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Old 03-12-2013, 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by homepagz View Post
I had a great long talk with Roy - great guy.

He gave me several things to check - many of the traditional "run away" causes related to leaking oil around the turbo, check for oil in the cross-over pipe, etc.

I agree - I don't believe it was a "true" run away after talking to Roy. The fact the engine DID shut off and the RPM's were steady at 5-6k RPM and not climbing...

Roy suggested it may be the cruise control - which is already flaky on the car - so I'm going to pull the linkage off the cruise control today.

Thanks everyone,

-John
that happened to me on my 300SD; cruise control just set to full throttle for no reason while i was in a parking lot. very scary. never had a problem after disconnecting the cruise control linkage.
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