m671054 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Ive had 2 run diesels run away at my work your best bet is to walk away. When those big pistons come flying out i dont want to be around. Look on youtube for a detroit that runs away on the dyno. Its amazing. Had my old jetski run away as well that was a total loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Ive had 2 run diesels run away at my work your best bet is to walk away. When those big pistons come flying out i dont want to be around. Look on youtube for a detroit that runs away on the dyno. Its amazing. Had my old jetski run away as well that was a total loss. At my old school there is a huge hole in the roof from a piston. I wish I could of seen that one. I would run away too, slam something over the turbo and run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Ive had 2 run diesels run away at my work your best bet is to walk away. When those big pistons come flying out i dont want to be around. Look on youtube for a detroit that runs away on the dyno. Its amazing. Had my old jetski run away as well that was a total loss. More like run away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave5.0 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Grab a thick book and cover up the carbs. Cuts the air from the motor, no air thru carbs, no fuel into motor. If its diesel ing from a lean condition it'll shut off. And you'd have to have a hell of an air leak for it to keep running. I've seen this done with blocks of wood that we're stuffed over turbo inlets to kill run away diesel engines. Now that's scary, a diesel motor turning at 7k+, just waiting for parts to granade thru the block. That was gonna be my suggestion. Buddy of mine had an ol zilla with a worn out carb on it. We were out in the middle of nowhere and his chain popped off. It idled up and took off. He freaked out and yanked the fuel line and the plug cap. Still ran. Ended up blocking off the carb and it died instantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickson483 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 I had this happen to me when I was real young on my old blaster. I pulled the choke and shut off the gas. It shut down fairly quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Cal Suspension Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Ive had 2 run diesels run away at my work your best bet is to walk away. When those big pistons come flying out i dont want to be around. Look on youtube for a detroit that runs away on the dyno. Its amazing. Had my old jetski run away as well that was a total loss. run away run away run away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackl Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) yea my banshee did the same shit reved full throttle get rid of the tors and when you start it have the airbox off so if it tries to run away just put a book or something over the carb inakes they wont run with no air. when mine ran away it was the tors garbage pulled choke out plug boots off and it finally died scary stuff. all rebuilt and running like a champ tors gone i think you will be fine. i built dsl engines for years and pluggin off the air supply on first start if they try to run away works perfect good luck and happy riding. Edited April 30, 2012 by Jackl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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