2015 GMC Duramax Runaway

rjstractor wrote:
It disables the turbo encabulator, which stops the flux capacitor chain reaction. It also prevents excessive wear on the muffler bearings and reduces blinker fluid consumption. ;)

You forgot the part about the unilateral phase detractors, inverse reactive current, modial interaction of magneto reluctance and capacitive diractance.

oh, and the differential girdle-spring

Fast Mopar wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

Greentreena wrote:
Wow: that is unreal! What caused that??

Never heard of a runaway diesel? It's when a uncontrolled source of fuel (i.e. engine oil) enters the intake and the engine goes into max rpm mode.

Nearly 10 years ago there was a large explosion at a BP refinery in the area. There was a Ford SD Powerstroke diesel truck nearby, and it went into runaway mode due to combustible fuel getting sucked into the intake. Very strange scenario.

What happened at the refinery was that there was a leak of raw gasoline in the refinery due to a engineering failure which resulted in a running Ford truck sucking in the vapors and becoming the ignition source for the explosion. This had nothing to do with the engine running away.

rhagfo wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

wintersun wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
good reason to carry a CO2 or Halon Fire extinguisher in the cab a couple blast in the air intake will remove the oxygen and the engine will die. I would prefer halon, as less thermal shock. Some how that engine started sucking oil from the crankcase.

What works the best is a 5 inch Crescent wrench and taking off the positive lead from the battery. I have saved one of my trucks and two other people's cars from burning up as a result of electrical shorts by doing this. With a diesel it is a good idea to know which is the primary battery.

LOL, I'm all ears. How is taking a lead off of the battery going to stop a runaway diesel? :h

It doesn't the diesel is running on uncontrolled fuel and air sources. engine electronics have NOTHING to do with it!!:E

This is why it is hard to stop, fuel (engine oil) is coming most likely from a blown seal and entering the intake system. Air is the one thing you can control, either by shutting it off, or removing the oxygen content so it wont support combustion.

Some diesel's like the 6.7 PSD have a throttle valve so I'm thinking that could at least control the runaway to at least some lower rpm's, but how low I don't know.

Fordlover wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
Wow.... And less than 4k miles too.

Link

Man, it sounded really good...until it didn't.

So much for all those posts on here that promise if you don't own a Ford these things are guaranteed to not happen to you.

Don't worry... I know better. :B

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
LOL, I'm all ears. How is taking a lead off of the battery going to stop a runaway diesel?

It disables the turbo encabulator, which stops the flux capacitor chain reaction. It also prevents excessive wear on the muffler bearings and reduces blinker fluid consumption. ;)

wintersun wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
good reason to carry a CO2 or Halon Fire extinguisher in the cab a couple blast in the air intake will remove the oxygen and the engine will die. I would prefer halon, as less thermal shock. Some how that engine started sucking oil from the crankcase.

What works the best is a 5 inch Crescent wrench and taking off the positive lead from the battery. I have saved one of my trucks and two other people's cars from burning up as a result of electrical shorts by doing this. With a diesel it is a good idea to know which is the primary battery.

Well primary or secondary, if it has two batteries, both are tied to the primary's positive terminal, you need to remove both grounds, and it would not stop a runaway engine, starter YES. Just ask me how Iknow that!

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

wintersun wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
good reason to carry a CO2 or Halon Fire extinguisher in the cab a couple blast in the air intake will remove the oxygen and the engine will die. I would prefer halon, as less thermal shock. Some how that engine started sucking oil from the crankcase.

What works the best is a 5 inch Crescent wrench and taking off the positive lead from the battery. I have saved one of my trucks and two other people's cars from burning up as a result of electrical shorts by doing this. With a diesel it is a good idea to know which is the primary battery.

LOL, I'm all ears. How is taking a lead off of the battery going to stop a runaway diesel? :h

It doesn't the diesel is running on uncontrolled fuel and air sources. engine electronics have NOTHING to do with it!!:E

This is why it is hard to stop, fuel (engine oil) is coming most likely from a blown seal and entering the intake system. Air is the one thing you can control, either by shutting it off, or removing the oxygen content so it wont support combustion.

wintersun wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
good reason to carry a CO2 or Halon Fire extinguisher in the cab a couple blast in the air intake will remove the oxygen and the engine will die. I would prefer halon, as less thermal shock. Some how that engine started sucking oil from the crankcase.

What works the best is a 5 inch Crescent wrench and taking off the positive lead from the battery. I have saved one of my trucks and two other people's cars from burning up as a result of electrical shorts by doing this. With a diesel it is a good idea to know which is the primary battery.

LOL, I'm all ears. How is taking a lead off of the battery going to stop a runaway diesel? :h

rhagfo wrote:
good reason to carry a CO2 or Halon Fire extinguisher in the cab a couple blast in the air intake will remove the oxygen and the engine will die. I would prefer halon, as less thermal shock. Some how that engine started sucking oil from the crankcase.

What works the best is a 5 inch Crescent wrench and taking off the positive lead from the battery. I have saved one of my trucks and two other people's cars from burning up as a result of electrical shorts by doing this. With a diesel it is a good idea to know which is the primary battery.

The comment section on the video link is hilarious!