You should always carry a fire extinguisher in your Kombi
at all times
you just never know when you may need one
& if it`s sitting , mounted correctly
in the cabin with you
then it`s easy access, quick & simple
no hassel
for those times
when a brand new SLK Mercedes catches on fire behind you at the traffic lights early this morning, Wellington rd , east Bris
wow,,, this Merc guy needs to buy a lotto ticket today,,, flame on from oil cooler hose on extractor pipe & she was going up in flames big time
got my fire extinguisher out & saved his Brand new SLK,,, probly should have let it burn hey? :-)
nah,,, i had to put it out,,, no matter what type of car it was,,, Damn it , now i need a new fire extinguisher :-)
he should have shouted you a new extinguisher at the very least !😏
Mine is rolling around in the back of the Bug waiting for a decent crash so it can hit me in the back of the head. Not very clever, but I will get around to mounting it soon! Perhaps next holidays. The problem is that there isn't really any place that you can easily mount them within reach of the driver when strapped in, which is what the CAMS rules technically ask for. I had it on the passenger side floor just in front of the seat in my last Beetle but there's no way you could reach it if your seatbelt got jammed on somehow.
Not that you'd really want to try putting out a decent sized fuel fire with a 1kg fire extinguisher, you need to catch it very early! If the fire gets much bigger than a pensioner's birthday cake then you're going to need more than 1kg of dry powder to put it out. The correct fire extinguisher type is very important as well! I was in Charlie's Diner (Brighton Metro Hotel) several years ago when they had a fat fire from the spit roast in the middle of the restaurant. For some reason all they had was CO2 and water extinguishers, and after emptying about four or five big fire extinguishers on it they had only spread the fire and made it worse, so they had to evacuate the building.
I got bord one day waiting for someone to come home with the house keys... i had let my car unlocked and pulled out the fire extinguisher...
didn't realise the powdered ones make such a haze lol, the street looked like it was full of smoke!
👍
It was an ugly thing anyways... scratched and beaten
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
TheMiniMan wrote:You should always carry a fire extinguisher in your Kombi
at all times
you just never know when you may need one
& if it`s sitting , mounted correctly
in the cabin with you
then it`s easy access, quick & simple
no hassel
for those times
when a brand new SLK Mercedes catches on fire behind you at the traffic lights early this morning, Wellington rd , east Bris
wow,,, this Merc guy needs to buy a lotto ticket today,,, flame on from oil cooler hose on extractor pipe & she was going up in flames big time
got my fire extinguisher out & saved his Brand new SLK,,, probly should have let it burn hey? :-)
nah,,, i had to put it out,,, no matter what type of car it was,,, Damn it , now i need a new fire extinguisher :-)
Same thing happened to My Wife a few years ago..
the back of a semi trailer was on fire...
so, she stopped the truck and gave them the fire extinguisher
it didn't put the fire out...
but My Wife found she could get it refilled for a few dollars as it had a metal nozzle etc....
a yound fellows beetle burnt out a few years ago locally...
because a fellow who stopped had a fire extinguisher but wouldn't use it... was too scared.. so the beetle burnt...
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Should be the first thing you buy when you when you buy a car.
I keep a 2.5kg one handy in the Baja and the Caravelle
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yep, after my kg vert caught fire i wont go out in a vw without 1, and get a big 1 too, not those useless small ones which run out after 10 seconds!!!
1 1963 356b porsche coupe
2 1960 karmann ghia cab
1 1965 karmann ghia cab
1 1966 karmann cab
1 1961 split ute
1 1967 split p/van
1 1952 standard bug
1 1963 ragtop
1 1960 ragtop
2 1954 ovals
1 1956 oval baja project
1 1957 oval flying flea
I have one in the bug, but I probably should get one for the Bora. I am pretty sure I had one in the VR6 Golf.
From your ole' mate Jeff
Do people carry the powdered ones or co2 ?
i had a powder one, but apparently that can be really corrosive to metals and doesn't do ur car good. (better than fire though)
It was giving a slight tingle/irritation to my skin when i had it on me with a bit of rain to mix it in. musta been reactive.
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
wow,good job champ.😎
couple more brownie points added to your list.😂
"A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with courage."
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Especially a type of car which has a habit of burning
❗Stephen62 wrote:Do people carry the powdered ones or co2 ?
Dry powder is extremely effective on all types of automotive fire, including flammable liquids. CO2 is the equivalent of just blowing on the fire, completely useless unless you have a big fire extinguisher and a small fire. As bajachris says though, the powder in fire extinguishers is nasty corrosive stuff. I read an article which stated that they're commonly used by criminals to spray down stolen cars, as it etches away any traces of fingerprints or evidence. When the car is recovered, even if it is otherwise unharmed, insurance companies will usually write it off, because the powder works it's way into all the nooks and crannies and is difficult to remove. It can cause corrosion leading to much greater risk of rust and electrical problems for the rest of the car's life, which is why the insurance companies won't touch it. Still much better than having your car burn to the ground though!
You need at least two of the 1kg ones...
mounted so they don't hit you in an accident...
didn't know about the corrosive stuff though....
thought it was like baking soda....??
BBQ caught fire a few months ago and burnt thru the gas hose..
so a good fire..... thru a wet towel over the tank..
used one squirt to put the fire out.... EXCELLENT..
last thing I thought of though... lol
impressed me...
they virtually smother the flames while blowing it out at the same time...
Lee
PS. old VWs burn as they are very old... and the pipes in the carby or fuel pump can come out especially with a fuel filter sitting in the engine bay....Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Hey Lee, its baking soda then its alkaline and therefore corrosive 👍 🤓
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
Have extinguishers in my cars, left the doors unlocked on one of them one night & some kids got in & let the bastard off inside the car, emptied the whole %^(&^$%( thing. What a %&^(*& mess. Pricks!!!!!!! Didnt do anything else, didnt steal anything, just let off the extinguisher. Pricks!!!!!!
That said my extinguisher has saved my beetle before.
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