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  1. 07-16-2008, 02:25 PM #1
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    Default Car caught on Fire.

    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. After i got home i took the fuel rail off and found this.



    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.
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  2. 07-16-2008, 02:39 PM #2
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    you got lucky. stupid for driving it afterwards, but im glad you fixed it.
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  3. 07-16-2008, 02:41 PM #3
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    That sucks.....but I came into this thread hoping to see a car on fire literally.

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  4. 07-16-2008, 02:43 PM #4
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    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
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  5. 07-16-2008, 03:08 PM #5
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    well at least the car didn't burn up, that would have suck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mushroom_toy
    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by DieselNuts
    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!!
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  7. 07-16-2008, 05:12 PM #7
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    nooo not the h22
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    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.
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