On Sun, 28 Mar 2004, Dave Driscoll wrote:

This however is not a good practice as the high pressure pumps will be
operating without lubrication on the top side until the fuel is
reintroduced. The collective thoughts of the group are that you can
certainly get away with it a couple of times, but better be thinking
about inspecting the high pressure plungers after the 2nd full dry
restart.

Most of my diesel experience is with engines using Stanadyne DB2 injection
pumps. Stanadyne makes what they call an "Arctic kit" for this pump that
makes it insensitive to fuel lubricity by, if I understand correctly,
changing the material of some parts so any fuel, even gasoline, can be
used without damage to the injection pump. I've always wondered why they
don't make all the pumps that way to begin with; maybe there's a downside
I'm not aware of. Why doesn't DeltaHawk set up the injection pump that
way? Speaking strictly as a layman, it seems it would solve the run-dry
damage problem, as well as providing some emergency fuel flexibility.

-Dan