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Posted by: jsayre914 May 29 2008, 12:29 PM

Im merging onto the freeway from a red light. First Gear...... Second gear........ Third Gear......... fourth gear..........just about to shift into 5th when sudden loss of power. The whole cockpit wreaks of gasoline. I pull over as fast as my sway bar would allow. Kill the engine. I pop the hood and the whole bay passenger side is soaked in gasoline, everything, battery coil vacume lines there is actually a pool of gasoline on the engine shelf. Holy shit. apon closer inspection I notice the hose came off the fuel rail. luckly i had my nifty tool kit with me, took a while in the dark on the side of the freeway to slide it back on and tighten it down with the decel and mps and burning hot engine in the way. But I did it the fire extinguisher was right next to me. all in all it worked out but PHEW

moral of my story: Check all the hose clamps on your FI and make sure they are tight. I heard everyone talking about bad fuel lines bursting into flames, but you have to watch out for the guy who forgot to tighten the clamp on his brand new lines.

Posted by: URY914 May 29 2008, 12:35 PM

And people wonder why 914's catch fire so much...

Posted by: So.Cal.914 May 29 2008, 12:38 PM

Which do you mean? High preasure fuel spray or forgetful mechanics?

Posted by: (*)(*) May 29 2008, 12:43 PM

Yep....I'm in the finishing process of fixing an engine fire from the PO. Mark B was sharp enough to catch the leaky fuel rail that was STILL in the car...

Posted by: jsayre914 May 29 2008, 12:46 PM

In my defense: The other 17 clamps were tight. I wont let this happen again, was pretty scary.

Posted by: So.Cal.914 May 29 2008, 12:53 PM

I bet.

Posted by: rjames May 29 2008, 12:57 PM

Scary. How long did you wait for the gas to evaporate before you felt comfortable enough to fire it up again? (sorry, poor choice of words)

Glad it turned out the way it did!

Posted by: jsayre914 May 29 2008, 01:09 PM

About 45 min the engine was pretty warm so it did evaporate kinda quick. everything eles ran down onto my shoes. anyone passing by saw me running around the car with a fire extinguisher like a madman. Better safe anyway

Posted by: ericread May 29 2008, 01:14 PM

"My shoes still smell like Gasoline"

I would love to follow you as you try to board an airplane!!!
TSA Agent: And just why do your shoes smell like gasoline???

Seriously, good job on minimizing your danger by getting off the road quickly. Another lesson on the necessity of carrying a fire extinguisher in your teener at all times.

Posted by: geniusanthony May 30 2008, 12:12 AM

You mean shoes arent supposed to smell like fuel? hmm...:headscratch:

Posted by: plymouth37 May 30 2008, 12:50 AM

Glad you're ok and caught it before it went up in flames!
Seriously fire extinguishers and tool kits are mandatory accessories for 914s.