Ah but if you build/maintain your to a high standard mechanically its not very likely to catch fire
If you have a split fuel line a fire extinguisher aint doing much
Ah but if you build/maintain your to a high standard mechanically its not very likely to catch fire
If you have a split fuel line a fire extinguisher aint doing much
fuel shouldn't just go up because of a fuel leak on a hot surface should it?
^^^ did you just read that? what a idiot ^^^
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''lifes what happens, while your busy making plans''
Originally Posted by Edd
Utter bollocks, anything can and does fail, just because youve put your hand in your poscket and bought good stuff, doesnt mean that its not going to break, i admit its less likely but things happen, hell if new cars can randomly catch fire through things failing, a 20 odd year old nova whether its been built with all new bits or not, has exactly the same chances of thermal incidents, look at Andy's pug for example, we all know the lengths he has gone to in rebuilding his engine and prepping his bay, his alt caught fire when he first ran it up to temp to check for leaks!
my cav fuel line split and was spraying a fine mist across my engine inc onto the manifold...somehow it didnt go boom
petrol is a stable fluid it need a spark or a naked flame this guys motor must have had someother problems aswell
^^^ did you just read that? what a idiot ^^^
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''lifes what happens, while your busy making plans''
I had a fuel leak on my 1380cc Mini. The engine had a lot of movement even with a competition engine steady fitted. I was giving it some beans and I had a strong smell of petrol then it cut out. Flipped the bonnet to find the carb had gone back with the engine and split the fuel line against the bulkhead. On Mini's the exhaust manifold is under the carb and the fuel was pouring all over it with smoke coming off it. Luckily it did not go up.
TBH fuel is not as flammable in a liquid state as the vapours.
if it was a fine mist from say a pinhole...it would have gone up a lot easier tbh.
even then it should still just have vapourised,
^^^ did you just read that? what a idiot ^^^
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''lifes what happens, while your busy making plans''
Bolllocks tbh, I've seen 16xe_chris have to put a fire out on his old Rally Nova when a Conrod spat out at great speed, which spat a shard of metal out somehow onto the fuel filter... which then spat fuel all over his engine bay, then splash, piiss and pour all over his manifold to which set alight... this totally knackered his engine but luckily not the whole car.
Fire extinguishers under the bonnet luckily worked btw
Flamebeaters are a bit toytown due to their small size; you can get one for about £13 that's twice the capacity. It looks better proportioned too.
I've had under bonnet fires before due to brake / clutch fluid touching the exhaust, no matter how well you build something or maintain it believe me when I say anything can happen.
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