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Old 12-07-06, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by spandy
What a ******* mess. Damn that fire was hot. I bet there isn't a single bolt on that car that is usable.

What caused the fire?

I think I'm going to add a couple more extinguishers to my car. I could learn to deal with a wreck and losing the car as sometimes they are unavoidable, but a fire would haunt me knowing I could of probably stopped it with proper safety equipment.
Remember the TSB about the fuel line replacement on the 93 model year. Get them done... and take one step further. Replace the soft line between the tank and the hard line. I suspect that the TSB did not cover that in particular :P.
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Originally Posted by KaiFD3S
how did that happen, it strange how it look like the fire started from the inside of the car rather than the engine bay...
It actually started under the car... by the driver rear fender. So the suspicion is with a possible leaky fuel line.
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Originally Posted by OcTane
damn.... just watchin ur car burn to the ground like that must be the worse feeling in the world.

keep ya head up
They guys who were with me felt worst than I did... all I was looking for was a tall cold beer. Bottom line, it's only a car... and it can be replaced.
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I think I am going to replace every soft line on my car now......

Any ideas for me? should I go OEM or should I go braided stainless?
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Originally Posted by Monkman33
I think I am going to replace every soft line on my car now......

Any ideas for me? should I go OEM or should I go braided stainless?

They make an adapter that clips onto the stock hard lines to adapt to "-an" style fittings for steel braided hoses. I'll be running all "-an" when i get my car back together.
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Upgrade your fuel pulsation dampner and the lines with high pressure fuel hose if you haven't already done so. Ray @ Malloy has the upgraded fuel kit, it doesn't come with the pulsation dampner though.
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Originally Posted by eahoelua
Well... it looks like the FD made it to the Car & Driver's 10 Best this year .

Jan 07 issue, page. 70

It made the 10Best Frozen, Lonely, and Mongrelly Merged Cars (was: 10Best Burned and Buried Stories).

For the original picts: www.rx7.org/gallery/AllanC

Mahalo,
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Hey

Where's the credit for using my pic??!!!
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Hey

Where's the credit for using my pic??!!!
At the top of the photo gallery page...
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But not in the magazine!

I wanna be "published!"
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thats F 'd up....makes you sit back and wonder... $#!t can happen at anytime

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Originally Posted by jramosrx7
But not in the magazine!

I wanna be "published!"
Hey... I didn't write the quotes... and they gave me credit for the godzilla pict when my friend did it
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Originally Posted by jramosrx7
Hey

Where's the credit for using my pic??!!!
Damn... I'll give you credit on the forum *hahahahah*.

Special thanks to Uncle Joe for his photography skills
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Originally Posted by eahoelua
Damn... I'll give you credit on the forum *hahahahah*.

Special thanks to Uncle Joe for his photography skills
Which, unfortunately, are better than my fire extinguisher utilization skills!
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What could have ignited the fuel all the way back there?
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Did I read on there that you had just had an alignment done the week before?

If I remember the routing of the gas lines correctly, they come up over the diff by the filter, then bend down and run along the rear driver's fender area along the driver's frame rail.

Is it possible that when they put your car up on the lift or rack to do the alignment that someone crushed, bent, or mangled one of the fuel hoses just a bit leading to the failure?

It just seems odd that a fire would start back there....
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What could have ignited the fuel all the way back there?
too much heat perhaps... the closest we could think of was a leaky fuel line, just by the location of the fire.
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Originally Posted by Wargasm
Did I read on there that you had just had an alignment done the week before?

If I remember the routing of the gas lines correctly, they come up over the diff by the filter, then bend down and run along the rear driver's fender area along the driver's frame rail.

Is it possible that when they put your car up on the lift or rack to do the alignment that someone crushed, bent, or mangled one of the fuel hoses just a bit leading to the failure?

It just seems odd that a fire would start back there....
Agreed... but with all that has been said and done. The car served me well for 12 years I had her. It's just time to move on.
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Originally Posted by Wargasm
Did I read on there that you had just had an alignment done the week before?

If I remember the routing of the gas lines correctly, they come up over the diff by the filter, then bend down and run along the rear driver's fender area along the driver's frame rail.

Is it possible that when they put your car up on the lift or rack to do the alignment that someone crushed, bent, or mangled one of the fuel hoses just a bit leading to the failure?

It just seems odd that a fire would start back there....
There may be a possibility that that may have been the cause, but the car was only insured under liability. The insurance company did not pursue it. And for the amount of time and effort that I would have to put into the investigation and litigation... it's not worth it. Time is a premium with me these days...

And with all that has been said and done, the car served me well for 12 years I had her. I've got alot of enjoyable memories to go with it. It's just time to move on to another toy .
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