So sorry to hear of your lost but it good to see that you made it ok.

sorry double post.

Very sorry about your loss:( Glad you are ok. Good luck with insurance:)

I so sorry for your loss. Those little fire extinguishers don't do the job... not even at a family picnic. I hope your insurance is kind to you, and you can get back on your feet very soon.

All the best.

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I bet 5 out of 10 people would have literaly sprayed their shorts after that baby fireballed. I feel terrible for you man, I couldnt even imagine the horror you experienced when the extinguisher quit.

Best of luck with your next project.

Very sorry to see this! Thank you for tellin me those lil extingushers dont really do much. I'm goin to throw in one of those house ones in.. maybe 2. GL in the future, after the breakin down part, this is why I hate rx7's but they're so good looking.

sorry to hear that man... gLad you're ok...

sorry bro!!

a lot of fires this year.. time to seriously consider a better alternative to cheap extinguishers... like the one i have :( halon is sounding good now..

The fuel rail recall is important to complete, but the Fuel Pulsation dampeners I've seen from '93 & '94 are the same, Round metal "Ceg" looking thing with a rubber nipple, that fails due to that rubber eventually gets old / and addetives to the fuel deteriorate the rubber... The only true "alternative" i've seen is an aftermarket fuel rail, and Fuel Pressure Regulator, of which the aeromotive are supposed to have a pulsation reduction chamber or something in them to reduce the pressure waves from primaries / secondaries opening at different intervals.... which is mostly what that thing is for... to reduce pressure waves from killing your injectors...

If you have a stock one, replacing it at least every 50-60k miles is a very good precautionary measure...

Sorry about the car man, it does look like it'd be a fun track car... once rebuilt...

-DC

im with 20B3rdgen on this one, if you wanna sell the shell, ive been lookin for one, my car just got in a wreck and buckled the roof and frame, so its not salvagable, im buying a new one friday, and first thing im doin is halon extinquisher and fixing the fuel system as soon as i can find aftermarket shit that everyones been talkin about, dude im so sorry about your car, mine had issues and i still miss it, all these fd's disapearing is sad, makes me wanna buy 3 or 4 with blown motors, rebuild em and stash em somewere, and theyll turn out like the old muscle cars, well again sorry about that dude, sucks majorly, if anyone has any info on aftermarket fuel systems to remidy this problem, like the delete for the pulsation damper, send me a pm

Man I'm really sorry to hear of this... :(

That is horrible! At least your ok, the car is replaceable.

sorry about your car.

i guess there are four possible causes 1) fuel pulsation dampener 2) fuel line 3) old injector grommets and o-rings 4)wrong size injector grommets and o-rings, use only mazda 0-rings and grommets when you get your injectors cleaned.

man, that is scary!! glad you are okay...DAAYEM!

where can i get one of these halon extinquishers??

The fact is, these are old cars with the fuel distribution system sitting right near two hot turbos and a downpipe. Unless you have a completely stock car you would not have grounds for a law suit. From what I read about the fuel leak recall, they made the hose thicker to withstand higher temps. What Ray mentioned to me was that they used a different type of fitting on the ends of the hose in 94. Whether that was part of the fuel leak recall I don't know. Maybe some of the experts could shed some light on this.
Fire extinguishers - the one the bus driver handed me was a chemical one. It worked very well, but I spent the better part of a day vacuuming yellow powder from the engine compartment!

wow, ive never seen anybody post pictures of the car ACTUALLY on fire!!!! thats a keeper of a picture if ive ever seen one.

it does suck, though. . . and i hate to see that happen. im horribly sorry for your loss. i dont know WHAT id do if my car did that!!!

sorry to hear about your loss man but glad your k

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so sorry to see and hear that. i totally agree that this is a problem because i too have seen maybe 5 or six threads about engine fires just from this spring.

Stuff can suffocate you in a sealed room because it works but locking up oxygen molecules. Breathing it in will not kill you and unless you keep you car inside a sealed small room suffocation should not be a problem.

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Ordered! my car is basically stock. I thought about getting the extreme fuel kit in the rx7 store but 1600cc of injectors is a bit much. plus i dont understand how they only use 2 injectors? Anybody know where to get a kit to replace all the rails lines and injectors to say 850 and 1300. sorry for the loss man! i hope the insurance takes care of you!

Back to the FPD. was this design ever changed by Mazda, or is it a "wear' item that needs replacement at some interval.