Almost lose my car (FIRE)
05-09-2007, 03:20 PM
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Almost lose my car (FIRE)
Well I just got done having my engine bay put out with water because my car started on fire as I was driving it home. WOuld have been a great newspaper head line marines dieds before deployment due to burning to death in sports car.
Looks like the car was saved through. Lucky I was close enough to water or my car would be alot of burned metal and ashes.
What a ****ing day
T (Venting)
Looks like the car was saved through. Lucky I was close enough to water or my car would be alot of burned metal and ashes.
What a ****ing day
T (Venting)
05-09-2007, 03:24 PM
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you're real lucky you were able to get to water. after my car (i was borrowing my aunt's) caught on fire on I-5 over the grapevine i've carried a fire extinguisher in my cars ever since.
there was no explosion but it took a long time to burn through the almost full tank of gas i had.
there was no explosion but it took a long time to burn through the almost full tank of gas i had.
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05-09-2007, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ecorona6
+1 on the reason...Fuel line? Is your hood/fenders/bumper paint damaged. Any electrical wiring damaged!?
no it was coming from the engine bay on the drivers side near the back of the header. I opened the hood and almost got my face burned off. Saved the hood though
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05-09-2007, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by julian
you're real lucky you were able to get to water. after my car (i was borrowing my aunt's) caught on fire on I-5 over the grapevine i've carried a fire extinguisher in my cars ever since.
there was no explosion but it took a long time to burn through the almost full tank of gas i had.
there was no explosion but it took a long time to burn through the almost full tank of gas i had.
Thats the first thing that crossed my mind. Do I try to stop the blaze or do I run because the car might blow
T
05-09-2007, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by julian
you're real lucky you were able to get to water.
05-09-2007, 04:40 PM
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pics ? well the engine bay is all black on one side I cant get any meaningfull pics until the car is up on the lift to see how bad the fire damage is and "what" cause the fire .
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05-09-2007, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy@Performance
Taylor, Mia just told me what happened. Sorry to hear about this man.
Thanks Andy. Ya I was planning on bring my hatch, cage and etc up there tomorrow. Lucky it happened today and not going down the freeway or something.
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05-09-2007, 05:32 PM
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Did you recently change the oil or have it changed? I know too many people (self included) who have caught their engine bay on fire by leaving an oil rag on sitting on the exhaust manifold.
My excuse is that I'm absent minded as all get-out.
Anyway, engine fires are not cool and scary as ****. Glad you're okay. I totally opened this thread thinking you were trying to save children from the Griffith park fire in the Z and accidentally caught it on fire. Your story is cool, too.
My excuse is that I'm absent minded as all get-out.
Anyway, engine fires are not cool and scary as ****. Glad you're okay. I totally opened this thread thinking you were trying to save children from the Griffith park fire in the Z and accidentally caught it on fire. Your story is cool, too.