CRACKED HEAD Engine runaway - VOSA investigation

If its a garage sale, tell them. If they say not their fault. Consult the crock of **** thread on here. Going through similar, and apprehensively I might be winning. Sending in high court bailiffs now. :-/

A quick look around reveals that the problem of runaway diesel engines is well known.
"Detroit Diesels have an air cutoff butterfly valve as standard equipment, but for other engines you can buy a butterfly air shutoff and install a Morse or Teleflex cable " (Runaway Diesel Engine - SailNet Community)
and "A diesel engine can runaway and self destruct on hydrocarbon vapors, even if the engine’s primary source of fuel is taken away.
An air intake shutoff valve is recommended for diesel engines which have a possibility of encountering hydrocarbon vapors."
(from: AMOT-Applications- Butterfly Valves-4261M Butterfly Valve (Electric, Pneumatic, Hydraulic & Manual Actuation))
and in the US, "...Federal law mandates the use of air shut off valves or esd valves on diesel engines used on offshore drilling rigs" (Diesel engine runaway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)


An air cutoff ought to be standard on diesel engines, and an automatic one at that (faster reaction time).
An LR specific aftermarket item would be a good idea - and is more important than an EGR bypass.
Perhaps there is one that I haven't found yet?

what a bloody good idea

I've removed the crankcase/camshaft breather tube from the air intake pipe, plugged the hole with a cork! No point in removing EGR unit if you are still going to let foul air into the system. May not stop a run away but it lets the disco breath a bit better.

chrimcne said:

I've removed the crankcase/camshaft breather tube from the air intake pipe, plugged the hole with a cork! No point in removing EGR unit if you are still going to let foul air into the system. May not stop a run away but it lets the disco breath a bit better.

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I take it the crankcase is still vented and the plugged hole is in the air inlet?

stchris356 said:

I take it the crankcase is still vented and the plugged hole is in the air inlet?

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If not it will blow the cork out.

If you've left the crankcase vent pipe dangling in the engine bay you'll have a nice wet oily engine in no time at all as they emit a fine mist of engine oil. You need to use a catch tank as just pointing the vent pipe down towards the road is illegal not to mention anti social.

Yes the crank is still vented and yes it goes into a catch tank.