"Peter Dohm" wrote

Actually, this has been a very imformative thread. For example, I had
never
known the mechanism by which a four cycle engine can diesel backward
beyond
a single kick--even though I have seen older automotive engines do so for
a
half dozen strokes!


I had an older Oldsmobile that would diesel after the ignition was turned
off, sometimes for 2 minutes or more.

Whether it was running backwards, I don't know. I never thought to look for
that, and I don't own it anymore.
--
Jim in NC