Randy V

Was at the gas station this morning and started the car after fill-up.

I heard a POP sound and then smoke started billowing out of the front right area.

Ran to get a fire extinguisher then lifted the hood and blasted the fire. About 1 minute elapsed time.

Looks like very little was damaged. Small paint bump on the hood - no apparent damage to the hood metal.

Fire seems to have originated from the area of the fuel gauge located on the end of the fuel rail. Is that even possible?

Fuel was coming out of the guage weep hole after I got it contained.

To add insult to injury, I had the heater blower on full when I exited the car and blasted the engine compartment. The entire interior cabin is covered in extinguisher dust. So much for the pollen filter.

It's now at my buddy's shop in Carlsbad being looked over.

neilh

Wow, Randy - good save - any chance the glass shattered on the pressure gauge, or the union on the back of it fractured?

Tony

WOW! thats an OH $HIT moment. At a gas station as well.

Glad it appears to be minimal and that you had a CO2 and not a chemical ext...imagine the mess then!

Gas weeped out of the hole and dribbled down onto the headers...or under residual pressure sprayed out?

You defiinitley got to it quick as the intake tube closest doesnt appear to be badly burned.

jeff spahn

This is the very reason I have a giant Halon system in my car.

Alan

Looks like dry powder to me... Randy how's the hood? on the face of it it doesn't seem that bad - allowing for all the white stuff.

If you need more peace of mind after this all gets sorted - consider the halon extinguisher and engine compartment deployment system...

Hope there are no surprises.. if the guage let go then thats a bummer...!

Alan

blown 87

That is the reason I will never put a gauge like that on my car.
I have said it to a lot of folks, mark my words, some one is going to set a 928 on fire because of one of them, looks like Randy takes first place.

Sucks man, glad you got it put out though.

Leon Speed

Wow, good save! One of my nightmares. There will be a lot of Rennlisters interested to find out what caused the fire.

FredR

Randy,

Wow- bummer! Good job you reacted so quickly- must fit my fire extinguisher tomorrow!

Either the Bordon gauge tube in the guage head has split or the mounting joint failed by the sound of it. Another possibility could be if the gauge vibrates maybe soemthing on the rail mount fatigued- unlikely I auapect.

Hope not too much damage done and look forward to learning what the root cause of the failure is.

Fred

Mongo

Looks like your car has a guardian angel. Nice save Randy!

Lizard928

Replace your ign leads! You have a leaky lead somewhere that created a spark and ignited it.
Sorry to see this.

Leon Speed

Btw, is the intake cracked??

karl ruiter

Sorry to hear, but glad you could get it stopped. Hope the damage is not too bad.

Tony

with out me searching right away..any good sources for such a set up. Any one have pictures or a how to for a 928 specific system?

123quattro

Damn that sucks.

Randy V

No, just the paint coating - was like that before this.