My dad got me this biodegradable extiguisher but i dont think they are in production yet.

 

Glad you got it out. My buddy's FD burnt to the ground, sad story. Be safe, buy a extinguisher

 

Or in dubalup's case, keep an oven mitt next to your extinguisher.

 

well ive been thinking it over, about gettin one...yeah i think i will. glad yours wasnt bad. if it was me i probably would have freaked out and ran in circles around the taco bell till the whole think burnt up....not really, but thats gotta be so scary.

 

Wow. Good story. Glad the car and you are ok. I still have my fire extinguisher from my old FD.

 

We need to do a group buy on fire extinguishers!

 

Your quick actions? What about the highly trained crew of Taco Bell....The Tacoites? If it wasn't for their quick thinking with the pitcher of water....what would of happened?! Oh and then they spit on your food for walking up to the drive through window. But in all seriousnous(sp?) You sure are lucky, and I'm glad all you have to do is replace the plug wires.



Mike

 

to Taco Bell.

 

Dang Paul! I thought I was having bad luck lately. Glad that the car is okay.

 

perhaps it's already been stated, but never pour water on an electrical fire....you should know better

 

Never a straight stream of water. A 90deg fog pattern and the proper distance is okay for electrical fires.
Or as we say, put the wet stuff on the red stuff!

 

Paul,

Damn man. I'm glad to hear that you and the car made it out of that event ok. I about **** a brick when I saw who started this thread!! With all of the work you have done to your FD it would've been a tragedy for it to go up in flames!!

Off topic, but where in the hell is your little brother stationed now? I haven't heard from him since I left Lajes.

Zach

 

Sorry to hear that Paul...

 

Heh, the first thing I bought for my car was a fire extinguisher

 

His engine was shut off, and regardless, unless the cup/pitcher he was using were metal, it's doubtful any energy would be strong enough to use him as a path to ground.

Perhaps the post should be rephrased to: You might want to think twice about pouring water onto an engine fire, as they are usually gasoline-fed, and all pouring water does is spread the flames...

 

Looks like everyone is buying fire extinguishers now. Maybe Advanced will do a group buy

:smiley_12

 

Any good fire extinguisher that doesnt use ABC drychem? That **** can get corrosive (it is midly acidic, dont leave it on bare metal!) and is a bitch to clean, especially if its on something hot or in rubber, fabric, etc.

Also, its ******* useless if its on a fuel thats above the flashpoint. Someone left some cooking oil on a heating element until it was heated until it caught fire in my house once... all I successfully did was dust my kitchen with yellow ****. I had to pour the ******* oil down the drain!!!

Would Halon be a better idea? What about CO2? The thought of getting yellow **** on the inside of any decent car, or its engine bay (BLEH at a FD getting fucked up like that ) is sickening.

 

thanks kento. . . i DID know better. the car was OFF. . .

about to post pictures of the culprit. . . as well as the fix.

 

the culprit. . .

 

Toasty!!!!

 

I have to add... (and sorry about your scary situation)... it's amazing... even when these cars burn up or break down, we still manage to gather a crowd. A few years ago my car overheated coming off the highway. We managed to drive it to a local gas station where it exploded again... so it was sitting under the lights, with the hood up... green radiator fluid pooling up and pouring away from the car...

First two cars pulled up, guys pulled up in front of the pumps, but immediately walked over to my car and started asking me questions. Kind of ignoring the fact that I was having a BAD night. Then one guy calls his friends..."blah blah blah, rx7... blah blah, come over here... blah blah, sweet!"...

Three more cars pull up... and a crowd starts to form... I'm just standing there like... UMM... my car is kind of hurt right now... could you give it some room?

 

Simply very gald your babe is still alive and kicking. Nice interesting story. Glad to have bought a fire extinguisher for mine just in case somthing happnes.

 

Dude my favorite part of the story is the way that the Taco Bell workers responded. Glad it was nothing serious. I hope nothing else happens.

I still can't get over "that's why you gotta take it to a shop" HA! Most shops do shitty jobs on piston engined cars, but a rotary! Hahahahaha

 

ouch------thankfully enough it's still there though-look on the bright side