[Vwdiesel] runaway

gary gbangs at cfl.rr.com
Thu Nov 20 12:02:46 EST 2003


Deja Vu,

Emergency procedures required us to discharged a C02 fire extinguisher
into the intake of the Emergency Diesel Generator in the event of
runaway on board our Nuclear Subs.

-Gary



On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 12:22, Forrest L King wrote:
> hey - you stole my idea!!
>
> I agree - this would shut it down quickly.
>
>
> somebody try it and let us know if it hurts the engine, headgasket,
> valves, etc. :)
>
> Forrest
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:38:34 -0700 Bob Soukup
> <bobs at chemdec.natsci.csulb.edu> writes:
> > All the talk about runaways got me to thinking, wouldn't flooding
> > the
> > air intake with the output of a CO2 type fire extinguisher quell
> > the
> > beast?  After all, it needs both fuel (oil) and oxygen (in air) to
> > run.
> > Starve it of either and it should stop, right?
> >
> >
> > Bob Soukup
> > '81 RabbitTruck
> >
> >
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