Not even that... If he didn't do anything it'd still pick up like any other diesel engine... I'm fairly certain this guy cares enough about an engine almost a century old that he isn't gonna lock the throttle to max, take a step back and let it blow up... You can be drawing 3 gallons of oil a minute, you still only block the intake to kill it.
Majority of dislikes (or unitentional likes) on TH-cam are actually accidental screen touches...:happens a lot with me because I’m clumsy with the fashion of who can build the thinnest touch screens for the gullible market consumers.
He decompressed it, it looked like a run away starting to me! Instant response to go for the lever saved it, a second later and he'd be running the other way. Good call young man :)
Nice Job! The young gentleman knew exactly what he had to do. Good thing the engine had the air shut off too. This young man will make a great mechanic someday as he kept his cool. Good job and thanks for the video.
That's how old Diesel engines were typically shut down, they need air to run, so a mechanical choke on the intake is all it takes. I have no idea why they're so expensive on modern Diesel engines though, quite literally a simple carburetor choke plate will work!
The kid did a damn good job at containing the runaway, most kids his age would flip out not knowing what to do. He was doing simple measures trying to get engine speed back to norm instead of shutting down. Honestly I'd have shut it down, then restarted and waited for next runaway prepared to pay attention and find the cause. But, he saved the engine regardless, so credit due.
I’ve got one of those. The danger of the running too fast is an imbalanced flyweeel could fly apart...BAD JU-Ju ! I use it connected to an auxiliary genset for an off grid house. Run it at about 600 rom and all is well. Also, it’s EXTREMELY efficient. Will run 10 hours under moderate load on 1.5 gallons of off road diesel.
@Fishing Fisherman I actually bought some small single cylinder units for that exact reason. Also, they're nice because unlike every f*****g gas motor I've ever owned under 10 hp, the damn things will still fire up after being in storage for a year or two. For the sheer number of carbs I've had to clean in my life, I should have a damn medal or something. Or maybe just get a clue and dump the float bowls if they don't get used again right quick. One or the other. :)
@@Vilvaran: I honestly think it's one of the best uses of them. Especially the partial load efficiency. I still wish I could find a local fully enclosed diesel unit of about 4-6hp. I'd just build one, but my health isn't up to the task anymore. Sadly, I can't find a single place that has them anymore even though they were stupid popular 10 years ago. :/
It had and over productive fuel pump, glazed bore and dodgy head gasket so I ended up buying a new fuel control lever and fuel pump and it ran lovely after that .some may say that it was a crap runaway but personally I'm not too kenn ruining a 1958 engine that I had spend hours rebuilding
I understand fully. Good save, got to it before the rpm rose too high. They are not meant to spin very fast at all. You spend time and effort to bring something back to life, why would you let it destroy itself ? And stop picking on James May. I do not know anyone who would not love to have his job.
You rebuilt this? That's pretty cool stuff! Old engines rock. The Kutztown Folk Festival hosts a large group of old engine equipment and it's so oddly satisfying to hear the soft chugging, occasional pop and even the smell of these old engines. I don't know enough to see what happened but i heard the pitch change and the exhaust change color right as you reacted so good one on saving the machine. Really cool. Thanks for this video.
Thank you for bringing back memories of my apprenticeship, many years ago now. Nice to hear the sound again. I remember the exhaust plumes in a large poorly ventilated workshop. The main ventilation was by opening the roller door.
Man this is the best video I ever seen, my life has changed forever, shortly after this video I became a c.e.o of a Fortune 500 company and just bought a island in the Bahamas all thanks to this TH-cam video wow life’s great
Quick reactions old son, well done, you've the makings of a good engine man! I used to run a Lister HA4 in a fishing boat, noisy but an excellent power plant! It was originally fitted with a huge fan.
Well done, kid. Don't listen to the stupid hateful comments. I don't mind if you are rich as long as you are respectful... And this you showed here is a show of respect towards the beautiful machine you got there. Saving her like that. Stupid people are always thinking rich people are just miserable, but they are not all like that. Congratulations for the engine
Runaways can ONLY happen on diesels , due to the fact they do not need a spark plug, they will burn what ever gets in the cylinder whether that be diesel or oil ..
smartmonkey777 it's possible for a gasoline engine to runaway. It's much more likely to happen to a 2 stroke though. Had a dirt bike that ran off pretty bad while I was riding it and hitting the killswitch did absolutely nothing. Had to shift it to high gear and stall it out to get it to shut off. Turns out it developed a massive air leak.
