Truley GUTTED!!!:(:( (New pics added)
19-05-2006, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by staffi
This is my first cossie, just wondering, do cossie catch fire alot, cus seems alot of you reading this thread have had some kind of fire of sort 
best thing you can check is the small 2" hose that comes off fuel rail to the fuel regulator. thats almost certainly what caused my fire. looks like the jubilee was slack and fuel dripped down on to the dizzy.
replace the hose and get 2 spanking new jubilees on
GUTTED, not something I would wish on anyone 
19-05-2006, 05:10 PM
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Gutted 4 your mate.... i went through exactly the same last year. 9years and ?k up in flames in minutes
the insurance assessor just walked up to it and said "yep, common fault with these" and walked off!
I just hope to god that your mates got agreed value, because i got shafted by HIC/HIGHWAY 
Have now bought a 3dr which will now have a plumbed in system and a big handheld in it cause i'm now so paranoid.
I've been told to point the spray nozzles under the bonnet upwards so that it hits the under bonnet and comes down as a blanket of foam... anyone know if this is right...
the insurance assessor just walked up to it and said "yep, common fault with these" and walked off!
I just hope to god that your mates got agreed value, because i got shafted by HIC/HIGHWAY Have now bought a 3dr which will now have a plumbed in system and a big handheld in it cause i'm now so paranoid.
I've been told to point the spray nozzles under the bonnet upwards so that it hits the under bonnet and comes down as a blanket of foam... anyone know if this is right...
19-05-2006, 05:13 PM
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I have not had a fire (touch wood) but had an extinguisher fited in between the front seats on my old s2, it was just behind the handbrake. The mot centre actually commented on that fact it looked factory fitted.
19-05-2006, 05:57 PM
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Ok,been with Cooper all day today,trying to salvage what we can,and tbh there insnt much left.....
Lump (we think) is ok,g.box is ok..Thank god as h`s just spend thousands on a brand new engine....
BUT..........
Loom and everything in car (gauges,interior,4spoke RS wheel,turbo timer,magic tree
),shell,all under bonnet goodys,you get the picture.....
This is how clean the car was!!!!
Original D40!!!!
Making my mark!!!!
And a few of how it was......
So sorry to see it go.......
As said above
Pete..GET FIRE PROTECTION SORTED FOR YOUR CARS!!!!!!
Pete....
Lump (we think) is ok,g.box is ok..Thank god as h`s just spend thousands on a brand new engine....
BUT..........
Loom and everything in car (gauges,interior,4spoke RS wheel,turbo timer,magic tree
),shell,all under bonnet goodys,you get the picture..... This is how clean the car was!!!!
Original D40!!!!
Making my mark!!!!
And a few of how it was......
So sorry to see it go.......
As said above
Pete..GET FIRE PROTECTION SORTED FOR YOUR CARS!!!!!!
Pete....
19-05-2006, 06:30 PM
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No mate....
JUST hit 4years no claims,and thought it was protected,but it isnt!!!!And he`s payin big bucks as it is,and REALLY wanst another cossie...
So he`s on the look out for a non runner 3dr/saff..
Got anything good in stock??
Pete...
JUST hit 4years no claims,and thought it was protected,but it isnt!!!!And he`s payin big bucks as it is,and REALLY wanst another cossie...
So he`s on the look out for a non runner 3dr/saff..
Got anything good in stock??
Pete...
19-05-2006, 06:35 PM
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Nothing here mate
That flint shell i sold a week or two ago would have probably done!
Just out of interest did he have the bonnet fitted as in one of the pics when it caught fire?
That flint shell i sold a week or two ago would have probably done!
Just out of interest did he have the bonnet fitted as in one of the pics when it caught fire?
19-05-2006, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by SPADGE
Nothing here mate
That flint shell i sold a week or two ago would have probably done!
Just out of interest did he have the bonnet fitted as in one of the pics when it caught fire?
That flint shell i sold a week or two ago would have probably done!
Just out of interest did he have the bonnet fitted as in one of the pics when it caught fire?
Paul........
Just replied to 1 of your posts in the forsale section..But do you have any 3dr or saff shells for sale???
Pete....
19-05-2006, 07:30 PM
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I can't really understand why people don't have a fire extinguisher in their car.
It is even obliged by law over here in Belgium to have a working one in the car !!!
It is even obliged by law over here in Belgium to have a working one in the car !!!
19-05-2006, 07:41 PM
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Absolutely gutted for him!!
At the same time very interesting to read this thread, last summer I started my car up on the drive and moved it into the garage, when I stopped it I could see flames reflected on the floor! I lifted the bonnet and sure enough there was flames which I managed to smother.
When I checked things sure enough as said in a few other posts the small fuel pipe between the rail and the pressure regulator had leaked onto the dizzy and caused the fire, the fault seemed to be the Ford hose clips.
Now I have a new section of high pressure pipe, 2 new jubilee clips and a bloody big fire extinguisher behind the drivers seat!
Think the main thing from this thread is 2WD OWNERS CHECK YOUR FUEL RAIL TO PRESSURE REGULATOR PIPE.
Steve
At the same time very interesting to read this thread, last summer I started my car up on the drive and moved it into the garage, when I stopped it I could see flames reflected on the floor! I lifted the bonnet and sure enough there was flames which I managed to smother.
