[Vwdiesel] re: runaways and CO2

[Shawn Wright]

On 16 Aug 2003 at 0:32, LBaird119 at aol.com <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

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> If you blow the
> bottle at 6000 rpm, and  combustion stops - but then when the engine is
> winding down and it gets to 1500 rpm what happens if the co2 is all
> gone?????   it seems to me the engine would pick back up and start
> hauling ass again.
>
>   Not if you engage the clutch and braking.  :)  Most likely once you're
> down to the "teens" in RPM then there shouldn't be enough blowby
> or ring sucking going on to provide enough oil for a restart.  I would
> think most runaways happen in the upper 2K's on up.
>      Loren

On my first (and only) runaway (1.6TD), I was dumb enough to try restarting after a
few minutes, and it immediately took off and pegged the tach within 2 seconds of a
restart with no throttle. Dumping the clutch/holding brakes killed it though.

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Shawn Wright
http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
'88 Westy 375k
'85 Jetta D 263k
'85 Jetta TD 482k (retired)
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