FIRE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (do not try this at home)
10-09-05, 09:52 PM
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FIRE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (do not try this at home)
Well I was working on my wifes 85 GSL this afternoon because it had developed a rough idle. I naturally assumed that a vacuum leak had developed somewhere so with the car idleing I was spraying some carb. cleaner around the vac. lines looking for the suspected leak. I had done this with success in the past. Anyhow, as I sprayed under the carb. from just behind the alt. POOF, the whole top of the engine bursts into flames. YIKES!! Fortunately I had a handy dandy fire extinguisher close at hand and put out the flames before any damages was done. (Then took a few moment to compose myself, go change underware, etc.) Turns out the bad idle was not due to a vacuum leak but was coming from a bad ignition wire on the distributor which was shorting out. The electrical arc had idnited the cab. cleaner fumes. Fortunately the story had a happy ending. I found the source of the rough idle without any damage being done, but would not reccomend using this technique in the future.
10-09-05, 10:07 PM
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i never understood why people say to use flammable sprays to find vacuum leaks. "smoke in a can" or the "cigar" trick work fine for me and i dont have to worry about lighting the engine on fire.
sorry to hear you had hose er down with a extinguisher, that **** is a mess to clean up!
sorry to hear you had hose er down with a extinguisher, that **** is a mess to clean up!
10-10-05, 07:16 AM
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Never heard of the smoke in a can or cigar trick before. Sounds like a good idea but would you not have to remove the fan to keep from blowing the smoke away before it could be pulled into the vac. leak?
10-10-05, 10:30 AM
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Hahaha i did that **** before but i was cleanin my engine with some carb cleaner at night and was using a light to see at night and forgot that this **** was flamable and the light caught the fumes and lit a big *** fire ball that caught me in the face. Caught my *** good but the **** was funny.
10-10-05, 02:11 PM
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thats why when i check for leaks every couple of sprays i wave a towel around to stir any settled gasses around and wait a few mins.. between sprays...
i need a extengisher though....if nobody has heard the SC rx'7 guys have had 5 of our cars catch fire in the past 4 months....all being VERY seroius!!!!
heres pics of one guys....
i need a extengisher though....if nobody has heard the SC rx'7 guys have had 5 of our cars catch fire in the past 4 months....all being VERY seroius!!!!
heres pics of one guys....
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