CJONE
Veteran Member
Fuel and air being shut off would be only way to shut down a runaway engine if a hydrostat trans. You could fit something to the air cleaner nozzle, to plug it if the engine did runaway that you keep stored behind the seat in case.
It's few and far between that these motors lock the pump rack and run away, but it can and does very infrequently happen.
About the only thing one can do preventativly is to run the cleanest fuel, change the fuel filter frequently, and maybe use a lubricity additive.
Older Detroit diesels ran away so often that they had a built in air shutter that would shut them down hooked to a cable that would actuate them. On our hydrostat units you can rollback the bucket until it stops and hold it, then apply the hydrostat pedal all the way down with the breaks applied and they will stall. Unless it is getting a external fuel source like engine oil and making more hp than 50. I have had to plug the air intake on a runaway john deere and a Mack and it was spooky at best. Diesels don't sound very good at high rpms. CJ