----- Original Message -----
From: "Captain Beeky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: SR2 Rebuild?
>
> On 26, May 2006, at 9:16, Tony Brooks wrote:
>
> > please make sure you are not leaking fuel into the oil - you an
> > usually smell it on the dipstick.
>
> And I have heard stories of diesel leaking into the sump on this
engine
> design with internal fuel pumps to the extent the lube oil becomes
> combustable, the engine starts to run independently of the
injectors.
> The machine is then out of control and unstoppable using the normal
> controls. A substantial wodge of cloth stuffed into the air intake
is
> about the only way of stopping it prior to melt down. There may have
> been such a "wodge" in the Lister parts catalogue !
The easiest way to stop an air cooled Lister under those conditions
would be to use the decompressors :-)
Regular checking of the dipstick is the best way to avoid such a
happening. Any rise in the oil level will be the first warning sign.
Phil
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