Ever have a diesel runaway?

Ever have a diesel runaway?

09-20-2001, 02:34 AM

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Ever have a diesel runaway?

This is the first I've ever heard of this. I have recently discovered that if an oil seal goes in the turbo, or any situation where crank oil finds its way into the cylinders, that this will fuel the engine and cause a runaway condition.

Has anyone ever experienced this? What can you do about it? I'm told that if you have an extinguisher and you can inject it into the intake fast enough, you can save the engine. Is this true?

I haven't seen this discussed here before, but you guys seem to have covered everything else. Surely you've talked about this before.

Matt

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