so i was out in the middle of the woods and saw this hitachi excavator; ZAXIS-3 series Short rear-end swing versionanyhow i started it for fun. then i tried turning the key off and i took the key out and it wouldn't turn off the engine it kept going. so i tried everything with turning the keys and i tried taking off the batteries but they are locked in this door thing so i can't get to them. how the hell do i turn this thing off. i found an emergency shutoff switch but it was broken.how long can it idle before something happens. will it blow up after a week? or run out of gas (it had a half a tank left)
HA!!! just let her run out. it's a diesel, so you have to interrupt the fuel supply.
Cover up the the throttle plate with board or thick book, block the flow of fuel from tank to engine, let it run out of fuel, or drive it into a creek. Best thing to do would be to block the air intake source.
Too Funny, Personally I'd just let it run till it ran out of fuel, teach the idiot that left it there with the keys in it a lesson, But to answer your question it will run till it runs out of fuel weather it be 6 hours or 6 months, or till a mechanic gets there and figures out what some dumbass operator has done to disable the fuel shutoff solenoid, If you want to be a real pain in the @$$ behind the seat is the fuse panel, pull all the fuses, if that doesn't shut her down the dumbass operator has this poor thing rigged in such a way its best if it were just burn to the ground, guys a hazard to himself and anyone working around him. the fact the emergency fuel shut off is broken tells me that. Oh and if you want it to run out of fuel faster give it full throttle, wont hurt the engine at all, that's how it was designed to run
