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Re: Diesel won't shut off

To: Keith Kaplan <keithka@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: Diesel won't shut off
From: dms@scheidt.chem.nd.edu
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 13:45:42 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Keith Kaplan wrote:

> It can't be a coincidence that it wouldn't start, and then wouldn't
> stop, since it's never had either problem before.  Could there be some
> kind of fuel valve that was stuck shut at first, then stuck open?  How
> is a diesel engine supposed to shut off?  All the standard ways of
> stopping a gas engine involve parts that aren't on a diesel.  The wiring
> is pretty well routed and zip tied so I don't think anything could get
> pinched by rasing/lowering the cab.

Diesel engines are usually shut off by shutting off the fuel supply.  
Typically, there's an electrically controlled valve that gets opened when
you turn the key, and closed when you turn it off.  I'd suspect that fuel
shutoff solenoid first.

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