On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:16:41 -0500, Tim Wescott
wrote:


Take this for as much verification as you think it's worth...

On at least one occasion my dad came home from the fire station with a
story of a truck engine running away when the guys put gasoline in the
tank instead of diesel fuel.

I don't see why this should happen _in theory_ as a diesel is throttled
by controlling the amount of fuel injected, but I could certainly see it
happening in practice if the lower viscosity of gas let it flow at a too-
high volume.

IIRC one shuts down a runaway diesel by shutting off the air. There is
(was) supposed to be an emergency shut-off valve in the intake of every
diesel motor, but in a pinch one could use articles of clothing stuffed
into the intake.


I was working on a drilling rig when we hit a gas pocket, and a cloud
of it wound up being pulled into the intake of the 398 Cat (about the
side of a small garage) driving the mud pump.

We wound up stuffing about 5 pairs of Carrhart insulated coveralls in
the intake....she was climbing and climbing in rpm...scary **** to
hear a big! diesel winding up like a GE turbofan, and starting to move
on its base.

Gunner


"[L]iberals are afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so
would result in even less votes than they currently receive. Their
methodology is to lie about their real agenda in the hopes of regaining
power, at which point they will do whatever they damn well please. The
problem is they have concealed and obfuscated for so long that, as a group,
they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of
wild-eyed splinter groups, all holding a grab-bag of dreams and wishes. Some
want a Socialist, secular-humanist state, others the repeal of the Second
Amendment. Some want same sex/different species marriage, others want voting
rights for trees, fish, coal and bugs. Some want cradle to grave care and
complete subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture
that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political
correctness. I view the American liberals in much the same way I view the
competing factions of Islamic
fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join
forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate themselves to the core,
and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr