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G.C
07-16-2008, 03:25 PM
I was driving back from school today and all of a sudden i start smelling a strong odor of gas. and the CEL popped on. i knew something was wrong so i tried to look for a safe spot to park my car. but before i can park, i start to see some smoke out of the hood. i quickly slammed the brake and turned the car off. Flame was pretty big and saw it comming from the injector area. there was a puddle of gas on the intake manifold right below the injectors. i got in a panic so i took my shirt off and grabbed the flame with my hand.(dont know why i did that but it worked.) the flame went out thankfully, and my hand did not burn that bad. Then i start to see where the gas was leaking from and it was from the injectors. i was only 5 min away from my house so i decided to drive it back home.:screwy: After i got home i took the fuel rail off and found this.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k62/kentooo/IMG_3776.jpg

the bolt that holds the fuel rail was broken in half.. i have no idea how that happened. but thank god my car didnt turn into a firework and burn anything important.
DieselNuts
07-16-2008, 03:39 PM
you got lucky. stupid for driving it afterwards, but im glad you fixed it.
mushroom_toy
07-16-2008, 03:41 PM
That sucks.....but I came into this thread hoping to see a car on fire literally. :(
DieselNuts
07-16-2008, 03:43 PM
this reminded me of that video of that dude that just put an upgraded turbo on his 1.8T VW and it caught fire. The music playing was "Weezer-Say It Aint So". I thought that was pretty funny
mitch lab
07-16-2008, 04:08 PM
well at least the car didn't burn up, that would have suck.
G.C
07-16-2008, 06:06 PM
That sucks.....but I came into this thread hoping to see a car on fire literally.

sorry bout that.ahha if my car got totaled from it tho.. i wont even be in i.a for a while.


you got lucky. stupid for driving it afterwards, but im glad you fixed it.

thanks. yeah i know it was stupid to drive back home but it wasn't that far and towing is a bit chh!!
j0natell0
07-16-2008, 06:12 PM
nooo not the h22
G.C
07-16-2008, 06:17 PM
hahah. bolt cost me 10$ from dealer. cant believe it.!!!! and going to take a week to get here. while i was at it just bought some O-ring for the injectors. just to make sure it wont happen again.