Probably not wanting to stay in a certain RPM, he had to keep playing with the throttle to keep the RPM reasonable. That’s my guess, I don’t know what other signs there could be for a runaway diesel
Greetings from Japan.🇯🇵 This was a very interesting video that recorded a situation where a diesel engine does not stop immediately even if the decompression is released when it runs out of control. I referred to the service manual for the Lister SL1 diesel engine to understand the series of operations the young man performed in the video. The injection pump control lever of the Lister diesel engine is adjusted so that it starts at the fully open position at 12 o'clock, gradually reduces the rotation by operating it clockwise, reaches the specified rotation at the 3 o'clock position, and stops the rotation at the fully closed position at 4 o'clock. And it seems that decompression is not used directly to stop the engine. Decompression seems to work by forcibly pushing down the exhaust valve to prevent it from closing properly, allowing the compression pressure to escape into the exhaust pipe. 0:03 The young man gradually accelerates the rotation of the flywheel with the starting handle. 0:08 After the rotation speed has accelerated sufficiently, the decompression lever, which was released, is pulled toward the fuel tank to close the decompression. The engine starts, and as the RPM gradually increases, the starting handle is pulled out. 0:14 The injection pump control lever is rotated clockwise from the start position to the normal RPM position, but contrary to what is written in the service manual, the normal RPM position has a higher RPM. From this point, the young man operates the injection pump control lever to the stop position several times, but the rotation does not stop, and he repeats the operation to return it to the normal RPM position. Then, he makes eye contact with the cameraman to show that "something is wrong." 1:30 The engine starts to run out of control due to the damage of the injection pump control lever. At this point, the young man quickly pushes the decompression lever toward the flywheel to release the decompression. However, the RPM is too high and the injection pump is broken with the injection pump over-opened, so the RPM only drops slightly and the engine does not stop completely. 1:43 The engine RPM rises sharply because the decompression lever is operated to the close side when the rotation has not completely stopped. Please note that the exhaust smoke goes from almost clear to thick and the injection pump control lever is broken. From these, it can be inferred that when a diesel engine runs out of control, the fuel supply is excessive and the rotation speed is extremely high, so even if the decompression is released, the compression pressure is maintained due to the reflected pressure from inside the exhaust pipe, resulting in a situation where the rotation does not stop immediately. This is just like the situation where the reflected pressure of the exhaust chamber of a two-stroke gasoline engine creates a "pipe-in". At a construction site in Japan, I used an International Harvester wheel loader produced under license by Komatsu. The engine was stopped by releasing the decompression. The decompression was operated by pulling the throttle pedal toward me with my hand. The engine stopped immediately when the decompression was opened, so this was the first time I had seen a situation like this video where the engine continued to run for a long time even after the decompression was opened. However, after examining this video, I came to understand that "while releasing the decompression is an effective measure when a diesel engine goes out of control, it is important to keep in mind that it takes much longer than usual for the engine to come to a complete stop."
Well done, nice to see someone this age LEARNING how to work these old machines......when the lights go out in the oil refinery canteen, we may be looking into these types, running alternate fuels and even hydrogen......you never know.
That kid has quick reactions and shut it down. He gets a good job and a thumbs up from me because most people these days would just step back and watch parts fly. This can also happen with a gasoline engine more likely a 2 stroke. Those who don't believe me ask a dirt bike racer or RC car racer.
I was a Lister apprentice. The engines usually run away because you have fuel in the oil, you need to check the fuel pump banjos and be sure you don't have a fuel leak. The best way to stop the engine is to have an air intake cap ready to cover the intake, knock the filter off and put the cap on and stand back. Never stay around an engine running away!!
+laerdal The fuel pump diaphragms can leak fuel into the lub oil. Allegedly modern synthetic oil can cause this as there is a rumour that it attacks the old style rubber. Allegedly ONLY old style mineral oil should be used in these engines.
I been around runaway diesel and doesn't explode. It's noisy, smelly but is not a ticking time bomb. Its not like those race engine fueled by hi octane which explode when are dyno tested.
Listening to that Lister brought back memories of fishing boats leaving one of the bays where we visited in Newfoundland, early morning ,fog rolling out ......amazing fond memories. All replaced now with Yamaha , Evinrude outboards , really miss those old sounds .
