Posted by Dean on February 10, 2021 at 13:15:20 from (68.39.250.176):
In Reply to: Re: Diesel run a way posted by The tractor vet on February 10, 2021 at 07:44:26:
My father was a GMC field engineer for GM Truck and Coach, retiring in 1969 after 30 years.
He had been a US Navy Tech on loan from GM to the War Department in WWII in the South Pacific.
He told me that it was not uncommon for ship board diesels to run away due to lack of maintenance of the oil bath air cleaners. Maintenance was of low priority in war zones and condensation and/or sea water ingestion into the AC bowls could raise the oil level high enough that the engine would draw AC oil into the blower inlet causing the engine to run away.
Some experienced operators knew what was happening and would decouple the two or three other engines in dual and quad engine set ups while engaging the prop to stall the run away but most simply got out of the way and let things happen.
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