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Read It and Weep
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 8:34 am
by Amskeptic
Re: Read It and Weep
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:31 pm
by zabo
I agree with some of the posters in that thread- there is something very suspect about these circumstances..
Re: Read It and Weep
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:47 am
by Amskeptic
Our own energyturtle lit into this guy. He seemed too blase about his loss. Narcissistic Millenial Disorder?
Re: Read It and Weep
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:32 am
by Rusty Sub
Amskeptic wrote:Narcissistic Millenial Disorder?
NMD.
That's funny. =D>
Re: Read It and Weep
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:53 pm
by airkooledchris
so does anyone here run one of those blazecut fire suppression systems?
Re: Read It and Weep
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 3:43 pm
by Bleyseng
I don't but I change all the fuel lines every other year....
Re: Read It and Weep
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:56 pm
by cegammel
Looking at blazecut myself... $128 seems fair enough, if they work. What is the max life of our fuel lines, both FI and carb? My 3 year old FI lines look good...from the outside...
Re: Read It and Weep
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 9:51 am
by Bleyseng
cegammel wrote:Looking at blazecut myself... $128 seems fair enough, if they work. What is the max lofe of oir fuel lines, both FI and carb? My 3 year old FI lines look good...from the outside...
I change em out every other year as they dry out and get hard pretty fast.
Re: Read It and Weep
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:33 pm
by zabo
wow- just went back and looked at that thread- too much drama for me...
Re: Read It and Weep
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 8:45 am
by Amskeptic
Bleyseng wrote:I don't but I change all the fuel lines every other year....
Ha! See! Problem solved.
Colin
Re: Read It and Weep
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:47 pm
by asiab3
This is the second fire from the CSV in recent memory, if memory serves me, that I've seen on The Samba.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=672335
Luckily, the owner saw it and got it out before any damage could occur. This is leading to easy and ongoing forensics. (He even did some sleuthing before cleaning up the power to look for liquid trace. I'm impressed!)
This was was less recent:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewto ... ngine+fire
In both cases, the lines were new and the owners were paying attention. I am glad we didn't lose any cars, but this trend(?) is alarming.
Robbie
Re: Read It and Weep
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:28 pm
by JLT
airkooledchris wrote:so does anyone here run one of those blazecut fire suppression systems?
I do. Does it work? I dunno, and don't really care to find out. I also safety-wire my connection from the fuel line to the carb, and change all the fuel lines every five years.
I came damn near to losing one bus from fire, and I don't want to go through that again.