<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Steve Haywood wrote:
> > Hi all! Back from my trip away. Wonder if anyone miissed me?
> >
> > I'm fascinated with this strand since I once witnessed a runaway
> > engine.Itwas feeding from the sump we concluded as someone here
> > suggested, and it was
> > a truly terrifying sight, the engine accelerating on itself to the
> > point that it threatened to totally disintegrate. The crisis was
> > brought to an end by a (mad) friend who ran into the shed where
the
> > engine was housed and somehow succeeded in stopping it by means I
> > never discovered.
>
>
> It actually happened to me a few years ago in Felis Catus II
(powered by a
> BMC 1800), a fw minutes after setting off (single-handed) for home
from the
> Milton Keynes "National". It was a truly terrifying experience.
The clouds
> of white smoke were immense - so much so that a passer-by called
the fire
> brigade. The only control I had was to put the gearbox into
neutral so that
> the boat at least slowed down to a stop. The damage to the engine
was such
> that it would probably have been cheaper to buy a replacement
engine than
> have it rebuilt.
>
> Mike Stevens
But that was probably caused by the hydraulic governrr sticking
(unless you had a king size gas leak) and a good clout with a hammer
in the right place may have solved it.
However I agree with whoever said run like xxxxx. I would leave the
thing in gear if I could find a soft piece of bank and evacuate.
(hopefully the in gear would load the engine and keep a few revs
down. The last thing I would want would be to be chased by a flywheel
or chunks of engine block knocked out by a big end.
Only try to stop one of these if you can keep well clear of the
flywheel end of the engine (including up above it - I fancy the ring
gear rather than metal deckwork) and well above it.
Tony Brooks
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