Diesel Engine Runaway - 2005 Cummins
Here is something I have never heard of in all my years of turning wrenches and fixing stuff. Got a call, (multiple texts actually) from a close cousin yesterday. They had just got back from a nice...
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Never happened to me, but known, and I’ve seen it happen to an 18 wheeler.
While it can be due to fuel system malfunction, it is more commonly turbo bearing oil seal failure which feeds engine oil into the intake, and since diesels are oil burners, you have uncontrollable fueling. If the engine doesn’t almost immediately self destruct, you can minimize damage by finding a way to stall it. Either way, it is an expensive event.
While it can be due to fuel system malfunction, it is more commonly turbo bearing oil seal failure which feeds engine oil into the intake, and since diesels are oil burners, you have uncontrollable fueling. If the engine doesn’t almost immediately self destruct, you can minimize damage by finding a way to stall it. Either way, it is an expensive event.
