I would love to hire that dude to run through my vacuum lines cleaning oil and inspecting for leaks.

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Rob M
Norwich, VT USA
1980 240D Euro delivery 4 speed manual silver/blue
~160K miles

get in line - I hear he's quite a hit with the ladies.

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

Aren't some runaways the result of things like turbo failure, and fed by lube oil? If so, the fuel system shutdown strategies aren't going to stop it; choking the air is the only way.
Or do lube oil runaways not happen to M-B engines?

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Now you're suckin' Diesel!

'88 300SEL
'92 300D 2.5 Turbo
'96 Lincoln Town Car. The Jazzmobile.

The following should be a must read thread for all diesel owners.




Run away diesel, why does it happen?
Run away diesel, why does it happen?

well..I'm somewhat new on the forum so it's really news to me.

I'll add the necessary tools to my emergency kit....fire extinguisher, small piece of board to block turbo inlet etc. In a runaway situation would clamoing a vice grip on the fuel line near the pre-filter work? Might at least slow it down...

The clamping of the fuel line is unlikely to do much. The only way is to restrict the air flow to the motor. There was a recent thread about this.

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

These boards were helpful when I tackled this project a few weeks ago. Prior to taking the shutoff valve off of the engine I tried various things to cap off the air to cut the engine, just in case I ran into a runaway engine situation. I used a spray paint can cap over the air intake to the turbo. Worked well and should it have been necessary, it would have worked out well.

Perhaps it was because I took the time to understand the procedure and potential hazards that I thought this job was particularly easy. Like many of these MB projects the most difficult part to deal with is the tedium of moving fasteners microns at a time to get them in or out around other overengineered parts and systems.

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