Real World Quiz for Newbies.

When one runs away it doesn't mean it's running backwards, and it can happen with a 4 stroke... Put it in the highest gear and dump the clutch, or starve it of air...

 

True. "Running-away" can mean different things to different people and for different engines. If someone said their Cummins or Cat had run-away, I would assume that it had started running on its on oil.

The two-strokes had a habit of the fuel line freezing open causing it to overfuel and start running away, not quite the same as when the engine starts running on its own oil.

I have to say, I had never heard "running-away" applied to when the engine started running backwards...

 

I've only seen it happen to our Navy GMC dump trucks. And those were running backwards because it was blowing smoke out the air intake. I don't dispute what you've said about 4 strokes and not running backwards all I'm saying is I've never seen it. We've had all kinds of construction type diesels and the drivers have stalled them all. The GMC's were the only problems. OLE screamin jimmys with 5X4's.

 

Duck in the seat duh..