Re: Err car fire!

[Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>]

Yup

I had a bad oil cooler seal.  It dumped 4 qts in a
block... no fire, but definitely an experience.  If I
wasn't using synthetic oil I would've been seriously
freaked to drive the 1 block home.  

Those comercials where they run the engine for an hour
with no oil... well, i'd risk it a block, but an hour
is pushing it :)

Mark
--- XXSpArCoXx@aol.com wrote:
>     Opps my car caught on fire a few days ago. I
> guess I didn't run my oil 
> cooler lines properly. Well, after a few years they
> wore through each other 
> and emptied my oil pan really fast. I was amazed at
> how fast the oil pump 
> pushes oil through that cooler. Anyway the oil
> somehow started a grease fire! 
> I have now idea how it did it. It was up in front of
> the rad. and behind the 
> grill.
> 
> Anyway it didn't do any damage and I was able stop
> it with a fist full of 
> dirt real quick.
> Other then having some char marks behind the grill
> and lots of oil all over 
> my undercarriage and on my rad and behind the grill.
> 
> So the moral of the story is . . if you run braided
> lines use covers and run 
> them right and check them from time to time. Or use
> non-braided line like I 
> just got. Love the barb push on fittings!
> 
> Later all
> ~Danny~
> 88 16v
> 
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Mark
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87 Westfalia Gl
84 Scirocco 8v
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