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Thanks LowTech Thanks LowTech. That's good to know. I thought about going to the end of one of the cuts and making a perpendicular notch for a sheet metal screw in the filter housing tube the mushroom goes over. That way you would push it home and then turn it a few degrees kind of like a turn...

You're welcome DW. The governor only sees lube oil, but dirt in an injector might cause it. Some injector designs employ a finely lapped check valve who's mission it is to prevent fuel dripping into the cylinder between injections strokes. I would try adding a small quantity of diesel fuel...

Darn it guys! All of this Deuce talk is going to cause me to drive Brutus again for the 5th day in a row!

Your mushroom doesn't vibrate off while driving around?

Yessir DW! The first time it happened to me I really puckered up. You might have a leaky injector or a worn governor in need of adjustment. Is your hoe a two or four stroke? Sorry if I'm over-posting guys.

Way, way, way too much ether! I'm surprised you didn't blow the head off it. Only a light vapor of ether in the vicinity of the air intake should be used. Never, ever spray a stream of of liquid ether directly into the air intake!

I forgot to mention that the main reason for doing that was not run away engines but crankcase explosions which can and have killed sailors.

Wreckerman is talking about fuel oil dilution. We used to measure it on large diesel generators. Anything nearing 5% fuel present in lube oil was considered dangerous territory. We measured it by using a viscometer.

I agree with gimpyrobb. The only two diesels I've had run away on me were both two cycles. One was a Detroit 6-71 and the other a Fairbanks-Morse generator. In the case of the Detroit the manual air flapper valve in between the air cleaner and supercharger to care of it. The Fairbanks-Morse...