Runaway Diesel Motor!

[@HarleyDavidsonVince]

Thats why all diesel engines should have a air shutoff valve on the intake.

[@JeffGoins88]

@@HarleyDavidsonVince I agree

[@louisdietel3254]

Hit the brake, put it in high gear and let the clutch do the rest to prevent a serious engine damage

[@TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd]

You'll just grenade your trans or burn your clutch up. They are absolutely incapable of handling the torque output of a runaway diesel rotating assembly. Your best option is to abandon the vehicle if you do not have an air shut-off and seek shelter.

[@vinny142]

"Hit the brake, put it in high gear and let the clutch do the rest" Sadly no. A runaway diesel engine is burning the lubrication oil, not fuel. The governor that limits the engine speed is nolonger in control. The engine is putting out every single horsepower it can (way, way above the rated maximum) at revs that the rest for the machine can't handle. And when this has been running like this for a minute it's already overheated and things have been bent to the point that the engine is probably a write-off.

[@macdaniel6029]

@@vinny142 That's not true. TBH I don't know much about trucks but if this was a car it would work 100%. No matter how many HP the engine has, the brakes are always stronger. Not just a little bit but siginficantly, like i.e. 500%. They are designed to stop the vehicle even if the engine is running at full speed and the clutch is stuck. The transmission can handle it without problems, worst thing that can happen is your clutch burning out. If you drive automatic transmission: Absolutely run away as fast as you can.

[@gtasandman]

@@macdaniel6029 " but if this was a car it would work 100%." but its not a car you're comparing a massive truck engine made for torque and towing to a car.

[@jackhaley6332]

Your brakes are meant to resist the movement of your vehicle. Not the full power of your engine, if you hit the brakes in high gear and dump the clutch, even if your transmission doesn’t break, than you will very quickly burn your clutch. Most people don’t realize how quickly you can burn a clutch if you dump it like that

[@TheToastPeople]

Bet he had a full tank of fuel too

[@CharlieHowardUK]

With all the oil on the road - looks like the engine had already given up!

[@macdaniel6029]

At this stage: yes.

[@Dan23_7]

Great catch 👌🏼 What are you flying ?

[@randallbowdre8167]

all you have to do it hit the Jake brake, it'll stop.

[@ElijahHamilton]

I don't think it works that way

[@randallbowdre8167]

@@ElijahHamilton It does as long as it's a Jacob's brake that holds the exhaust valves open. An exhaust brake would cause other problems.

[@vinny142]

​@@randallbowdre8167 "When activated, it opens exhaust valves to the cylinders, right before the compression stroke ends, releasing the compressed gas trapped in the cylinders, and slowing the vehicle." That's not going to do anything, a runaway is running on lubrication oil and after a minute it really doesn't need much compression to ignite.

[@OFFICIALCAR-KID]

put the truck in highest gear and dump the clutch without pressing the accelerator or brake dumping the clutch in high gear is too much for the engine to handle so 9 times out of 10 the vehcile will stall, saving your car from glowing red hot , seizing and potentially losing a few pistons..

[@leevahal900]

Turbo seal burning engine oil usally theres flames shooting out the stacks.

[@TowMater603]

Looks like a Runaway ENGINE. that truck is clearly not a electric truck so it does not have a motor. it has an engine.

[@elefantdan]

depends who you are. Internet is international!

[@helsinkiandrew0]

why do you care so much? when people say motor they think of an engine. when people say electric motor it means electric motor

[@TowMater603]

@@helsinkiandrew0 Why ? because humans are idiots and use wrong words and it drives me nuts ! So with that , I will always be here to drive you people nuts with my corrections. People use wrong terms , allow me to give some examples. - Filming when it should be Recording. - Motor is not and Engine. - Clip is not a magazine. - Cement is not Concrete. These are just a few things. and yes , i really have nothing better to do.

[@vincentrobinette1507]

They're all motors, an engine is just a specific type of motor. Bikes are most often referred to a motorcycles, rather than "enginecycles", Boats are more often referred to as motor boats, even though they most often use engines, and even the oil in the crankcase of an engine is referred to a "motor oil. If you drive a car, you're considered a "motorist".

[@TowMater603]

@@vincentrobinette1507 Say what you will.. it's still an Engine and not a motor.

[@Nova-m8d]

Insurance fraud.

[@bobjeffrey8863]

I had that happen to me,,, YES, alittle scary BUT and easy shut-down

[@justinw.7045]

They will learn to cope with the loss of an engine.

[@RoyceAubuchon]

That's what happens if you run out of Def lol

[@gregdolecki8530]

What's with the stupid music?

[@TracyTsVideos]

If the driver of this video had time to park and deploy a drone, they had time to flip the hood up and choke out the intake to save the truck. Looks like coolant in the road, not engine oil.

[@zander7283]

He wasn't the driver tho

[@JeffGoins88]

@@TracyTsVideos I wasn’t driving the truck, I just happened to see it and flew my drone over to it. Driver was safe.

[@vinny142]

"to flip the hood up and choke out the intake to save the truck. " A) Did you even watch the video? B) If they want to risk getting killed, sure. The engine is over-revving literally as hard as it can. It's not limited by the governor, it's going as fast as the pistons can physically move, _way_ outside of what there were designed for. It's basically a matter of time before one of those parts comes out through the engine block and into your face. C) It's not enough to choke it. The engine is (almost literally) red-hot, it barely needs any air at all to keep running. You'd have to completely, hermetically seal the intake. No air can get in anywhere or it will just keep running. And you'd need to do that for several minutes, while under the hood with a machine that can break open and shower you with boiling oil at any moment. No, a runaway is a situation where you grab your valuables and take the loss. Oh, and keep your fire extinguisher handy, one the engine blows you're going to need it to save the rest of your truck.

[@macdaniel6029]

@@vinny142 You can choke the engine in the first 30 sec or so without risking anything. After several minutes like in this video it's too late. But the driver should have selected high gear, full brakes and then released the cluch.

[@RICHARD-mn3nd]

@@vinny142 How many revs does a run-a-way diesel do? 2-3,000rpm?

[@bx4hy7kr7p]

トップギヤに入れてクラッチを繋ぐ。

[@eugene3888]

Don't see the hood open..didn't try to stop it

[@Dan23_7]

Would you stick your head in there ? I certainly wouldn’t.

[@ronbrock6153]

There is not such thing as a diesel motor. Motors are powered by an electic charge. An engine is powered by combustion either internal or external.

[@vincentrobinette1507]

Actually, they're all motors! An engine is just a specific type of motor.

[@ronbrock6153]

@@vincentrobinette1507 You need to invest in a dictionary, or as you likely 12 use google. A motor devives power from electrical current, ie a Tesla, a box fan, your Mom's mixer. An engine derives power from combustion, no matter is it is diesel or gasoline (petrol) for my Brit folks. Again vince, study before you attempt to fact check folks.

[@ronbrock6153]

@@vincentrobinette1507 You need a dictionary, shall I order you one from Amazon.

[@OFFICIALCAR-KID]

@@ronbrock6153 whats bro waffling about

[@TrashPanda5150]

Don't tell the Germans that! 😂 An engine is also a motor, 100% facts. A motor converts any type of energy into into mechanical energy. Fuel is potential energy, burn it, and the energy is released, creating mechanical energy. Also known as an engine! Harley Davidson MOTORcycles Department of MOTOR Vehicles MOTORboat MOTORtrend Magazine

[@lucianene7741]

Thumbs down for inappropriate music and attitude.