James, keep your interest alive mate! You've obviously got a keen interest in restoration and no negative remarks can dull that. Ignore the wastrels and enjoy your hobby. These brilliant old British engines are becoming rare now and half the fun is searching them out and bringing them back to life. Keep going and develop it further.... when you find a keen interest such as this, choosing a satisfying career later on is much easier. Even just the principles and physics of engineering plus the need to create something or see something work properly is the basis for a grand and rewarding future. By the way.... the haters and the trolls are the kind of folk who will eventually come to realise they missed the point entirely.... Anyway, good work mate.... keep it up!
I didn't see it running away, exactly... but I was impressed to see it running. Love that chuffing and puffing thing. Now get it running on recycled deep frier oil and hooked up to a 5kW generator and you've got free electricity for the rest of your life! And it's portable! P.S. Don't forget to filter the exhaust gas for fine particle pollution. Get a pre-made unit from a Toyota bus/truck wrecker. 50 quid.
this diesel engine is much smaller and less complicated than truck diesel engines we're used to seeing runaway. This engine has a mechanism that essentially allows you to open the cylinder so that the motor loses all compression effectively shutting it off. Turbo diesels are much harder to shut off once they run
It’s called a decompression lever. A shaft that runs through the valve housing with a lever on each end. The lever on the outside is for your hand or a mechanism, when turned, turns the shaft which has another lever or cam on the other end of the shaft. This internal cam or shaft, decompresses the exhaust valve or exhaust valves.
Once while I was in the Army and a driver of a M577 command post carrier with a General Motors (I think) diesel engine, I was in the driver’s seat (more like a PIT, with NO ESCAPE) when a mechanic made shall we say a wrong adjustment to the engine. Yeah: I’m sitting right next to a runaway diesel engine with virtually no FAST way to leave. Good thing the air filter housing was disconnected, as I quickly grabbed my CLIP BOARD and placed it on the air intake. Vacuum held it in place and “killed” the engine. “Be all that you can be” was the old Army recruiting slogan and, at that moment, all I wanted to be was…still ALIVE! 😄😄
+Nick Nys The most fun was when an "electrician's" moped backfired and started running backwards. When its rider released the clutch he went backwards, fell-off and was late for work. He wheeled the bike to work then spent a whole day of the firms time sawing it up and putting the pieces onto the scrap pile! Allegedly when the bloke wanted a two-way lighting circuit for the staircase of his house he got the Electricity Board to do it because he didn't know how to! Very sad but in truth he was really just a light-bulb-changer. People used to take the Mickey when he tried to synchronize the Gents Clock System. He would start at the master clock and count "One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, Three Mississippi......." as he walked to the first slave clock. Mean nasty people would notice what he was doing and say "Hello Charlie, nice day!" and mess-up his counting. He then had to go back and start again. Phew it was a long time ago and there were no mobiles in those days!
I didn't watch this the first time TH-cam suggested it to me because I didn't want to see a nice old engine die for no reason. I'm relieved to see what the actual outcome was!
Did they use these on dumper trucks back in the 60's? I remember being fascinated with them when I was a kid, and had rides on them from the builders, and observed how they started them up! Eventually I couldn't resist having a go myself when the builders had gone home...
I over filled the sump on a dumper many years ago and the engine syphone the excess into the combustion Chambers The only way I could stop it was running it into a wall . The smoke it produced was fantastic .
one of my family members in Fiji had one of these, amazing engine, he kept it outside under a shack, hand cranked that old girl and sure enough it fired to life, no hesitation at all! chugging away, diesel does not spoil easy and produces a lot of low end toque, burns more efficiently due to higher compression ratios than gasoline or petrol and a little goes a long long way. These engines can be used to power a variety of equipments, compressor, generator, water pump etc
My brother inlaw used to have an old wagon with various antique engines on display he had 2 old 32 volt generator plants one was a Delco generator that used to start on gas and run on kerosene and other was a Lister that ran on diesel we also had a big Lister engine with a belt drive that was designed to run a small factory when we started it up you could hear it from a mile away
I love the paniced look on people's faces when a diesel engine runs away. A look of sheer terror like they're thinking "Jeez I better stop this right now before it gets too fast, or will I run away before it explodes like a bomb"
First time I've seen someone on youtube know how to stop a runaway diesel, Everyone else just runs away.
Well, this one wasn't as bad as the other ones.
Not even that... If he didn't do anything it'd still pick up like any other diesel engine...
I'm fairly certain this guy cares enough about an engine almost a century old that he isn't gonna lock the throttle to max, take a step back and let it blow up...
You can be drawing 3 gallons of oil a minute, you still only block the intake to kill it.
Ye but blocking the intake is a bit easier on this one than for example trucks.
