From: Lee Houde (houdel@carrinter.net)
Date: Tue Apr 11 2006 - 04:53:21 PDT
Another trick I used on my Civvy Diesel fulled sized Blazer - It
developed some sort of vacuum leak in the fuel injection system. After
sitting a few hours, fuel would drain out of the injector pump back into
the fuel tank. To start it, I'd have to crank the engine a few seconds
to build pressure in the fuel system, open the hood and crack the
bleeder valve on the fuel filter to get rid of the air, close the hood
and start the engine. Sometimes I had to do the crank and bleed a couple
of times before she would start. This got old real quick. Finally, I cut
the fuel line going into the filter, ran a length of 3/8" length of fuel
hose to a 3/8" ball valve tie-wrapped in the grill, and then ran another
length of 3/8" fuel hose back to the fuel filter. When I parked the
truck I'd close the ball valve which kept the fuel from draining back
into the tank. When I wanted to drive it, I'd open the ball valve and it
would start right up. It only cost me a couple of bucks for the parts
and less than an hour to put it all together. Solved my hard starting
problem, made a great anti theft device (the ball valve was hardly
noticeable and anyone who did see it would be pretty clueless as to its
function) and would be a quick way to shut off the engine if I did have
a runaway, which I never did. Worth doing if you are really worried
about your engine running away, and a lot cheaper & easier to use than a
CO2 extinguisher! -- Lee
Michael J. Hill wrote:
> One way is Co2 into the intake will stop the combustion. Always good
> to have a Co2 bottle or two around Diesels anyway. Do NOT use Dry
> Chemical unless an ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY as in An immediate threat to
> Life Etc.. The dry chemical may damage the engine fatally.
>
> Mike Hill EMT 1A
> King George Six Frank Janet Indy
> MVPA 25988
> MVCC
> 86 M1009 72 M35A2C 86 M105A2
> CARC with Green Radios inside.
>
> Darrell Ramsell wrote:
>
>> This topic got me thinking. What is the best way to cut the fuel on
>> a HMMWV should I ever have a runaway engine? My first thought would
>> be to pull the fuel line off the fuel filter container.
>>
>> Darrell
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Howell"
>> <doctormv@frontiernet.net>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 6:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MV] CUCV dies - Survival tip #1
>>
>>
>>> The only way to stop a diesel is to either cut off the fuel or cut
>>> of the air. The M35 and my tractor have a hand operated manual
>>> lever that cuts off the fuel. If you forget to pull out the lever
>>> it won't crank when you hit the starter. I assume that the solenoid
>>> does the same thing when you turn the key on. I doubt that it would
>>> have hurt anything to have turned the key off and then got out and
>>> unhooked the wire. The truck would have continued running until the
>>> solenoid was released.
>>>
>>> If a diesel is running it is dieseling, ie running without spark plugs.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the tip. I don't know if I would have thought of wiring
>>> the solenoid open, I would have thought it would be internal to the
>>> pump.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> Tishomingo, Mississippi
>>>
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