----- 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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