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bad luck David!
is the paint still OK and will the car be back
together soon?
zac
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Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:04
PM
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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