I did read "on the internet" about one fellow who lost the charge of hydrocarbon refrigerant in a leak next to the engine air cleaner intake, so the engine ingested all the gas and ran away, destroying the engine. I can see how the engine could overspeed and self destruct when the injection pump / governor is not controlling the fuel. IIRC that was a 123 car which has the AC lines on the same side of the engine as the intake?
------------- Max Charleston SC On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Highly pressurized gasoline no less. > IIRC theres a pound or less of hydrocarbons in the Cathey test > refrigerant, thats a quart or so of actual fuel, it should flash off pretty > quick... > -Curt > From: Rick Knoble via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Curly McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 11:15 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - a little excitement, propane fire > > Curly writes: > > >This was a considerably bigger >propane fire, but it is why I am not > >thrilled about the Cathey "test >refrigerant" in a car. > > > > Meh. Most folks drive around with multiple gallons of extremely explosive > liquid (gasoline) in their autos. > > Rick > Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
