Top 5 Worst Diesel Runaway Engines! As we know diesel engines are known for their reliability and durability, however the runaway diesel phenomenon is one of the fastest ways to ruin you diesel engine. In some cases even if you try to turn of your car and take of the key, the engine will still run producing massive smoke.
In this cool video below you can see 5 worst diesel fails with runaway engine. Anyway, they didn’t say anything on how to stop a runaway engine and this information could be helpful. The best explanation we could find online is to put an exhaust cutout right on the intake of the engine. Therefore you could flip a switch & suffocate the motor in order to prevent the diesel runaway damage. In that way you will put an exhaust cutout on the intake so you can flip a switch and suffocate the engine to prevent damage. Or another article says to blow a CO2 fire extinguisher into the intake of the engine.
Do you have any other idea how to prevent a damage from a runaway engine?
