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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colliehauler wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:How do you have any hearing left? Those old screaming jimmie's were incredibly loud.
Back in the 60's/70's diesel engines were prime driver for on-site generators for power on oil drilling rigs
Run aways WAS an issue and choking off AIR supply was the most common method of getting them shutdown
Engines were typically toast due to overheating and lack of lubrication from the HIGH RPM
And being up in the derrick when it happened was intense!
That is because the 'monkeyboard' was 90' above drill floor...
