----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 7:29
PM
Subject: Re: Fire extinguishers save
cars!
i had a 265 charger with tripple webbers, a fuel
fitting came loose, and i started to smell petrol....stopped the car,
lifted the bonnet and the whole engine bay was COVERED in
petrol........lucky it never ignited.......
i also had a 73 jaguar, and i saw this bit
of what i THOUGHT was a metal bracket about 10 mm dia, just
protruding below the rear beaver ? panel, ( cant remember what i was actually
doing to it) near one of the rear fuel tanks, bewdy, if i
cut this off it will make it easier for me, wirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr with the angle
grinder straight thru the FUEL line, petrol over the angle
grinder, did i drop that quick..... lucky that also never caught on
fire....
mark k
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 5:41
PM
Subject: Re: Fire extinguishers save
cars!
Same thing happened to my car with the twin
webers. Some fuel soaked into the filter socks and when the car
somehow backfired they went up. Luckily they just melted and the fire
went out. I didn't have an extinguisher on me and it had to be put out
with a rag. Anyway the only damage was melted unifilters all over the
passengers side of the engine bay. From now on I carry an extinguisher
with me everywhere.
Daniel Kroehn
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:34
AM
Subject: Fire extinguishers save
cars!
List,
Unfortunately my 1600 suffered an engine bay fire yesterday morning due
to a broken o-ring on one of the injectors. This dumped fuel at 40psi all
over the exhaust manifold (wrapped in thermotec wrap) and started a fire.
The first think I noticed was a faint but powerful fuel smell, which
quickly went away. I dismissed this smell as being the car next door,
which looked dodgy and was pouring out smoke from the exhaust.
I then noticed smoke pouring out the rear of the car in the mirror and
pulled over. By this time there were flames coming out from all sides of
the bonnet. The first thing I did was to lift the bonnet � big mistake!
The flames jumped straight out and burnt my arm and hair. Shocked by this
I let go of the bonnet and it latched shut again. I then emptied a $16
fire extinguisher aimed from under the front of the car and this instantly
put out the fire. If I did not have this, then the car would certainly
have burnt to the ground.
Moral of the story - always carry a fire extinguisher!
I would like to thank the guy in the extended port rotary 1200 ute who
was the only one to stop and offer assistance. Luckily I have full
comprehensive insurance with Shannon�s.
Thommo.
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