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John Street
DieHard NSW Supercharged 95 v8 , 2015 VW Jetta TDI, 2009 Saab 9-3 Turbo
Posts: 594 Reg: 08-2005
| My newly supercharged v8 caught fire today after the return fuel line came off, had an OEM spring clip on it but still came off. Gone away on an NRMA tilttray, hoping it is not a write off |
John Stafford
Goo Roo Qld. Soarer UZZ31 GT-L V8, limited edition superchaged, Subaru WRX
Posts: 1106 Reg: 02-2010
| So sorry to hear that John, great disappointment after your excitement on putting the supercharger on. Was it the line on the back of the supercharger that bridges across, that is normally a solid steel line?} |
John Street
DieHard NSW Supercharged 95 v8 , 2015 VW Jetta TDI, 2009 Saab 9-3 Turbo
Posts: 595 Reg: 08-2005
| No it wasn't, I had series two passenger side rail, series one drivers side rail, with regulator at front of motor , the return came off this one, hope it is not a write off |
John Stafford
Goo Roo Qld. Soarer UZZ31 GT-L V8, limited edition superchaged, Subaru WRX
Posts: 1107 Reg: 02-2010
| If it is a write off, could you have first option to buy it back as a wreck. Worth the ask before wheels start turning. |
John Street
DieHard NSW Supercharged 95 v8 , 2015 VW Jetta TDI, 2009 Saab 9-3 Turbo
Posts: 596 Reg: 08-2005
| Probably panicked a bit yesterday, RHF air bag has sagged , but likely just airline burnt through, the fire was under intake and Maf so easy replacement , some injector loom burnt, paint on RHF mudguard burnt , all this plus what I couldn't see, maybe I should have kept insurance out of it |
James Buchan
Goo Roo Vic vvt-i turbo 6 speed manual
Posts: 1964 Reg: 10-2008
| How badly was it burnt? If the whole car didn't catch fire, you could certainly salvage parts from it! |
Mike Beck
Goo Roo New Zealand UZZ32 No.32 & JZZ31 3.0GT
Posts: 6064 Reg: 11-2005
| Oh man that's terrible. Always a fear of mine. I keep a big extinguisher in my car for such reasons |
John Street
DieHard NSW Supercharged 95 v8 , 2015 VW Jetta TDI, 2009 Saab 9-3 Turbo
Posts: 597 Reg: 08-2005
| NRMA assessor looked at it today and decided that it's repairable, he said mostly superficial damage,it has some burnt loom , he said they will splice a new piece in, there is a plastic hose burnt which will explain the airbag plus clear coat burnt off mudguard. I had an extinguisher Mike, but was not big enough |
Jeff Burton
Tinkerer NSW Soarer UZZ31 - V8
Posts: 14 Reg: 10-2011
| I'm glad it's repairable John, what size extinguisher did you have? Did it completely put out the fire or was it still smoldering? I have a 1kg mounted in the footwell behind the drivers seat for quick access when I fitted my supercharger but now I'm thinking of upping the size! |
John Street
DieHard NSW Supercharged 95 v8 , 2015 VW Jetta TDI, 2009 Saab 9-3 Turbo
Posts: 598 Reg: 08-2005
| Mine was 1kg,but they're too small when a fuel fire is in the valley area, I'm getting a 2 kg to replace it |
Scott Vim
Goo Roo Vic Soarer (1uz) Chaser (1jz)
Posts: 1622 Reg: 12-2010
| What ignited the fuel? Over the years I've had that many fuel leaks and never and a single fire. Must have been a lot of fuel leaking? |
John Street
DieHard NSW Supercharged 95 v8 , 2015 VW Jetta TDI, 2009 Saab 9-3 Turbo
Posts: 599 Reg: 08-2005
| Not 100% sure but the return line fitting on the regulator points toward the back of the engine so I assume exhaust. |
Raoul Duke
Tinkerer Victoria Soarer UZZ31 V8
Posts: 35 Reg: 09-2016
| Sh!t that's not good news John! Luckily it's being repaired though. I'm planning to put an m90 on one day myself. I guess it's a good idea to invest in a fire extinguisher to sit in the cabin or boot... Who fitted your system? |
Roland Elliott
TryHard New South Wales uzz32 1uz-fe
Posts: 220 Reg: 08-2014
| It always suprises me the number of persons who don't bother looking back over past or current threads , sometimes on the same visable web page. |