# Diesel disassembles **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-disassembles/198739 "2025-01-18T13:12:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-disassembles/198739/1 "2025-01-18T13:12:58Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/d/0dc1acbdcb649458d94d69d2aba0da4258c98ec2.jpeg "2006 Cummins Dually Grenades - Normal Speed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZrbU7263k) No air intake flap to close automatically at a preset RPM? Hold fire distinguishers upright. (Periodically I turn our ABC dry chemical firextinguishers upside down and shake them to keep the powder from caking.) ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-disassembles/198739/2 "2025-01-18T14:07:33Z")
It will run till you cut the fuel off… But that was probably a very highly modified Cummins kicking out over 1,000 HP and 2,000+ lb-ft of torque, capable of 6,000RPMs… Not your grand fathers Diesel… lol **EDIT: It was a 3,000 HP engine that had already put down over 3,000HP on the dyno…** ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-disassembles/198739/3 "2025-01-18T14:07:45Z")
Diesels have no throttle valve They can run suffer runaway and self destruct if you are not careful with modifications. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-disassembles/198739/4 "2025-01-18T14:16:21Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/0/8063ab70e57d4a272f43f79910ec2b51d266b9f2.jpeg "2006 Dodge Cummins Breaks 3,000 HP") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsUHNEaIHU) When things go wrong on an engine of that caliber, they go wrong in a bad way… ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-disassembles/198739/5 "2025-01-18T14:47:46Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > _Diesels have no throttle valve They can run suffer runaway and self destruct if you are not careful with modifications._ Thoughthat diesels ran away sucking engine oil into the cylinders. Only way to save thengine is closing the air intake. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-disassembles/198739/6 "2025-01-18T14:52:14Z")
That blew the intake off (as well as a few other pieces lol) at that point it had a really big hole for air to enter in… Check out the YT page, they show the aftermath of the engine, hint, most of it will now fit in a 5 gallon bucket… ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-disassembles/198739/7 "2025-01-19T22:55:34Z")
A CO2 extinquisher would put the fire out and kill the engine quickly. They are worth every penny… ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-disassembles/198739/8 "2025-01-20T03:36:23Z")
> [@Rod-Knox](#): > > _A CO2 extinquisher would put the fire out and kill the engine quickly. They are worth every penny…_ Bought a CO2 extinguisher at a garage sale. Stilhas a charge! Unfortunately, without a flap closing the air intake, thengine wouldestruct before a firextinguisher could be obtained and used. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-disassembles/198739/9 "2025-01-20T03:50:20Z")
I don’t know what could have saved that but just a tip for putting a fire out. Aim the extinguisher at the base of the flame, don’t just aim it at th3 top. They don’t last long so every second counts. Not taught in school.