To whoever mentionned it. I've seen a diesel turbo bobcat run off its crankcase oil and run away until it drained the pan and made some horribly expensive noises and turned itself off by welding itself together.

At least it turned itself off. Makes it easier to get to the junkyard

edit: makes it easier to tow.. Yeah...

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1982 240D 4spd, 327,000mi

In the heat of the moment this probably isn't a likely response - but has anyone ever tried to unscrew the injectors on a diesel that won't stop? Trying to kill compression is the plan - I guess the last few threads on the injector will be a bit dicey - I imagine the injectors will be spat out at great speed...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Thank you....

I was just about to say that I have turned mine off with a 2x4 several times when I was having shut down problems. All you have to do is remove the plastic intake elbow and block the intake side of the turbo. It will shut down quick.

If it was revving to 4k, I would not be anywhere near it. Not worth the risk of getting hurt.

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1985 300D (SOLD)

Lots of threads on this topic. It's been proven on here that there's no need to unscrew the injectors. Simply cut or pull off the fuel line and the engine will stop. Of course if it's running on the crankcase oil, this might not work. However, there's never been a case on this forum to my knowledge of any Mercedes car diesel engine running away on crankcase oil.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Does that kill compression or just stop the fuel?

If say you have a non Mercedes diesel that is running on the crank case oil - do you think removing the injectors would work?

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

It stops the fuel
Yes, removing the injectors would work since it would remove compression.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13