Focus 1.8TDCi - Diesel Runaway
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I now know why it's called runaway.
Thats the first thing you do when it starts.
My Precious Focus decided to do this at midnight on the M25. A good samaritan stopped and reminded me that stalling the car in high gear might stop the engine ( not the first thing i thought of ) that was only after the police put the fog warning lights up on th motorway and the brigade were called. AAAGGGGHHHH
Beware the dreaded runaway !!
Thats the first thing you do when it starts.
My Precious Focus decided to do this at midnight on the M25. A good samaritan stopped and reminded me that stalling the car in high gear might stop the engine ( not the first thing i thought of ) that was only after the police put the fog warning lights up on th motorway and the brigade were called. AAAGGGGHHHH
Beware the dreaded runaway !!
It's apparently when something goes wrong with the engine, and this doesn't appear to be a constant something, and it jams at full revs and continues to run even without the ignition on.
The engine so i've read draws in the oil from the engine and burns that as fuel. Apparently if you dont get it shut off it will basically explode with fairly devastating effects.
My cars in the garage at the moment and when i find out what went wrong i'll update the post.
Suffice to say it's a very hairy moment when it happens.
The engine so i've read draws in the oil from the engine and burns that as fuel. Apparently if you dont get it shut off it will basically explode with fairly devastating effects.
My cars in the garage at the moment and when i find out what went wrong i'll update the post.
Suffice to say it's a very hairy moment when it happens.
Is this something to do with the turbo going faulty, i've heard of it before when the turbo basically runs away with itself using the engine oil as fuel. The symptoms you describe sould exactly that, the engine runs at full throttle until either someones rear bumper or you can manage to stall it.
heard of it before on vauxhall and some audis.
heard of it before on vauxhall and some audis.
it will go on until it runs out of stuff to burn, be that oil or diesel, and then stop, as if it had run out of fuel
(unless of course something goes bang cos of it sitting there at high revs)
many moons ago when i worked at a bus garage we had a bus do this while we were working on it (bristol LH - and no, i'm not that old, bus fans, just united bus used to have some really old buses)
the old fitter with me stuck his hat in the air intake and stopped it
(unless of course something goes bang cos of it sitting there at high revs)
many moons ago when i worked at a bus garage we had a bus do this while we were working on it (bristol LH - and no, i'm not that old, bus fans, just united bus used to have some really old buses)
the old fitter with me stuck his hat in the air intake and stopped it
Thats a reasonable idea but......
On the M25 at midnight theres not normally a handy thick piece of plywood hanging around, and it's not normally the first thing that enters the mind of the standard car driver.
But thanks for the advice and i shall ensure in future i have a piece of plywood handy. LOL
On the M25 at midnight theres not normally a handy thick piece of plywood hanging around, and it's not normally the first thing that enters the mind of the standard car driver.
But thanks for the advice and i shall ensure in future i have a piece of plywood handy. LOL
Not found out yet , but i might speak to the garage about the turbo as a few have mentioned it might be a problem. I did get a high pitched turbo like whine just before it happened as well so might be worth a look.
The first question they asked was had anyone topped up the oil so they are probably thinking thats the fault ???
The first question they asked was had anyone topped up the oil so they are probably thinking thats the fault ???
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