On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:40:08 +0000 (UTC), Ian Stirling
wrote something
.......and in reply I say!:

I did hear an interesting story about a guy who fired a water fire
extinguisher (hose) into a jet engine intake when it belched flames
and he panicked, causing the engine to race out of control.

Bart D. Hull wrote:
Yea, a diesel over-revving its brains is truely a frightening occasion.
The GM's (lots of Oldmobile diesels.) did this so often it was amazing.
What's really amazing is that GM never got sued for it.

I'm surprised the motor didn't hydraulic when the service manager dumped
the antifreeze water mixture. That's why we used the Halon and had a second
bottle ready if the first didn't stop the motor completely.

It'll tend to have problems passing the air filter, so will throttle it
quite effectively, as well as breaking up lumps of water.
You need to get quite a lot of water into the engine to get past what
the engine can take.
Not recommended of course, but maybe better than it racing to destruction.

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