Hodor
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| posted on 20/8/15 at 07:58 PM |
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Everyone got their fire extinguishers?
http://m.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/driver-cheats-death-by-seconds-as-car-explodes-1-3861000
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loggyboy
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| posted on 20/8/15 at 07:59 PM |
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Makes way for another MK to get 'registered'.
Mistral Motorsport
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 20/8/15 at 08:39 PM |
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I have an extinguisher in my car - but I'd only give it a 50% chance of putting out an engine fire. If there's a heap of smoke coming out
from under my ali bonnet, I'd be very reluctant to undo the bonnet and lift it up. I might try - but there's a high risk of getting
burnt, so I might well chicken out and stand a safe distance away.
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kj
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| posted on 20/8/15 at 08:45 PM |
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Form the fire comes the Phoenix in the form of an MK. Lucky it was not an MK on Dutton plates
Think about it, think about it again and then do it.
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 20/8/15 at 09:35 PM |
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A few years ago I remember seeing a fire extinguisher with a spike designed to punch through the bonnet so that you could extinguish a fire without
the risk of lifting the bonnet.
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Hodor
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| posted on 20/8/15 at 09:52 PM |
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That is a good idea.
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bi22le
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| posted on 20/8/15 at 10:44 PM |
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Checker ali side panels, what was he thinking?!?
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loggyboy
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 12:13 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bi22le
Checker ali side panels, what was he thinking?!?
Its a dutton, no one who owns one of those thinks!
Mistral Motorsport
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r1_pete
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 07:05 AM |
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Wonder if his plants were OK......
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Irony
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 07:44 AM |
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What could cause such a rapidly developing fire. Surely only a severed fuel line with the pump pumping petrol into the hot engine bay?
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ragindave
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 07:50 AM |
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Always a plus side can use the V5 on something decent now....
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r1_pete
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 08:12 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Irony
What could cause such a rapidly developing fire. Surely only a severed fuel line with the pump pumping petrol into the hot engine bay?
One culprit could be if he was using the older spec flexible fuel lines with modern fuel, and hadn't noticed the deterioration....
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DapperRob
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 10:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Irony
What could cause such a rapidly developing fire. Surely only a severed fuel line with the pump pumping petrol into the hot engine bay?
Journalistic license to dramaticise.
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 10:55 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DapperRob
quote:
Originally posted by Irony
What could cause such a rapidly developing fire. Surely only a severed fuel line with the pump pumping petrol into the hot engine bay?
Journalistic license to dramaticise.
Getting carried away with the vapours from the fire I would say - I doubt if the average price for a Dutton is 3k but I stand to be corrected
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BenB
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 10:58 AM |
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The eye witness saw it going along the road with flames underneath it so a ruptured fuel line in the transmission tunnel would be my guess.
I drive around with a token gesture fire extinguisher as well as an emergency tyre repair can. It might do something with a small fire but
that's about it. Probably more useful carrying around some marshmallows!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 11:13 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
Probably more useful carrying around some marshmallows!
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 02:52 PM |
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I've been seriously contemplating a Lifeline type system in my build. I'd hate to see it up in flames. I think prevention is better than
cure though, there's not THAT many things that can cause fire if it's designed and laid out correctly.
[Edited on 21/8/15 by coyoteboy]
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Johneturbo
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 03:31 PM |
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I'd guess fuel line ruptured ( by the propshaft in my case) as I remember my first one going up like that, in about 20 seconds I knew it was a
lost cause to save it!
think there are some photos of mine on here, kinda looked like that one at the end
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Humbug
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 04:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hodor
http://m.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/driver-cheats-death-by-seconds-as-car-explodes-1-3861000
"1980s classic car"
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craig1410
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| posted on 21/8/15 at 04:43 PM |
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I've got a small extinguisher under the passenger's side of the scuttle but as others have said, there's no way it would be enough
to prevent a fire fed by a major fuel leak.
I once managed to JUST put out an under bonnet fuel fire on an old Vauxhall Cavalier when the alternator wire chaffed on something down the back of
the engine which caused the oily deposits to catch fire which in turn melted the carburettor float chamber which caused the fire to accelerate.
Standing in a phone box (it was early 1990's) talking to my future wife and I saw sparks spitting out beneath the wheel arches. It was dark so I
hadn't noticed the smoke initially. I politely told her that "my car's on fire, I'll need to call you back" and hung
up!
Fortunately I had a radiator leak and had two gallons of plain water in the boot which, despite knowing it might just make the fire worse, I decided
to use to put it out. It took every drop of that water to get the job done and I honestly thought I was going to have to find an "alternate
source" of additional fluid to complete the task!
The damage wasn't too bad with just a new carb, repairs to the wiring and a coolant hose needing replaced.
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