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It's my understanding a runaway occurs when the turbo blows an oil seal causing the oil to spray into the intake air stream. The hydraulic pressure (oil pressure) overcomes the boost pressure and feeds thru the air-to-air uncontrolled and into the combustion chambers and runs off the oil until...

Way to go Guido, probably saved the guy $20,000. I like this idea, easy and quick. I don't think the top of my M2's breather is flat enough for this but I'm thinking keep one of my heavy vinyl window covers handy and possibly choke it at the hood opening, and this doesn't work, raise the hood...

I like the Yamaha/s because they have a gear driven cam, no timing belt, but, I bought the equivalent Yamaha to the EU2000 and it wouldn't even start my 4800btu window unit and would throw the overload breaker. I turned right around and swapped it for another EU2000. The EF2400 looks like a...

Run away stories have always made me uneasy, my turbo has 800k mi.s, ticking time bomb? Can an injector cause a run away? The fact that a turbo was just installed is suspect. If the turbo caused the run away, wouldn't the crankcase oil would be gone for the most part and the intake hoses and...

As far as Honda goes, if you are ever in Oregon, no sales tax. There maybe better deals out there but we bought our last EU2000 from Beaverton Honda, Tigard, OR for $969 plus no tax in Sept 2012.

Anyone join us on I-80 this past Saturday? Cheyenne to Elk Mtn overhead LED signs advised 65+ MPH wind gusts possible. West bound in our st trk w/ 2400 lbs. had a head wind for the most part but when the road would do a S curve it was spooky. When we reached Elk Mtn the signs advised 70+ wind...

The time I have to describe the procedure is minimal here and is not meant to be all inclusive. Please do not attempt this without due diligence on injector r & r and knowing other important things like draining the diesel from the fuel rail and oil from the oil galley first, sucking dry the...

.....and wife and kids are in the car trying to make it to my new job in the town where my mother is in the hospital dying of cancer etc etc etc......... Sorry if this is a real plea for help, just couldn't help myself, but it looks as tho the 'give me a hand out' is makin an attempt at...

The diesel in the overflow and some coolant in the fuel/water separator is exactly what I had when the o-ring leaked on one of my sleeves. More then likely new o-rings and sleeves will solve your problem, just be sure they flush the cooling system good. Here is what the sleeve look like...

And when you shut the motor off, the hot coolant is still under pressure and pushes coolant into the fuel, and it will show up in the fuel/water separator bowl. Not sure what is meant when said "overflow jug is backing up" but if is blowing coolant out, you may have bigger problems. Drop...

The box is a ProTech box mounted on a straight truck. It will take awhile, but I want to do this, maybe shoot for next winter. The cooling fan in the EU2000 blows a lot of hot air out around the muffler so I'm now thinking mount a small radiator or heater core to the inside of the box that...

Glad to see the 'don't do it' replies hit home. Harmonic vibrations can cut iron and would be no match for the paper thin muffler your pipe is attached to. A small crack and......well, you know. The idea of capturing the heat of the genny is interesting. Even tho I have my 2' X 2' X 3' alum...

I drive a st truck so pay per mi./toll expense ratio different, but, if tolls are an issue, why not ask dispatch to cover em? To me, the extra 25 minutes on a tight schedule is not worth the added pressure of a possible late delivery, after all, we are expediters. That being said, I have...

Lots of conclusions being jumped to. Here is my C-9 experience. I can turn a wrench but knew very little about diesels untill my adventure in expediting. Coolant does have a sweet urethany smell to it. Was the heater core housing cleaned out when core replaced. If done at a dealer...

I typed "34 hour" in the "find" box to search the 81140 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 27, 2011 / Rules and Regulations http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/rulemakings/final/HOS-Final-Rule-12-27-11.pdf and found this regarding the restart...

Here's one mans opinion on a cure from another site; "Last time I checked, from a buddy that hauls cattle into Cali, you don't have to stop for the Carb nazis. He drives a 359 with a c model and just gives them the bird when they try to wave him over. CHP told him they couldn't make him stop...

I can't help but think there are many like me who will not upgrade right away and here's why; 2006 engines, which mine is, will require the DPF by 01/01/14 according to current CARB rules. 2006 trucks are now hitting the 500-900K mile mark, so an inframe, if not done recently, will be needed...

470K is pretty impressive. Did any of you super single runners notice a mileage improvement? As far as the price variance, I shopped around and paid Southern Tire of El Paso $1900 with tax and mounted after core trades for 4 new Yokohama TY517MC2's (rolling resistance 102) and got 299K out of...

Sign up for texting of the load offer. If they send you a load, you know it right away if you have your phone. $2 per week, reimbursed once you reach the rewards program level. And, like Dave recommended, you can always call and know within a few seconds if the "we see that you are on a...

SHARP327, you probably already checked, but be sure and check you were not charged twice on your card. I have been double dipped several times on my Comdata for no apparent reason, twice in a row at Matthews Travel Center (TA) in MO. They wanted me to call Comdata to correct, WRONG, made the...