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so, was driving home from a 10 hour shift at work...
...come over a crest and down the other side, it occurred to me that my car had lost ALL power (engine power, not electrical power) THEN something in the rear view caught my eye, was horrified at what a i saw... ...what appeared to be smoke from the tailpipe POURING out behind me, so i instantly shifted to neutral and shut her down, the second i stopped... ...smoke was coming from all directions from under the bonnet... ...so i jumped out lift bonnet WOOSHCA !! flame all over the place darted to grab the extinguisher and dumped the whole canister of Dry-Chem. on it and another guy pulled up (heading the other direction) and grabbed his and dumped his on it (although i was pretty much out by then)... Take a look-see...      
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10-11-2011, 10:30 PM
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Wow! Unlucky but lucky!
An idea what it was? |
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10-11-2011, 10:45 PM
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that sucks mate, sorry to hear of this.
Bet you're bloody glad you installed that fire extinguisher in your car. Now where is mine, the one I've been meaning to install for a while now....
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10-11-2011, 10:45 PM
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Is that an AU engine?
Could it have been a wiring issue? How long ago was the conversion done? |
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10-11-2011, 10:45 PM
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Good that you got it under control. Once a fire starts in a car it can be very hard to put out with just hand-held extinguishers. Hope the rest of the car is OK!
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10-11-2011, 10:50 PM
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pretty sure an oil line let go and doused the exhaust manifold in oil and up she went.. yea, that fire wouldn't have been ragging for more then 45 seconds... and yea.
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10-11-2011, 10:56 PM
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Ouch, lots of damage in not much time.
Only reason I was wondering is that the rocker cover looks like the AU one rather then the EL one...... And I would have assumed the same engine/rocker cover (with the exception of coil/dizzy) would have been used right through e-series. |
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10-11-2011, 10:59 PM
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cover is the same as ed/xh ones too...
had a 200tonne haul truck go up in flames yesterday arvo at work... i think a turbo has spat it and it went up in flames big time. is it worth trying to replace everything? or off to the grave yard? - just looked at sig. |
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10-11-2011, 11:01 PM
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The AU rocker covers say "4.0L Intech" insetad of "4.0L OHC".
I think I may have to invest in a fire extinguisher after seeing this! How severe is the damage? New engine I assume?
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Shame ... looks like a nice car. Sorry for your loss. Those exhaust headers aren't standard are they? |
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10-11-2011, 11:12 PM
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when i saw first pic i thought you were going to say you didn't have an extinguisher with the extent of the damage, lucky you had one could have been far worse. fire takes hold at a rapid rate. all the best mate..............................
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10-11-2011, 11:22 PM
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Would she be a write-off?
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Ones natural reaction is to open the bonnent, but that is the worst thing you can do as you wouldve seen. Once you lift the bonnet you add more oxygen to the fire and it gets worse very quickly. In the case of an engine bay fire just pop the bonnet open a bit and then spray the contents of the extinguisher through the open gap of the bonnent, then close it. Eventually the fire will starve for air...
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10-11-2011, 11:42 PM
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Just seen this on facebook. Would of been scarey. Didn't know you were on the forums as well.
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10-11-2011, 11:55 PM
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@tankclare... pm me.. curious as to whom you are
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pm'ed you on facebook
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11-11-2011, 12:07 AM
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Very clean looking EA mate, sorry for your loss
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11-11-2011, 12:15 AM
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Don't turn the key on !!!!
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11-11-2011, 12:21 AM
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damn.... that would have spoilt your day.
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.i'm glad you put it out , but think it was a stupid thing to do , i'd of exited and let the thing burn . its only a car . only way i'd attempt to put a car fire out is if occupants were in it . not having a go at you at all . just warning others your safety comes before the cars .
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11-11-2011, 09:41 AM
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We had under bonnet fire in the work vehicle last week (holden commodore).
 
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11-11-2011, 10:54 AM
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That looked like it was one damn nice looking EA Spack! I really hope it's going to be repaired.
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That's a real shame mate, looked like a tidy car. Still, doesn't look too bad, you could easily buy a donor car and replace all that stuff quite easily.
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Not the first time I've heard of this with a well maintained and looked after EA...
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looks like the battery caused that..
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one thing we all absolutely dread.. car fires suck....
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