From: Darrell Ramsell (daram@comcast.net)
Date: Tue Apr 11 2006 - 15:51:12 PDT
Thanks Everyone
For all the good advice.
Darrell
----- Original Message -----
From: "noel shelley" <noel@shelley1722.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Runnaway diesel HMMWV
> Hi Fellas,
> Whilst the most likely cause of a runaway is the injection
> pump failing to govern the speed DO NOT forget that a diesel WILL run on
> almost any hydrocarbon of which engine oil is one and it DOES HAPPEN !
> Blow
> past, due to worn rings , or bad stem seals on the valves can cause oil to
> accumulate in the intake and when this accumulation reaches a critical
> point
> it is sucked into the engine , often with frightening results !
> The ONLY way to stop the engine is to cut off the air supply QUICKLY , if
> your brave enough to stick around !!!! Catastrophic failure is quite
> common
> on these occasions so running is quite a normal course of action (
> especially if the machine is not yours ) !
> STOUT timber or thick metal sheet over the intake is your best hope NEVER
> USE YOUR HAND even if it`s your vehicle !!
>
> Good Luck Noel
>
>
>
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