ROFL!!! Sean, the engine was made between 61 & 66. Thats 50, not almost a 100.
What is an English boy doing with an engine in the middle of a field anyway?
What's with all the dislikes? This is a great example of this engine thanks for posting!
Cr125stin People say that it wasn't a good runaway, I think it was nice considering he didn't let the damned thing blow up like people want him to.
Majority of dislikes (or unitentional likes) on TH-cam are actually accidental screen touches...:happens a lot with me because I’m clumsy with the fashion of who can build the thinnest touch screens for the gullible market consumers.
@@Kiwiluv4tunes lol
what
@@yammmit 🤣bruh
Now since yt disabled dislikes this doesn't count anymore
He decompressed it, it looked like a run away starting to me! Instant response to go for the lever saved it, a second later and he'd be running the other way. Good call young man :)
dog stick runaway. 1 dogpower at about 2 rpm.
Diesels do not run at the typical gas motor redline
It was a joke
lol im laughing at tears
Ruffs per minute
skids ftw r/woooosh
Nice Job! The young gentleman knew exactly what he had to do. Good thing the engine had the air shut off too. This young man will make a great mechanic someday as he kept his cool. Good job and thanks for the video.
he reacted like a machine . blink and you miss it.
He knew it was going to runaway, and was ready to choke the air inlet, even had his buddy film it for him.
Disengaged the spark bearing and the fly wheel lock.
That's how old Diesel engines were typically shut down, they need air to run, so a mechanical choke on the intake is all it takes. I have no idea why they're so expensive on modern Diesel engines though, quite literally a simple carburetor choke plate will work!
@@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 No... Desels NEED AIR... he took away the air.
Is this footage of James May's childhood?
im sure he was born before cameras were invented
Tholaran97
Reasearch the history of motion pictures or you could have paid attention in school lol.
i was making a joke about the fact that he is old.
If this were James May as a child it wouldn't have been a diesel, it would've been a Victorian era steam engine rofl!
TH3C001 No, steam engines weren't invented when he was a child.
The kid did a damn good job at containing the runaway, most kids his age would flip out not knowing what to do. He was doing simple measures trying to get engine speed back to norm instead of shutting down. Honestly I'd have shut it down, then restarted and waited for next runaway prepared to pay attention and find the cause. But, he saved the engine regardless, so credit due.
Well caught, no panic or hesitation. Well done
No Say yea he was very knowing and he knew exactly what go do
In every old engine startup video, there is a dog. All of them.
Every boy needs a happy dog. Dogs are good for everyone’s soul. But not little hyper ankle bitters.
Its like in every tank engine starting video is a guy with cigarette in mouth...
It's there to drag the body away after the explosion!
It’s the same dog too 🐕
It's an English law dating from 1865
I’ve got one of those. The danger of the running too fast is an imbalanced flyweeel could fly apart...BAD JU-Ju !
I use it connected to an auxiliary genset for an off grid house. Run it at about 600 rom and all is well. Also, it’s EXTREMELY efficient. Will run 10 hours under moderate load on 1.5 gallons of off road diesel.
@Fishing Fisherman Sounds like a 2-tank fuel system.
@Fishing Fisherman I actually bought some small single cylinder units for that exact reason. Also, they're nice because unlike every f*****g gas motor I've ever owned under 10 hp, the damn things will still fire up after being in storage for a year or two. For the sheer number of carbs I've had to clean in my life, I should have a damn medal or something. Or maybe just get a clue and dump the float bowls if they don't get used again right quick. One or the other. :)
The high-efficiency of these is why I kinda want one for genset purposes...
@@Vilvaran: I honestly think it's one of the best uses of them. Especially the partial load efficiency. I still wish I could find a local fully enclosed diesel unit of about 4-6hp. I'd just build one, but my health isn't up to the task anymore. Sadly, I can't find a single place that has them anymore even though they were stupid popular 10 years ago. :/
@@GamingHelp where do you get one of these?
It had and over productive fuel pump, glazed bore and dodgy head gasket so I ended up buying a new fuel control lever and fuel pump and it ran lovely after that .some may say that it was a crap runaway but personally I'm not too kenn ruining a 1958 engine that I had spend hours rebuilding
Sorry , just found this .
Did you do anything with it this year , or was that the rebuild ?
Are you going to take it to any shows ?
I understand fully. Good save, got to it before the rpm rose too high. They are not meant to spin very fast at all.
You spend time and effort to bring something back to life, why would you let it destroy itself ?
