This is what it takes to start up a 5,500hp diesel engine

If you thought that starting up a beast that makes 5,500 hp was as simple as turning a key and letting it warm up, then boy oh boy, allow us to show you how wrong you are and teach you a thing or two about how something like this works.

Actually, the video is doing the teaching and we’re right here learning alongside you but firing up this huge power diesel engine that’s used to power a tug boat is one complicated process, to say the least.

After several minutes of pushing buttons and throwing levers, the intricate launch sequence is over and it’s finally time to hear this baby purr. It had to take some time to remember all of those steps. It looks like something that could be easy to forget, too.

Check out the video below that showcases the sequence and tell us what you think of this complex work that gets this brute of an engine going!