When I checked things sure enough as said in a few other posts the small fuel pipe between the rail and the pressure regulator had leaked onto the dizzy and caused the fire, the fault seemed to be the Ford hose clips.
Now I have a new section of high pressure pipe, 2 new jubilee clips and a bloody big fire extinguisher behind the drivers seat!
Think the main thing from this thread is 2WD OWNERS CHECK YOUR FUEL RAIL TO PRESSURE REGULATOR PIPE.
Steve
19-05-2006, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MARCOSWORTH
Gutted for him
After some stories here about Cossies catching fire,i installed a fire extinguisher in my boot.
This is one of the worsed nightmares i think
After some stories here about Cossies catching fire,i installed a fire extinguisher in my boot.
This is one of the worsed nightmares i think
Or next to your seat just like I did into my Fiesta.
19-05-2006, 09:09 PM
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Think the main thing from this thread is 2WD OWNERS CHECK YOUR FUEL RAIL TO PRESSURE REGULATOR PIPE
plugs, oil, filters, PIPE + CLIPS etc
do the tuning companies on here routinely check/replace these as part of any servicing?
20-05-2006, 01:42 AM
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You can't get halon anymore.
Water would be useless on any fire involving fuel, foam is the only thing that will stop it and if you don't have enough foam to cover all the fuel then it can burn through the layer that it forms.
Also, cars contain fluroelastimers which when involved in a fire can produce acid in the smoke. I'm sure you all know they that can be very harmfull! So please everyone, don't get in the smoke trying to fight the fire, wait for the fire brigade if the fire is beyond the extinguishers you carry.
Oh and another thing, if any of your engines have magnesium heads on them don't put water on the fire in the engine, water and magnesium fires don't mix!
Hopes that helps some of you.
Matt
Water would be useless on any fire involving fuel, foam is the only thing that will stop it and if you don't have enough foam to cover all the fuel then it can burn through the layer that it forms.
Also, cars contain fluroelastimers which when involved in a fire can produce acid in the smoke. I'm sure you all know they that can be very harmfull! So please everyone, don't get in the smoke trying to fight the fire, wait for the fire brigade if the fire is beyond the extinguishers you carry.
Oh and another thing, if any of your engines have magnesium heads on them don't put water on the fire in the engine, water and magnesium fires don't mix!
Hopes that helps some of you.
Matt
20-05-2006, 02:04 AM
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I went out in the 3dr last year to buy a fire extinguisher in case i had an accident,On the way home i ended up parking backwards in a hedge
Alan Rainbow's car caught fire on track last year at Croft and lucky for him he had an extinguisher so that no doubt saved his car!
Alan Rainbow's car caught fire on track last year at Croft and lucky for him he had an extinguisher so that no doubt saved his car!
20-05-2006, 02:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Muska
You can't get halon anymore.
Water would be useless on any fire involving fuel, foam is the only thing that will stop it and if you don't have enough foam to cover all the fuel then it can burn through the layer that it forms.
Also, cars contain fluroelastimers which when involved in a fire can produce acid in the smoke. I'm sure you all know they that can be very harmfull! So please everyone, don't get in the smoke trying to fight the fire, wait for the fire brigade if the fire is beyond the extinguishers you carry.
Oh and another thing, if any of your engines have magnesium heads on them don't put water on the fire in the engine, water and magnesium fires don't mix!
Hopes that helps some of you.
Matt
Water would be useless on any fire involving fuel, foam is the only thing that will stop it and if you don't have enough foam to cover all the fuel then it can burn through the layer that it forms.
Also, cars contain fluroelastimers which when involved in a fire can produce acid in the smoke. I'm sure you all know they that can be very harmfull! So please everyone, don't get in the smoke trying to fight the fire, wait for the fire brigade if the fire is beyond the extinguishers you carry.
Oh and another thing, if any of your engines have magnesium heads on them don't put water on the fire in the engine, water and magnesium fires don't mix!
Hopes that helps some of you.
Matt
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20-05-2006, 02:52 AM
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Gutted for your mate, such a waste of a nice car
Have always carried a fire extinguisher in the car as the old man did and said, its better to be safe than sorry. Thankfully never needed it but is worth carrying.
Have always carried a fire extinguisher in the car as the old man did and said, its better to be safe than sorry. Thankfully never needed it but is worth carrying.
20-05-2006, 06:57 AM
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first of all...thats real shit....i feel sorry for the guy...
i have a fire extinguisher in my car....in the boot...
but im thinking...how the hell are you gonna open the bonnet when your engine bay is on fire....with that heat...you never reach it...
i have a fire extinguisher in my car....in the boot...
but im thinking...how the hell are you gonna open the bonnet when your engine bay is on fire....with that heat...you never reach it...
20-05-2006, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by wimwerf
but im thinking...how the hell are you gonna open the bonnet when your engine bay is on fire....with that heat...you never reach it...
just pop the bonnet and spray it in best you can OR, get a second person to lift it slowly while you spray it in...
20-05-2006, 11:41 AM
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Looking at the damage in the pictures it would seem that having no turbo heat shield has to be one of the most likely causes of this fire! Either that or some wiring around the fusebox (for the radiator fans maybe?)
It definitely doesn't look like the fuel hose split near the reg!
Runing without a heatshield on the turbo is asking for trouble!
It definitely doesn't look like the fuel hose split near the reg!
Runing without a heatshield on the turbo is asking for trouble!