And stop picking on James May. I do not know anyone who would not love to have his job.
John Robinson listers are stubborn
+James Beynon at least you knew how to save it.
+michael lister Still better than the diesels chevy use to make.
Easily one of the most unintentional British videos ive seen.
"most unintentional British videos" I recognize the words but not the sense...
ly
@@tedf1471 unintentionally british is what he meant
@@GibbSaw63 Bri ish*
Finally, someone that didn't freak out when the engine started to run away. Good job sir.
This engine is easy to stop . have a decompression valve to stop the engine.
You rebuilt this?
That's pretty cool stuff! Old engines rock.
The Kutztown Folk Festival hosts a large group of old engine equipment and it's so oddly satisfying to hear the soft chugging, occasional pop and even the smell of these old engines.
I don't know enough to see what happened but i heard the pitch change and the exhaust change color right as you reacted so good one on saving the machine.
Really cool. Thanks for this video.
lol the dog's like Stick! stiiiiick! STICK STICK! stiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!
haha good one 😂
check mastermilo's dog, hes always got a stick in his mouth
you forgot :25 Dog: ACK!! wood splinter.
This is such a brilliant video. A smart young boy running an old engine in such a beautiful countryside and theres a playful dog in the background
And in the foreground!!!
Thank you for bringing back memories of my apprenticeship, many years ago now. Nice to hear the sound again. I remember the exhaust plumes in a large poorly ventilated workshop. The main ventilation was by opening the roller door.
I don't know why but I like the smell of diesel!
I like it so much I stick my head in the tailpipe
+Phong Thinh Come to Paris !
+Phong Thinh Tastes like shit tho
Phong Thinh same
Not so much , you wouldn't say that when you smell 2stroke exhaust!
Can Turbocharger be mounted ? LOL
@Delta X the dog too?
(softly) don't.
@@oseantonioerranoloreto6531 yes connect pvc pipe from the mouth to the buy and attach a turbo
@@oseantonioerranoloreto6531 Collies are turbocharged from factory
Putt putt putt putt STUTUTUTUTUTU
Man this is the best video I ever seen, my life has changed forever, shortly after this video I became a c.e.o of a Fortune 500 company and just bought a island in the Bahamas all thanks to this TH-cam video wow life’s great
A cool headed young man ! ***** You saved your engine. Be safe & well . Great dog.Thanks.
Very cool video, good job not running away, you definitely saved that engine
Quick reactions old son, well done, you've the makings of a good engine man!
I used to run a Lister HA4 in a fishing boat, noisy but an excellent power plant! It was originally fitted with a huge fan.
That kid operating the engine looks like Harry Potter
No harry potter looks like him
1 hp per hundred pounds of engine.
Well done, kid. Don't listen to the stupid hateful comments. I don't mind if you are rich as long as you are respectful... And this you showed here is a show of respect towards the beautiful machine you got there. Saving her like that. Stupid people are always thinking rich people are just miserable, but they are not all like that.
Congratulations for the engine
+thesantiso rich people suck
He could have gotten that engine via a small job easily if he found a good deal on it.
@666
Yea cause poor people create jobs......riiiight
Jr Payton wealth has no bearing on how creative an individual can be,
Rich people aren’t miserable. They just don’t know shit about struggle. Unless they are self made
great job getting it under control. most people would have either ran for cover, or not even realized what was happening.
Ah, now I know why my lawnmower was going crazy.
Was it diesel
Jimby_Vokk fuel is the same as gas or diesel or ethanol you don't make sense
Runaways can ONLY happen on diesels , due to the fact they do not need a spark plug, they will burn what ever gets in the cylinder whether that be diesel or oil ..
smartmonkey777 it's possible for a gasoline engine to runaway. It's much more likely to happen to a 2 stroke though. Had a dirt bike that ran off pretty bad while I was riding it and hitting the killswitch did absolutely nothing. Had to shift it to high gear and stall it out to get it to shut off. Turns out it developed a massive air leak.
SpeakerDude69 Oil and gasoline.
Still cleaner than a Volkswagen TDI
+Chasden Cole en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
+sephiroth127 LOL!!
Savage
+sephiroth127 More power too.
pro savage
Good save young man. I can tell you've spent some time around that engine, and are aware of its finicky nature. You could work on my stuff any day.
James May in his youth?
LOL it does look like James May
Nah, young James May would be tinkering with a steam engine lol! But he certainly has James Mays sense of style, just look at his shirt lol.
