Check your fuel lines..

Post by **Fuse** » 24 May 2005 10:02 am

Makkiver's turbo.

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Post by **5lab** » 24 May 2005 10:08 am

what a shame! did it happen whilst he was driving?

Post by **bodejodel** » 24 May 2005 10:12 am

What a shame!

Good thing I've just installed a fire extinguisher in my car!

Post by **Fuse** » 24 May 2005 10:13 am

Yeah. Luckiliy he got out in time. There might be light at the end of the tunnel though. He said that if the body isn't twisted etc.. he might take the car apart and rebuild it make it even better than it was before.

Post by MJ » 27 May 2005 09:55 pm

Crikey, do you know what caused the fire?

I saw a video recently on another forum of a golf with a fire from a turbo that slowly destroyed the whole car.

After seeing it I'm really glad to have a fire extinguisher, and will be keeping it in there.

Do many other people here have extinguishers, and are they fixed anywhere? I hate doing anything ireversable to the car like fixing an extinguisher bracket, so it's in the rear footwell behind the drivers seat

Post by **foggyjames** » 29 May 2005 02:34 am

OOOOOPS. That sucks

~3 bar of fuel pressure loose = fire...and quickly. 3psi of fuel pressure on the loose is scary enough, never mind ~45psi!

I do have a fuel line running through a metal hoop, which I probably ought to line with something less 'cutting'. I also ought to replace the fire extinguisher I used to carry.

That golf was sad simply because it happened so slowly, but they were powerless to stop it. It was the turbo overheating the materials surrounding it.

cheers

James

Post by **classicswede** » 29 May 2005 09:55 am

It can happen to anyone, but you should take all precautions to avoid a fire risk.

I hate petrol is horrible stuff, thats why I us LPG.

Dai

Post by **foggyjames** » 29 May 2005 12:08 pm

Looks like a 164 to me....what happened?

cheers

James

Post by **340 Nate** » 29 May 2005 01:31 pm

omg

, lucky getting out of the car alive, shame the car took a serious beating from the fire.

Nate

Post by **classicswede** » 29 May 2005 03:16 pm

It a amazon!! see the story in the voc driver mag or on the voc 120 forum under smoky bacon!! all was sorted in a couple of days

Dai

Post by **foggyjames** » 29 May 2005 04:57 pm

Ah right. I thought I could count 6 runners on the inlet manifold you see...

So what happened to it? I do have the mag, just not with me!

cheers

James

Post by **bodejodel** » 29 May 2005 05:02 pm

Here it is... a bit lazy today?

Smoky Bacon

Post by **foggyjames** » 29 May 2005 05:23 pm

Ah, smugness denied due to VOC board linking-badness....

Will this work...?
http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/dc/dcboard. ... &mode=full

You can clearly see it's not a B30 there...for some reason the manifold in the picture here looks like a 6-runner one.

DAMN I want an Amazon

That's (hopefully) where my B200'RS' is going when I put a B200FT in the 360

Yes, I know they take pushrod motors normally...

cheers

James

Post by **classicswede** » 29 May 2005 06:20 pm

James your excusses are terrible! The 164 never had down draft carbs!
At a very quick glance I could just about let you off!!!

Dai

Post by **foggyjames** » 29 May 2005 07:41 pm

That's a very good point...which I knew really...damn addled brain! Anyway, I don't pay too much attention to this ancient pushrod technology...I mean it's almost as bad as a B14! (He says, with a very hefty

....I'd LOVE a 164 really, and an Amazon, even though I'd do the OHC swap).

cheers

James