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I reality you can fudge on the start up and shut down times when not running it hard or the engine is still warm when started. By the time you pull into the parking lot and find a parking spot your turbo should be cool enough to go ahead and shut down. As long as you're not it the store for a...

The main reason I wouldn't want to leave it running in that situation is because somebody might decide to jump in and take it for a spin. :grin:

Yes. It doesn't have anything to do with you engine running away though.

I'm not too worried about it on my deuce. It's not the best way but usually if it does run away and you can get to the side of the road, you can put it in high gear while standing on the brake to shut it down. I've been around a bunch of diesels in my life. I've only seen two of them run away...

Many things can cause a runaway. Turbo seals and IP malfunction are the main ones. It can even be caused by driving near a flammable gas leak such as natural gas. Except for 2 cycle Detroits, runaways are fairly uncommon. The main problems with 2 cycle Detroits are blower seals and the governor...

They gives a new meaning to the name "screaming jimmy". :) I thought the compressor wheel was going to eat his fingers when he tried to smother it.

Detroits are so bad about this they have an "emergency shutoff" that consists of a metal door that will fall over the blower intake when the lever is pulled.