TD's and stuck throttles

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Stewart(oily)
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My Cars: Citroens since 1990, BX Diesel, GTI, TZD with 1.9 TD running extra boost before it was fashionable!, ZX Volcane TD, S2 Xantia break 1.9TD, Xantia HDI 110, currently zipping about in a C2 Diesel. C2 died from the dreaded worm, C3 Picasso HDI Exclusive, the adventure continues.
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Post by Stewart(oily) »

I have had a N/A BX diesel run away on the road, it was seriously overfilled with oil, the fifth gear and brakes stopped it though, boy was there a cloud behind me, I have seen a fiat TD do the same again on a dual carriageway with room, it did go very fast! but the guy must have been an experienced driver, he got it stopped.
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nick
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Post by nick »

Robin wrote:The answer if you were fast enough was to stuff your coat in the intake but most people just did the one minute mile across the yard.
I sometimes wonder why all diesel engine manufactures don't fit a butterfly valve in the air intake like this; http://www.mckenziecorp.com/air_intake_valve.htm as standard.

I suppose the answer is it would cost more money!
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rossd
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Post by rossd »

My 406 HDi has one, most of the HDi's do, but its for EGR use and not directly for preventing an engine runaway.
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