Obviously not, if it was he would've said "oh cock" upon the start of the runaway
At least this young fellow learnt a little something about old diesels. And thats the important part. And the engine is still ok. Well done.
It was showing every sign of running away before it did... nicely handled though. :)
What were the signs
Probably not wanting to stay in a certain RPM, he had to keep playing with the throttle to keep the RPM reasonable. That’s my guess, I don’t know what other signs there could be for a runaway diesel
Greetings from Japan.🇯🇵
This was a very interesting video that recorded a situation where a diesel engine does not stop immediately even if the decompression is released when it runs out of control.
I referred to the service manual for the Lister SL1 diesel engine to understand the series of operations the young man performed in the video.
The injection pump control lever of the Lister diesel engine is adjusted so that it starts at the fully open position at 12 o'clock, gradually reduces the rotation by operating it clockwise, reaches the specified rotation at the 3 o'clock position, and stops the rotation at the fully closed position at 4 o'clock. And it seems that decompression is not used directly to stop the engine.
Decompression seems to work by forcibly pushing down the exhaust valve to prevent it from closing properly, allowing the compression pressure to escape into the exhaust pipe.
0:03 The young man gradually accelerates the rotation of the flywheel with the starting handle.
0:08 After the rotation speed has accelerated sufficiently, the decompression lever, which was released, is pulled toward the fuel tank to close the decompression. The engine starts, and as the RPM gradually increases, the starting handle is pulled out.
0:14 The injection pump control lever is rotated clockwise from the start position to the normal RPM position, but contrary to what is written in the service manual, the normal RPM position has a higher RPM.
From this point, the young man operates the injection pump control lever to the stop position several times, but the rotation does not stop, and he repeats the operation to return it to the normal RPM position. Then, he makes eye contact with the cameraman to show that "something is wrong."
1:30 The engine starts to run out of control due to the damage of the injection pump control lever. At this point, the young man quickly pushes the decompression lever toward the flywheel to release the decompression. However, the RPM is too high and the injection pump is broken with the injection pump over-opened, so the RPM only drops slightly and the engine does not stop completely.
1:43 The engine RPM rises sharply because the decompression lever is operated to the close side when the rotation has not completely stopped. Please note that the exhaust smoke goes from almost clear to thick and the injection pump control lever is broken.
From these, it can be inferred that when a diesel engine runs out of control, the fuel supply is excessive and the rotation speed is extremely high, so even if the decompression is released, the compression pressure is maintained due to the reflected pressure from inside the exhaust pipe, resulting in a situation where the rotation does not stop immediately. This is just like the situation where the reflected pressure of the exhaust chamber of a two-stroke gasoline engine creates a "pipe-in".
At a construction site in Japan, I used an International Harvester wheel loader produced under license by Komatsu. The engine was stopped by releasing the decompression. The decompression was operated by pulling the throttle pedal toward me with my hand. The engine stopped immediately when the decompression was opened, so this was the first time I had seen a situation like this video where the engine continued to run for a long time even after the decompression was opened.
However, after examining this video, I came to understand that "while releasing the decompression is an effective measure when a diesel engine goes out of control, it is important to keep in mind that it takes much longer than usual for the engine to come to a complete stop."
that guy reminds me of blues clues.
Well done, nice to see someone this age LEARNING how to work these old machines......when the lights go out in the oil refinery canteen, we may be looking into these types, running alternate fuels and even hydrogen......you never know.
°What's whith the people hating on this?
Because if you type 'run away engine' in your video title, people expect an engine going nuts and near-exploding. This was kind of anti-climax.
Ignorance, it's the latest thing...
Back in the 80s, people loved this type of vid - now they hate.
That kid has quick reactions and shut it down. He gets a good job and a thumbs up from me because most people these days would just step back and watch parts fly. This can also happen with a gasoline engine more likely a 2 stroke. Those who don't believe me ask a dirt bike racer or RC car racer.
I was a Lister apprentice. The engines usually run away because you have fuel in the oil, you need to check the fuel pump banjos and be sure you don't have a fuel leak. The best way to stop the engine is to have an air intake cap ready to cover the intake, knock the filter off and put the cap on and stand back. Never stay around an engine running away!!
+laerdal The fuel pump diaphragms can leak fuel into the lub oil. Allegedly modern synthetic oil can cause this as there is a rumour that it attacks the old style rubber. Allegedly ONLY old style mineral oil should be used in these engines.
I been around runaway diesel and doesn't explode. It's noisy, smelly but is not a ticking time bomb. Its not like those race engine fueled by hi octane which explode when are dyno tested.
