Re: Will an EMD 2 stroke run away like a Detroit?
Author: Butler
Date: 02-05-2012 - 00:34
Hogger Joe Wrote:
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> Navistar International V-8 truck engines can run away
> during warm up if the temp sensor fails and gives
> a false excessive cold indication---most of the
> time they catch themselves, but once and a while a
> high milage engine will throw a piston or rod out
> the side of the block---wife peed herself when one
> threw a rod beside her.
I bet your wife will never forget that one! I couldn't stop laughing!!! And I bet she isn't too keen about standing close to one when it fires up, either.