What would cause this to happen?

Folks,

Saw this today and wondered what would cause it to happen? Sheesh! Won't sleep now

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5zx3qKX_Pno

Hope the linky works but don't offend anybody here

It's a Diesel runaway.

Usually caused by the Turbo seals going sucking the oil from the sump through the engine. The engine just runs to destruction.

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Diesel engine runaway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Max Power boys would love that video

I've seen a Scania truck do that at the side of the road

So is there general maintenance that should be done to the turbo to prevent it? Always been wary of messing about with them heard some horrors of them breaking an bits going into engine an knackin it but never this.

dont gun the motor cold.... and let the turbo spool down prior to switch off.

brian47 said:

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Diesel engine runaway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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This link was interesting Brian thanks for that. Plan to have fire extinguisher in mine when I finally get it back on the road. Every days a schooday

We had a daf 85 do it where I work they put it down to the fact that the driver thrashed it from cold and instant shutdown when he stopped

Auldgreen90 said:

This link was interesting Brian thanks for that. Plan to have fire extinguisher in mine when I finally get it back on the road. Every days a schooday

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Hows that gonna work then - apart from filling the engine with water/foam/dry powder (take yo pick)?

The Mad Hat Man said:

dont gun the motor cold.... and let the turbo spool down prior to switch off.

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oh yes agree + 1

The Mad Hat Man said:

Hows that gonna work then - apart from filling the engine with water/foam/dry powder (take yo pick)?

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I would imagine he means a CO2 extinguisher, no oxygen = no combustion.

AliV said:

I would imagine he means a CO2 extinguisher, no oxygen = no combustion.

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big sharp knife would be better -
cut the output from the turbo to inlet manifold = no air or oil going in then,
just to make sure stuff a lump of rag in the inlet pronto.



but by then the motor would be fooked anyway....

easye1 said:

big sharp knife would be better -
cut the output from the turbo to inlet manifold = no air or oil going in then,
just to make sure stuff a lump of rag in the inlet pronto.



but by then the motor would be fooked anyway....

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I would go with the rag option myself.

I wouldn't know what to do.

Sharp exit probably

Stall it, whack it in 5th, brakes and handbrake on and dump the clutch, and fingers crossed it stalls out!

Just carry on filming till it all goes BANG!

Yoyodyne said:

Just carry on filming till it all goes BANG!

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it will make some strange noises till it goes bang i would have thought, partial seizing of pistons before lack of bigtime distmantling by itself ..

Silverlandy said:

I wouldn't know what to do.

Sharp exit probably

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lol.....my mrs would say she never done it,
my eldist daughter would try and stall it,
my youngist daughter would get out, slam the door and say (feckit) its not mine anyway...
my son would run a mile with all the smoke billowing - hates smoke =
serious house fire when he was just 4 yo..
but laugh at it till it went pop...


but they ALL would say,
bout time you got rid of that and bought a new one..

Don't overfill the engine oil - had a work colleague who had an oil level sensor failure on a Seat, light came on, didn't check the dipstick, just poured a litre of oil in the engine. Started it up and it lunched itself. Seat weren't very helpful.......