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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 03:37 PM
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One of the guys at work had a bit of an issue a couple of weeks ago !!

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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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no no no..flamer kits go the other end


bad news for the owner though
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 03:52 PM
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duck me!!! what the hell happened?
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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basically 'hmm any one smell burning ?'
he stopped to investigate, didn't pop the bonnet due to the smoke and flames whisping from the engine bay, no extinguisher. called the fire bods and .... the result is what you see FUBAR
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 04:06 PM
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FUBAR indeed, presume hes ok and not injured?
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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any ideas of the cause of the fire?
Thats a shame.
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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He is fine no worries, even managed to keep the camera steady
As to the cause one of the fuel lines they think
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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**** the bed

Warrenty????
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 04:31 PM
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03 plate lease car !
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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bit of t-cut will sort that out no worries
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 12:02 AM
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I'm off to buy a fire extinguisher at the weekend.
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by paulthejambo
I'm off to buy a fire extinguisher at the weekend.
Yeah... sounds like my next mod.
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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My car looks exactly the same as that!
(minus the flames )
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 11:38 AM
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iv'e now seen the engineers report
doesn't appear to be a fuel line
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by tmo
iv'e now seen the engineers report
doesn't appear to be a fuel line
so what was it then?

how could he tell it wasn't must have more or less melted every pipe in the bay
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 12:25 PM
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it was damage to lower extremities of the engine that did it
look at the fluids on the road
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 08:30 PM
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Least no one was hurt,sorry to see a scoob in that state
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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gutted
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 10:44 AM
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o well, could be worse, at least its not his car lol
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Tidgy
o well, could be worse, at least its not his car lol
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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That'll not polish out
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ChriSTi
That'll not polish out
think i agree, might need a t cut as well pmsl
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