
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorCharles R. Schneider
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Abstract
A marine propulsion auxiliary cooling system is provided by an electric auxiliary water pump (36) pumping sea water to cool the engine (4) and/or fuel line (14) after turn off of the engine to prevent vaporization of the fuel, or in response to another given engine condition.
Claims9
In a marine propulsion system having a water-cooled internal combustion engine having on and off conditions and including fuel supply means for supplying fuel to said engine, means for sensing said off condition of said engine, and off-condition cooling means responsive to said sensing means sensing said off condition of said engine and preventing vaporization of said fuel otherwise caused by heat from said engine after said engine is turned off.
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