11-04-2013, 10:06 PM
When I was doing my apprenticeship we had an oil line break on the diesel generator set, the oil was spraying up to the ceiling and then into the air filter and even though the fuel was cut off it kept running until we managed to get a bucket over the end of the oil line to stop the oil getting to the filter. Not as easy as it sounds as the outside of the generator was on fire by this time and the area was like a skating rink. The generator was about 14 feet high by about 40 foot long, I wouldn't have wanted to be around if it threw itself apart.