Runaway engines exploding is more to do with the parts exceeding their maximum rpm and not because of the fuel blowing anything up.
laerdal why that's how I got my nickname limpy
laerdal lister, like the ones who made the lister v12 sports car?
Listening to that Lister brought back memories of fishing boats leaving one of the bays where we visited in Newfoundland, early morning ,fog rolling out ......amazing fond memories.
All replaced now with Yamaha , Evinrude outboards , really miss those old sounds .
Nice save bro.
James, keep your interest alive mate! You've obviously got a keen interest in restoration and no negative remarks can dull that. Ignore the wastrels and enjoy your hobby. These brilliant old British engines are becoming rare now and half the fun is searching them out and bringing them back to life. Keep going and develop it further.... when you find a keen interest such as this, choosing a satisfying career later on is much easier. Even just the principles and physics of engineering plus the need to create something or see something work properly is the basis for a grand and rewarding future. By the way.... the haters and the trolls are the kind of folk who will eventually come to realise they missed the point entirely.... Anyway, good work mate.... keep it up!
Yes- they are indeed "wastrels" aren't they? what are they wasting? ...isn't that obvious?
peace.
good save
This is actually a lost episode of That 70's show where Eric rebuilds the Vista cruisers engine.
Dude, even his outfit is kind of retro!! Great comment!! And a great show- probably in my top three!! ✌️✌️✌️
This video looks very english.
the dog is just as much happy as the engine 🐕🐕🤗❤️
Lovely engine. I want this motor in my VW Golf. Every stroke from it is music for me.
I didn't see it running away, exactly... but I was impressed to see it running. Love that chuffing and puffing thing.
Now get it running on recycled deep frier oil and hooked up to a 5kW generator and you've got free electricity for the rest of your life! And it's portable!
P.S. Don't forget to filter the exhaust gas for fine particle pollution. Get a pre-made unit from a Toyota bus/truck wrecker. 50 quid.
Nice catch, what you do in that first few seconds is crucial.
You know your business, well done. Good to see younger generations interested in early 20th century technology.
I so wish my car sounded like this!
Just a diesel keeping environment green.. what a scenery!
idk wtf that machine is, but that was pretty cool.
A gasifier of sorts.
Tim Inselmann it's a lister Stationary Engine would be used on pumps and generators years ago
Lo mejor del vídeo es ver que una persona muy joven se interese por estos sistemas mecánicos de combustión, seguro futuro ingeniero.
Way to go, you knew how to stop it.
kid knowing what hes doing with a engine good shit makes me wish i was still a kid messing around with random little projects and stuff
Well done for stopping the engine before anything really bad happened. Got a video of it running when fixed?
I was expecting it to go bolistic and go hopping round the garden taking everything out that stands in its way 🤣
Collie's are awesome !
+Blown Fox Border Collie.
Blown Fox
this diesel engine is much smaller and less complicated than truck diesel engines we're used to seeing runaway. This engine has a mechanism that essentially allows you to open the cylinder so that the motor loses all compression effectively shutting it off. Turbo diesels are much harder to shut off once they run
It’s called a decompression lever. A shaft that runs through the valve housing with a lever on each end. The lever on the outside is for your hand or a mechanism, when turned, turns the shaft which has another lever or cam on the other end of the shaft. This internal cam or shaft, decompresses the exhaust valve or exhaust valves.
@@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 I'm aware of what it is genius
@@steelwitness. Affirmative. Your welcome!
Nice catch!
That was some quick thinking by that kid! Most adults just "run away". RESPECT!!
Isn't anyone going to play with the doggy 🐶
Love these old motors go to Macksville fathersday weekend when ever I can
florida flywheelers near sebring have a few events every year pretty interesting to see all the types of equipment from yrs ago
Well done reaction so well to it.
Ok I don't remember writing this comment, and I have no idea what I was trying to say...
@MrDryBones Maybe? Autocrocodile probably changed reacting to reaction because drunk.
I love it when you can see that hes only 'hearing' the motor. Its like a black out and all you see in your mind is the motor.
