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Mine had nothing to do with the hand throttle. It just happened to happen as I was trying to use the hand throttle. My problem had to do with the injection pump and the "private" that installed it incorrectly. I don't think it would be applicable to the multi-fuel engine.

I was trying to use the hand throttle the first time it happened and it happened exactly as you described. However, the next time, I had not touched the hand throttle. Could that still be the cause? If so, what is the cure?

I read about yours when it happened. I just am not having luck figuring out what is causing mine, but I don't know much about the Cummings motor. I've been told that it could be the IP of the injectors, but neither are easy to check. It seems to me that it is pooling oil in the intake...

I checked the linkage and it seems ok. How could you tell that you had fuel in your oil?

It was a true runaway. I don't know what the rpm's got to but it was screaming. It also belched a lot of black smoke. Actually, it didn't go back to idle because I had pulled the emergency shut off. It just died. But then, after resetting the emergency shut off, it started right up and...

The oil level has been high in my M816 since I got it. After my first runaway, I decided I had better get rid of the excess oil. I drained out two and a half GALLONS. It is now at mid range on the stick. The oil that came out looked fine, no water or anything else that I could seel Well...