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 kroozzn63
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 posted on October 9th, 2005 at 11:40 AM |
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allmost lost her "fire"
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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show us your gates
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pyr0
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 12:04 PM |
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its good to hear its ok mate :thumb maybe you should buy a lotto ticket this week 
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kroozzn63
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 12:34 PM |
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yeah thanx dude 
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 01:04 PM |
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glad it wasnt worse that is every vw owners nightmare
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pod
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 01:05 PM |
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Now that is scary, good to see your both ok:thumb
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pete wood
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 01:14 PM |
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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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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 01:36 PM |
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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
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 02:28 PM |
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sometimes the actually rod comes out of the pump spewing fuel everywhere !
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 02:28 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by pete wood
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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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
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 02:29 PM |
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Thats exactly what I mean
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kroozzn63
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| posted on October 9th, 2005 at 03:12 PM |
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steve fixed it up good now AHH now i need another fire extinguisher
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| posted on October 10th, 2005 at 11:49 AM |
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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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| posted on October 10th, 2005 at 12:11 PM |
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Glad to hear all's ok now - what a fright
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