Lovely dog
Once while I was in the Army and a driver of a M577 command post carrier with a General Motors (I think) diesel engine, I was in the driver’s seat (more like a PIT, with NO ESCAPE) when a mechanic made shall we say a wrong adjustment to the engine. Yeah: I’m sitting right next to a runaway diesel engine with virtually no FAST way to leave. Good thing the air filter housing was disconnected, as I quickly grabbed my CLIP BOARD and placed it on the air intake. Vacuum held it in place and “killed” the engine. “Be all that you can be” was the old Army recruiting slogan and, at that moment, all I wanted to be was…still ALIVE! 😄😄
It's more fun when you get a diesel to run backwards
+Nick Nys The most fun was when an "electrician's" moped backfired and started running backwards. When its rider released the clutch he went backwards, fell-off and was late for work. He wheeled the bike to work then spent a whole day of the firms time sawing it up and putting the pieces onto the scrap pile!
Allegedly when the bloke wanted a two-way lighting circuit for the staircase of his house he got the Electricity Board to do it because he didn't know how to! Very sad but in truth he was really just a light-bulb-changer.
People used to take the Mickey when he tried to synchronize the Gents Clock System. He would start at the master clock and count "One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, Three Mississippi......." as he walked to the first slave clock. Mean nasty people would notice what he was doing and say "Hello Charlie, nice day!" and mess-up his counting. He then had to go back and start again. Phew it was a long time ago and there were no mobiles in those days!
well, my mate had a moped we pushstarted backwards. it made some weird noise and ran like crap but we laughed our asses off
The title says something about a diesel...I dunno cause all I see is a good pupper running around with a stick.
i liked your video, whats wrong with not blowing up the engine?
That's an awful feeling that brief panic to shut it down quick.
Good save. What came loose?
I didn't watch this the first time TH-cam suggested it to me because I didn't want to see a nice old engine die for no reason. I'm relieved to see what the actual outcome was!
Harry Potter?
Did they use these on dumper trucks back in the 60's?
I remember being fascinated with them when I was a kid, and had rides on them from the builders, and observed how they started them up!
Eventually I couldn't resist having a go myself when the builders had gone home...
will this charge my cell phone ?
+Quincy Neal Like a raging bull!
The ol lister has that distinct running noise
THat didn't run away at all
Well no, because he stopped it right away.
Nice reaction time in recognizing it was beginning to run away and shutting it down...
wow such a big runaway....
its something
for those motors 1500 rpm is starting to get up there.
OLEMINER49ER oh wow!! didnt know they revved so low!
***** that's awesome! Must weigh a bit too
not
I over filled the sump on a dumper many years ago and the engine syphone the excess into the combustion Chambers
The only way I could stop it was running it into a wall .
The smoke it produced was fantastic .
one of my family members in Fiji had one of these, amazing engine, he kept it outside under a shack, hand cranked that old girl and sure enough it fired to life, no hesitation at all! chugging away, diesel does not spoil easy and produces a lot of low end toque, burns more efficiently due to higher compression ratios than gasoline or petrol and a little goes a long long way. These engines can be used to power a variety of equipments, compressor, generator, water pump etc
Lister storm was always my favorite. Didn't know they made diesel engines. Good save!
I want to live in a place like this… love the green
Britain/Ireland...
if we do one thing good its our green scenery lol
Kid knows his protocols great mind set keep that up u will own ur own mechanic business 😉
In India. They put small single cylinder diesel engines designed for irrigation pumps, in motorcycles and they get over 200 miles per gallon
Green grass, blue skies, fresh air.
Dirty diesel.
Real smart.
he got on that so quick. definitely didnt want it blowing up in his face
My brother inlaw used to have an old wagon with various antique engines on display he had 2 old 32 volt generator plants one was a Delco generator that used to start on gas and run on kerosene and other was a Lister that ran on diesel we also had a big Lister engine with a belt drive that was designed to run a small factory when we started it up you could hear it from a mile away
Finally someone that cuts the air. That thing must be loud up close felt it rattle my phone.
Good save mate! I had one of these in a little dumper years ago.
nice to see a young person tinkering. Hope he kept it up. Would like to see more of the same sort of stuff.
Great instincts by reacting quickly!
I'm prepared to say that most would have panicked..well we all know the outcome!
Thanks for sharing 👍
I love the paniced look on people's faces when a diesel engine runs away. A look of sheer terror like they're thinking "Jeez I better stop this right now before it gets too fast, or will I run away before it explodes like a bomb"
All these older guys run away this kid smart will be a diesel mechanic no doubt very smart
Good reflexes sir, Saved a nice vintage diesel!
(Relatively) Modern Diesel Engines: Runaway
This thing: *Walk away*
No wonder this video has had so many views. I love the way the dog just doesn't give a damn and just gets on with doing his thing.
Forget the engine, that dog's the star