6/13/2012 7:06 PM
Kim,
Sorry that I'm not answering the question on how to kill the engine when low on fluid, but Kevin has already given you one answer, with a great caveat. I'd rather you figure out how to tie that leak sensor into an ear splitting klaxon. I have always drilled it into my operators that if you're using a triplex on the greens, get the damn machine off of the putting surface ASAP and shut it down. If it's a fairway mower, and I don't care where it is on the fairway, shut it down immediately. "Ground Under Repair".
You're right, seeing a stripe wandering through the course and down the cartpath all the way to the shop boils my blood. I'd rather dig up an area of 4 sq. ft. of turf and soil, 2 feet deep, than deal with a long run of contaminant. Oil, fuel, spent nuclear rods, whatever. If you can figure out a way to kill the engine immediately anywhere but on a putting surface, then great. But killing the engine does nothing if it's a hose that's blown........it will continue to drain until the leak is above the level of your reservoir.
Stopping the "machine" anywhere, but on a putting surface, is the answer. And......even with oil colorants, bio-degradable fluids, klaxons, or whatever solution you find.....stop the damn machine!