This book, titled Ship Diesel Engines, Failures and Causes, is the first and only work published in Turkey in terms of the subjects and details it covers.
The other book with close qualifications in this field is, as can be clearly seen from the bibliography; Prepared by the US Navy in 1946, later Dz.K.K. It is a work translated into Turkish by.
The photos in the book show diesel engine failures that the author personally researched. In order to reveal the characteristic features of the malfunctions, the photographs in the content were printed in color.
The topics covered in the book are the classification of diesel engine malfunctions, the possible causes of malfunctions to be examined in summary titles, the first start system malfunctions, the air intake system malfunctions, the exhaust system malfunctions.
In its current form, this work will be useful to shipbuilding and ship machinery engineers, ship machinery management engineers, mechanical engineers, and mechanical personnel on civil and military ships during their professional work.