The diesel generator on service on your anchor-handling supply vessel is undergoing cyclic, rhythmic variations in speed at steady load. When the governor output shaft is disconnected from the fuel control linkage and the linkage is blocked manually, these variations in engine speed stop. What would be an appropriate corrective action?
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