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zeisshensoldt

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Yes. It doesn't have anything to do with you engine running away though.
So if i take a trip to the grocery store in the deuce I shouldn't leave it running while i go inside? I had a diesel mechanic who told me these multifuel engines were meant to run, not to be driven around like an suv, start, stop, start, stop. Is he right?
 

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So if i take a trip to the grocery store in the deuce I shouldn't leave it running while i go inside? I had a diesel mechanic who told me these multifuel engines were meant to run, not to be driven around like an suv, start, stop, start, stop. Is he right?
The main reason I wouldn't want to leave it running in that situation is because somebody might decide to jump in and take it for a spin. :grin:
 

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The main reason I wouldn't want to leave it running in that situation is because somebody might decide to jump in and take it for a spin. :grin:
ha, they might have one **** of a time trying to maneuver it around a parking lot. Still anyone with limited knowledge of these trucks would know they have a push button start, so regardless if it's running or not it's just as easily taken. When does it become too long of an idle, an hour? Should i just shut it off when I'm not in it (starter motor wear and tear)? Just trying to gather as much info as I can to save internal components. :grin:
 
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ha, they might have one **** of a time trying to maneuver it around a parking lot. When does it become too long of an idle, an hour? Should i just shut it off when I'm not in it (starter motor wear and tear)? Just trying to gather as much info as I can to save internal components. :grin:
zeisshensoldt, I'm right there with you. I am not afraid to say I don't know the first thing about this. But I drove mine for to the store tonight. It was a hoot!:jumpin: Then I took it for a few stops around town.[thumbzup]
 

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zeisshensoldt, I'm right there with you. I am not afraid to say I don't know the first thing about this. But I drove mine for to the store tonight. It was a hoot!:jumpin: Then I took it for a few stops around town.[thumbzup]
Did you leave it running at all your stops? Also, the fact that it needs that 5 minute startup/cool down period makes it a bit of a pain to take around places.
 

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I reality you can fudge on the start up and shut down times when not running it hard or the engine is still warm when started. By the time you pull into the parking lot and find a parking spot your turbo should be cool enough to go ahead and shut down. As long as you're not it the store for a hour or so you should be able to start the truck, wait until oil pressure builds, and take off.

While the deuce can be easily started, a running vehicle just invites thieves and joyriders.
 

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The issue with leaving it running is that some IDIOT might get into it and put it in gear......a 12,000 pound vehicle can commit a lot of mayhem in a parking lot full of sardine cans.......even if you chained the steering wheel someone could still drive it forward or backward.

This opens you up for a liability issue.......your insurance might buck on a claim if you were negligent.

Park it, lock it and chock the wheels......the world is full of thieves and inqusitive morons.
 

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The fuel injectors on a Multifuel aren't controlled electronically as today's vehicles, they have mechanical links that control the amount of fuel. Basically the throttle sticks at full and you can't shut it down, except for blocking the air intake, which takes something very solid. Heard stories of them eating phone books.
 
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Usually happened to two stroke detroits when some one messed up the rack adjustment but bad turbo seals can cause it with any engine. Saw a continental suck a hole out of a wooden creeper when it went bye-bye
 

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The following is a dramatization:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dps_x_spcN4[/media]
 

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Usually happened to two stroke detroits when some one messed up the rack adjustment but bad turbo seals can cause it with any engine. Saw a continental suck a hole out of a wooden creeper when it went bye-bye

Yeah, The old detroits were notorious for that.
 

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The fuel injectors on a Multifuel aren't controlled electronically as today's vehicles, they have mechanical links that control the amount of fuel, often times the linkage will bind up and then you get what we see here. Can also be the result of a buffer screw that's been screwed in too far. Basically the throttle sticks at full and you can't shut it down, except for blocking the air intake, which takes something very solid. Heard stories of them eating phone books.
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