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My wife and I were out today in her '89 Cabrio .. I'd replaced the valve cover gasket earlier this week because it was leaking, but it was looking like I'd fixed the problem. We were sitting at a stoplight next to a restaraunt, and suddenly there was a *lot* of smoke coming from under the hood, followed by flames. I had the presence of mind to turn the key off, thankfully, because it'd already melted through the rubber on one of the fuel lines (CIS). I quickly "borrowed" an extinguisher from the restaraunt and got it out before it did *too* much damage .. and *long* before the fire dept. showed up. I keep extinguishers in both of my ACVWs, but never thought I'd need one in the waterpumper. .. guess I know what *I'm* doing this weekend .. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org