Posted by Dean on July 31, 2022 at 08:30:40 from (68.39.250.176):
In Reply to: Diesel Runaway posted by Sprint 6 on July 30, 2022 at 16:16:57:
My Father was a GM US Navy Technician in WWII and later a GM Truck and Coach engineer after the war.
He told me about a time in the Philippinies when the Navy engine room sailors were abandoning the engine room of a craft that he was on when one of the 6-71 engines in a quad set was running away at dock when the engines were not geared together during maintenance.
He ran into the engine room and choked it out before it failed by stuffing a pile of shop rags into the blower inlet.
Injestion of sea water and/or condensation into the oil in the oil bath air cleaners had raised the oil level in the cups enough that the engine was drawing air cleaner oil into the air inlet causing it to run away. Such was not uncommon at the time due to inadequate maintenance.
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