Re: [T3] Even your watercooled VWs can catch on fire...

[David Engle <fl1958ghia@yahoo.com>]

Good point...I had better put one in my 1990 Cabriolet
before I sell it :)  hint hint hint
 
Ok..sell it to put some money into a T3....now its not
so off post :)
 
David

--- Hal Sullivan <tristessa@pon.net> wrote:
> 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 ..
> 
> 
 

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