RUN AWAY Detroit Diesel! 453-T

DD 453-T runs away! rack gets stuck on valve cover. almost lost some fingers too, it was all i could find. F'ed up new turbo compressor wheel, was only damage thankfully!

[CaolanSuibhne]

Great reaction and fast thinking!

A busted turbo is much better than a piston being yeet'd through the neighbours house.

[stevensaavedra]

Finally a runaway video where the guy actually knows what to do!

[loganorlikoski]

for the 3 seconds it happened this diesel sounded godlike

[lemjohnson]

I love how the poor girl is concerned about his project even though she doesn't know what happened she is still concerned for him

[Sebastian-gjtc]

Engine: vroooom
Turbo: suuuuck
Car guy: oh fuck

[JerseyTom]

In the truck's defense, that did sound amazing.

[erintheangry]

Now I can honestly say I witnessed a man choke out a diesel truck with has bare hands!

[DimagoDiesel]

After rebuilding many diesel engines over the years, best thing to have handy to snuff an engine is a wooden clip board... works every time

[central_fire]

This is honestly the best demonstration of what exactly a runaway is and how to stop it.

[danielvallejos]

Guy: chokes
Truck: harder daddy
Guy: WHAT?
Truck: what?
Wife: why did it do that?

[cjscarsandcrap]

This, ladies and gents, is why people should know how an engine works

[jordanscherr]

"Exactly what I didn't want to happen!" Hey, you knew it could occur and acted accordingly. Well done man!

[barryfirth]

That's why we kept a "panic button" handy...
A piece of plywood with a handle attached to cover the intake .
Learned that one in that Canadian Armed Forces . 😁

[Fireship]

This guy has guts. He snuffed it out and could have carved his hand up in the process, but saved his engine. I would have run in the other direction, watched my Pistons launch everywhere and then been very pissed off!

[mtlassen]

"Honey, I love you and all, but for the love of god would you please not talk right now?!"

[ringandpinion]

When starting an old 2 stroke detroit, keep a tool box tray around to cover the turbo. Be sure it is big enough to cover the whole turbo. Most of the 453's had blower flaps that you could flip shut with one finger and keep them all.

[brbjndett]

Everyone stand in a moment of silence for that mans turbo😢

[thetoecutter]

When he dove out of frame I thought he was taking cover... Then my man pop's back up and handles it.

[sonnysurles]

That was great thinking and reaction. When I was in training on 6-71's (at Fort Eustis VA before a year-long excursion to Vietnam) the instructor told us to always carry a rag and a 1/2" wrench when/if this happens. Good to see how quickly you reacted. Nice!

[jpolar]

That guy has brains. Starve the engine from air. 👍👍👍👍