Tag: GTC605

Troubleshooting Rough Yanmar Mechanical Diesel w/GTC605

2025-09-12 / GTC605, Industrial, Marine, Small Engines / Diagnostics, Fuel Injection, Technical Articles, Testing, Tools

Mechanical Diesels are tough to diagnose, and very few tools help with it. The GTC605 helped us repair this small, old, unevenly-timed Yanmar 2GM. This 1984 Yanmar 2GM is a 40-year-old two cylinder indirect injection Diesel engine with jerk-type injectors. This type of small twin generally runs a bit rough because the timing is uneven (180-540 degrees), which tends to mask minor issues, but the GTC605 helped us uncover the problems.

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The Ultimate Guide to Marine Engine Surveys

2023-03-10 / GTC505, GTC605, Marine / Diagnostics, General Interest, Technical Articles, Testing, Tools

Welcome to our comprehensive guide to inboard & outboard engine surveys. This guide is for anyone planning to survey an engine, or hire someone else to do it. We’ll answer the who, when, where, why, and what of engine surveys. If we did miss your question, please let us know by e-mailing us, so we can get you an answer, and add it to the guide!

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Quickly Check Mechanical Diesel Idle Speed with the GTC605

2021-05-21 / GTC605 / Tutorials

This video shows how you can use the GTC605 to quickly check idle RPM on a small indirect injection diesel. Transcript (0s) Narrator: Checking governor settings on small diesels, like this Yanmar 2GM, is easy with the GTC605.(6s) Narrator: After a quick setup, you just press the sensor against an injector, and let the Fuel

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How to Check Mechanical Fuel Injectors with the GTC605

2021-05-07 / GTC605 / Tutorials

This video shows how you can use the GTC605 Fuel Injection Analyzer to quickly check mechanical injectors on a small indirect injection diesel. Transcript (0s) Narrator: Starting and configuring the GTC605 only takes a few seconds; we’ll start by using the the easy-to-read digital view to check how long each injector is ‘open’ for on

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What the Heck is an Engine Ignition Analyzer?

2020-10-30 / GTC505, GTC605, TA100, TA500 / Spark Ignition, Tools

The short answer is that it’s our modern take on an old type of tool. The long answer is… longer.

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GTC605 Fuel Injection Analyzer Release Announcement

2018-10-01 / GTC605 / Product News

The GTC605 Fuel Injection Analyzer is a new type of handheld instrument capable of quick diagnosis and performance measurement of solenoid, piezoelectric, and mechanical fuel injectors used in diesel, gasoline, and liquid natural gas engines. With the GTC605 there is no need to remove the fuel injector from the engine, back-probe connectors, or probe wires.

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