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kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#415452
shiat man"Thurs 1pm " i just loaded up my ute with furniture to take to my shop and 30 meters down the road the i lost power , i looked side ways at a bunch of guys waving "mate your cars on fire " AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
where my fire extingusher jumped out called fire brigade got her out before they came "two mins " with the help of a guy in a cement truck and his water hose "no pun intended" rang Steve at kombi rescue he said get her here and ill look at her . pushed her back to the warehouse ,had a look "fuel line popped off the fuel pump and ignited ,luckily not to bad, melted plastic cover on furniture above motor area burnt all leads wires etc etc got her towed to steves friday 11am
got her back friday night ,complete with all extra adjustments done "new accelerater cable adj hand brake ,brakes etc WHAT A LEGEND IM A VERY HAPPY MAN >THANX STEVE ..Brendon

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pyr0 flame-on

4,457 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#415459
its good to hear its ok mate :thumb maybe you should buy a lotto ticket this week 😉
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kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#415470
yeah thanx dude 👍
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Muzza72 Officially Full-On Dubber

214 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·

#415479
glad it wasnt worse that is every vw owners nightmare

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#415490
are there hose clamps on the fuel hoses?

this is a common mistake...some people don't think VWs need them, one workshop who I won't (read can't) name even taken them off...IDIOTS!!!!:cussing

Go check ya motor right now and put them on if they're missing.
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kara&herkombi Officially Full-On Dubber

244 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#415499
Oh no, thats real lucky you save it in time!!! The same thing happen to my kombi but luckily it didnt ignite, was still scary, and i had clamps of the fuel hoses but one broke.. Not fun
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Bug_racer Officially Full-On Dubber

351 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#415518
sometimes the actually rod comes out of the pump spewing fuel everywhere !

MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#415519
pete wood wrote:are there hose clamps on the fuel hoses?

this is a common mistake...some people don't think VWs need them, one workshop who I won't (read can't) name even taken them off...IDIOTS!!!!:cussing

Go check ya motor right now and put them on if they're missing.
Most times the metal fuel line seperates from the pump as it is a press fit. But always have the hose clamps on anyway! :thumb
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Bug_racer Officially Full-On Dubber

351 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#415520
Thats exactly what I mean 👍

kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#415527
steve fixed it up good now AHH now i need another fire extinguisher
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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#415831
you are one lucky man to beat the fire demon..
hope you've got ya new n bigger fire ex. onboard..? 🙂
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2,649 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#415836
Glad to hear all's ok now - what a fright
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