MooreBoost

so i was thinking about selling the race car so i drove it to work today with a for sale sign. was parked for almost 6 hours. i started it up and let it warm up for two or so and when pulled out of the parking lot i started to smell fuel! a few seconds later it went up in flames. luckly i had a fire extinguiser and there was a tow truck guy that was close. jump out and pull the kill switch and start spraying. fire was out within two minutes. check your fuel lines! i got lucky

rdanford

Dang, that brings back memories. Glad you got it out quickly. Still for sale?

Paulyy

looks like you came out lucky!

when you guys say check your fuel lines, do you only mean the rubber ones in the engine bay? or theres others?

blown 944

that sucks

I personally use braaided lines and AN fittingg and have scrapped the dampner

MooreBoost

you can delete it?

MooreBoost

yeah im trying to pay off student loans to go back to school

MooreBoost

im checking all lines right now. but i think most of the fires are under the hood.

Crackership

I feel for you man. I'm nearing completion of my after-fire repairs. I don't think mine was as bad as yours, but still.

I'm sure you know, but just in case... make sure you get that dry-chem extinguisher crap off of the car as quickly as possible... that stuff is SUPER corrosive. It'll eat paint, rubber, plastic, metal, everything.

MooreBoost

The only thing that got messed up is the plastic around fuel injector wires and the hood liner stuff. The car is wrapped in vinyl and the first thing I did when I got home was wash it.

Just found this thread

https://rennlist.com/forums/944-turb...e-weekend.html

lart951

wow, you were lucky I have seen car burn to the ground because of a rupture fuel line

Scott H

Ouch. I'm glad Lindsey lines were my second purchase for this car, after the vacuum line kit. When I replaced all of mine I snapped the damper line in two and the two other lines weren't far behind, they were cracked DEEP. I'm still amazed the car didn't burn down on the 150 mile drive home from the PO's house.

Everyone, if you still have stock fuel lines, replace them ASAP!

Edit: Huh, I never knew that the front fender lines continued through the door to the rear fenders. You can really notice it with the matte-ish finish from the fire extinguisher.

MooreBoost

yeah i love that black vinyl

this makes me want larts fuel line kit for my dd

lart951

let me know if you need a good injector harness I have few laying around I give to you for free.

MooreBoost

cool. im going to try and get those lines from you tomorrow

rlm328

When you check your fuel lines also check your fuel rail. Mine cracked, but it was caught before any damage occured.