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Emergency diesel shutdown
On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 14:56:08 +0000, Gould 0738 wrote:
A paragraph in a book I've been sent to review seems to be in error. Either that, or I'm not properly intuitice about this situation. The paragraph poses a mulitple choice question. "What is the best way to shut down a runaway diesel engine?" One choice is a throw-away. "Cut off the electrical supply." Bzzzt! "Thanks for playing, and we do have some lovely parting gifts for you........" The other two choices: 1. Cut off the fuel supply 2. Cut off the air supply I believe 1. is how my diesel shuts down normally. If that doesn't work, I'd use "3. release compression". If the engine could find a "sneaky-path" to get fuel, chances are it could find one to get air, too. I suppose if I didn't have a compression release, I'd try stuffing things in the air intake. Lloyd Sumpter "Far Cove" Catalina 36 |
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