From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Wed Apr 12 08:44:04 2006 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Wednesday, April 12 2006 Volume 01 : Number 2134 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] Ford's Tonka concept with Hydraulic Launch Assist [db] Strange diesel behavior Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:50:20 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] Ford's Tonka concept with Hydraulic Launch Assist this is a great idea... if the weight can be kept down and the safety issues for consumers addressed this would be a great way of eliminating the wasted energy of braking... john On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Pat McCotter wrote: >-->Ford showed the F-350 Tonka truck at the 2002 North >-->American International Auto Show. It has what is >-->called the Hydraulic Launch Assist. >--> >-->http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=10636 >--> >-->And here is more on the Tonka. >-->http://media.ford.com/events/2002_naias.cfm#FORD%20F-350%20TONKA%20CONCEPT >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- to fry some phish: http://castlecops.com/pirt - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:37:21 -0400 From: "Black, Waylon" Subject: [db] Strange diesel behavior 1982 123 series turbo diesel - 156K miles. Intermittent 'Runaway' type condition. As in loss of throttle control. Only happens at highway speeds. Not sure if engine is sucking trans fluid or oil mist but it is getting additional fuel/oil from somewhere. Noticeably more power but will start to clatter - clatter increases as rpm increases. I usually slow down to 50-55 for a few seconds and continue on. Car has the flat style PCV hose. I use a full synthetic. I cannot make it happen - it just happens. Seems to happen in the cool mornings/evenings. I can't remember it happening during the heat of the day. Any ideas/comments? Waylon Black Little Elm, Texas ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #2134 **********************************