and then she ran away.....

[79jasper]

But that'll be fuel only. Lol
Need to feed the fire.

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[oregon96psd]

Ya, itll take that pesky govenor out of the equation though, but if the db2 wont flow enough to scatter it then yes, we will have to get creative with a weed sprayer full of 15w-40. lol

 

[79jasper]

Should definitely be interesting. Lol

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[89Laredo]

This is why mine is getting a paintball co2 thank plumbed into the intake soon.

 

[junk]

So a run away is caused by burning it's own crankcase oil. So what causes it to be able to burn that much oil and run away?

 

[Greg5OH]

his is turbo so i suspect the turbo seals were wonr out and it jus tstarted sucking it through there.

 

[89Laredo]

Lots of things. Typically a bad turbo seal.
If it took 3 mins to die I would have tried to find a way to kill it. A shirt or something thrown over the intake may have slowed it down enough to buy more time. Every diesel owner should have something in the truck to block the intake or some co2

 

[laserjock]

Wow. That is an eye opener. I hadn't even really thought about stopping a run away. That would be a bonus to a electric lift pump but if its running on it's own oil, you have to kill the air. I like the CO2 idea. I think that just went into the plan. Even if its plumbed in with just a manual valve under the hood. Maybe even a cable to pull the pin out of the valve from under the dash in the cab.

 

[BigChris6.9idi]

Agreed. I'll be pulling the engine and replacing with a 7.3 I think. If turbo will mount the same. And building a "runaway kit" on my next one. That will choke it out if needed. I'll be honest it was scary.. there wasn't anything that would have got me close enough to try to stop it by hand!!

 

[icanfixall]

You need a pair that clanks when you walk to get close to a run away. Utube has some scary videos showing this and the noise is horrifying. The rpm goes way past redline. You think a pissed off pete 2 stroke sounds like its going to blow just wait to hear a diesel run away. Only cutting off the air shuts them down. Most if not all oil field trucks have a manual guillotine shutoff valve on the intakes.

 

[79jasper]

^ Positive air shutoff.

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[oztinker47]

The gate valve intended for a RV sewer tank might make a good emergency air shut off, easy enough to slap it shut, looks like it would be easy to plumb in the air cleaner and be a low cost solution

 

[Black dawg]

Nah i think your right... rod bearing

where did the oil filler cap go? hole in block or pan? pictures?

 

[BigChris6.9idi]

Oil cap blew off.. gyser of oil shooting out of it. Haven't even checked the block yet.. haven't got .motivation to look. Took a day to clean up. Soon! I promise!

 

[Black dawg]

I am not sure how you would get the bearing in your hand with out looking at the block or pan?