blodstrupmoen

A bit OT : Why don`t people use another fire extinguisher than the messy powder ones? Ofcourse when fire is on you don`t go looking for the best fire extinguisher, but take the first one you find.

Seems like most of the ones for sale is powder , I would guess that AB foam or Co2 would be just as good.. The last one is just a gas and would not make a huge mess like powder...
I have seen cars coverd in powder inside after fire in the wiring harness, the fire extinguisher in it self made a bigger mess and cost, than the actual fire!!

Only drawback with the co2 one is the working pressure at 870 psi

herrtzeber

speaking of pictures, herse mine after the fire incident.
hopefully it will make you feal better, mind sounds like it was worse then yours just because of how much longer it burned. blodstrupmoen i wish hadnt had that powder one but yea, in that moment i couldn have cared what it was if it would just put the fire out.

shaheed

that's pretty much what mine looked like too.

i called the insurance company last night and filed a claim. the guy that i spoke to said that whether or not it's covered depends on the local agent and they would contact me on Monday. he said it would be ok to take pics and remove the powder to prevent further damage. i took off what i could today. looking under the manifold i can see a few wire casings are fried, the KLR hard line is fried, the wire to the oil pressure sender looks fried, the casing on one of the ground cables looks fried. i started it briefly and it started right up, couldn't find any fuel leaks. the short fuel return hose does look like it's been burnt and it's bulging by the connector but it's not leaking.

i'm not going to take the manifold etc off until i hear from the insurance company whether they are going to cover it.

hosrom_951

Shaheed: I am sorry for you're unfortunate experience, i have a 88 NA that could have a few parts here and there that could be swappable with the 951, let me know if you need any parts at all.

DHC8FO

I bought a salvage engine from a yard that fried the hood, fenders and alot of the plastic, most of the damage to the engine was from the chemical that was used to put it out as it sat and continued to corrode metal. It sounds like you got pretty lucky, the damage could have been much worse.

After seeing the damage the chemical does I carry 1200# a CO2 unit. The only problem is that CO2 is not rated for a fuel fire, but with enough of it I bet it'll put it out.

WesM951

It doesn't look *that* bad. The 86 turbo that I had also had a fuel fire, alot worse than yours.

Hope all goes well with the insurance agent.

daniel951

sorry to hear about that. hopefully everything will work out witht he insurance or even rennlist helping out by having extra parts.

blodstrupmoen

Co2 is rated for fuel fire aswell ...

only is that it is harder to use outdoor cos the gases could blow away, and it has not the cooling effect of both foam and powder.

ewainwright

I am sorry to hear about your loss. Please keep us updated on your progress.

This is a bit off topic so please excuse me: however, does anyone know of a website and a good fire extinguisher. An engine fire scares the crap out of me particular when considering our investment. I know Windward has a fire extinguisher that can fit under the passenger’s seat. But I rather have all my teeth pulled without the use of drugs before doing another transaction with them. Thanks in advance. ed

pete95zhn

A friend of mine had similar incident about a week ago.Engine was idling ( in a warehouse that he uses as garage ) when he heard a loud pop,he looked at the engine and saw fluid from power steering reservoir sprinkling ( between the reservoir and the cap ) towards the hot exhaust...with instant smoke and flames... He turned the engine off and extinguished the fire with minimal damage,fortunately there was a industrial-size extinguisher at hand.

nitro1

Before you contact your insurrance company check you have kept them uptodate with your modifications otherwise they will be less than helpful!
Good Luck.....

shaheed

this is very good advice, something i wish i had considered before reporting this to the insurance company. i talked to a rep this morning and 90% of the conversation was her trying to find out what mods i had to the car. they are sending someone by to look at the car, i'm getting the feeling i'm not going to get any help out of them. thanks everyone for your suggestions/comments.

Andy

Sorry to hear about that Shaheed, I hope you can get it fixed without too much hassle. And don't give out too much info, the adjuster won't know that some of that stuff isn't factory.

michaelathome

Interesting. I was just outside on a short break and my office is near a big intersection. I heard a large pop and a flash of light. Walked toward the intersection and what's there? A car on fire! There was nothing for me to do as I was too far away and had no way of offering to help but the owner got ot of the car and was just sreamin' on a phone, "My car's on fire!! My cars on FIRE!!!

I wonder what the popping sound was? Sounded like a loud firecracker. Another Dodge/Plymouth offered to the fire gods I guess. Fire trucks got there just in time to put out the entire engine bay on fire. Can't imagine much would be left.

Time to get an extinguisher I guess. I just put mine back together!

Hope things work out for ya!

Michael

shaheed

adjuster left a message for me saying he wouldn't be able to come look at the car until next week. i may pull the SMT6 off and anything else i can get to before he gets here. if i didn't have the k27 on there i'd probably pull the maf off too.