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Posted on 10/31/24 at 4:38 am to frequent flyer
671 Detroit on a pump truck. Air cleaner was off of it. The mechanic that was working on it put the operations manual which was about 4-inches thick, on the air intake and it was sucked into the engine. It shut it down.
Mechanic looked at me, lit a cigarette and said get me the impact with 1-inch socket so we can get this bitch out of the frame.
He was calm like he had seen it happen a dozen times.
Mechanic looked at me, lit a cigarette and said get me the impact with 1-inch socket so we can get this bitch out of the frame.
He was calm like he had seen it happen a dozen times.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 4:48 am to frequent flyer
Jeepers Creepers!
Posted on 10/31/24 at 7:29 am to frequent flyer
Probably more common than a Tesla catching on fire
Posted on 10/31/24 at 7:34 am to Clark14
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And yes I have Prince Albert in a can ….
Someone better let him out.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 7:44 am to JAXTiger16
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Probably more common than a Tesla catching on fire
Doubt that
Posted on 10/31/24 at 7:45 am to TigerFred
Air cooled duetz 6 cylinder. Turbo oil leak fed the runaway. The convoluted air system gave me no way to shut it down.
I just got the hell away from it and it only took a few minutes for a piston to seize sending an end cap through the side of the block. End cap was so hot it started a leaf fire. I swear it was shaking the ground on its way out
I just got the hell away from it and it only took a few minutes for a piston to seize sending an end cap through the side of the block. End cap was so hot it started a leaf fire. I swear it was shaking the ground on its way out
Posted on 10/31/24 at 7:54 am to Tr33fiddy
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convoluted air system gave me no way to shut it down.
As mentioned earlier, a CO2 fire extinguisher can do it and possibly save the engine.
Or, an O2 line if you want to speed up the process.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 8:24 am to Randall Savauge
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Only run away trains. They never coming back.
Denzel got this
Posted on 10/31/24 at 8:28 am to frequent flyer
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making it impossible to turn off by simply cutting diesel fuel.
You can always use some quick thinking and destroy your turbo like this guy:
Posted on 10/31/24 at 8:54 am to frequent flyer
All the older 2 cycle Deisel engines do. Detroit's were famous for it. They should have a emergency door on the air intake where you can pull it and cut off the air to the engine. Working offshore in my early life we had them on pump units as an emergancy shut off. Still have them on the Deisel pump units today.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 9:12 am to kywildcatfanone
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Probably more common than a Tesla catching on fire
Doubt that
Actually, it is several orders of magnitude more common. If you're in the right place/time, it's pretty spectacular when an older 18 wheeler does it, just doesn't last very long so all most people see is the truck sitting on the side of the road in the aftermath.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 9:18 am to BHM
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How did that operate?
Couple different types. The old mechanical engines had air balance valve that you would preload so that once they went over max rpm the engine would overpower the spring and suck it closed. Setting those was always fun. Then we had manual air actuated valves where you hit a button. Then my series 60 and c1d2 cats were all air actuators controlled by the computer or an override.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 9:21 am to billjamin
had a '72 Ford LTD that used to diesel on shut down, kind of hard to sneak back home after curfew with that
Posted on 10/31/24 at 9:26 am to frequent flyer
I had a mechanic improperly install a throttle linkage on a large Cat diesel. We hit the e stop and the engine took off. We had to manually apply the shut off valve on the air intake before the engine would blow. Fun project.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 9:37 am to frequent flyer
The explanation below the video says that the fuel rail stuck.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 2:39 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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As mentioned earlier, a CO2 fire extinguisher can do it and possibly save the engine.
Or, an O2 line if you want to speed up the process.
It's just not really something a person prepares for. The excavator was air cooled so the entire rear is an intake and the turbo feeds off that same system. Anything I sprayed in would have mostly just gone through the air cooling ducts.
When it grenaded I was glad I wasn't close to it trying to kill it. The bearing end cap nearly pierced the hydraulic tank.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 9:38 pm to Tr33fiddy
I've had 2. 318 Detroit (871) in the middle 70's ran backwards on me when I stalled rocking it trying to get out loaded sunk in the field. N14 Detroit around 2010 ran away on Sharkey road. It was screaming and puffing black smoke like crazy. I managed to get it stopped and it finally quit. We called the mechanic and he said that was impossible. I had a witness who farmed right there and saw it. He thought the turbo had swarmed. It turned out to be one of the batteries bouncing up and arcing against the metal battery box top. Messed up the ECM.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 9:48 pm to frequent flyer
Supposedly the diesel engines on the Deepwater Horizon ingested natural gas from the well blowing out and ran away until they came apart resulting in an explosion. This started all the fires and damage which ultimately led to the rig sinking.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 11:19 pm to billjamin
Tell me how over speed protection stops a runaway diesel?
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