Posted on 07/09/2018 1:45:26 PM PDT by DFG
I will, thank you. BTW: Where’d you find the picture of the Edsel?
IIRC there was an issue with the placement of the tank itself. The recall placed a shield at the front of the tank so a rear end collision would not force the tank forward where the tank would be breached and gasoline emptied onto the exhaust system.
Just a guess...The poppet valve in the separated hose might not have fully shut down allowing the remaining fuel in the hose to spray out under residual pressure...
As I recall from my HazMat days, self service fueling systems have an operating pressure of around 60 psig, so that puff of mist we see when the fuel hose separates is likely gasoline droplets/mist/vapor that sprayed over the (hot) engine compartment of the Lambo...
What an amazing turn of bad luck for the Lambo owner...So many folks are all spooled up about who can buy a gun, and all day every day, abject idiots dispense explosive motor fuels unsupervised and operate 4000# motor vehicles...
About a year ago we came across a car fire, we used a 60 pound Purple K and two 20 pound ABC extinguishers to keep the fire in check until FD arrived.
The heat kept reigniting the fuel and melted plastic.
Liberal Links? Maybe you just can’t handle the truth. I know I’ll get Q to put up some BS, I bet you’ll believe that.
I thank you, but there was a distinct disbelief stated that Ford had no issues, without looking again I’m pretty sure that one of the links was from 2017. I didn’t push his hot button on purpose(I just got lucky). For the record every car company has problems, but Ford definitely has a history with fires. GM for instance has had steering issues, and ignition issues and 1.4 million cars recalled for risk of fires.
Did you turn the refrigerant can upside down? That will inject liquid which will seize the compressor.
The Chiron is certainly better looking than the Veyron, but beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.
I find it interesting, though, that the EB logo on the steering wheel is very close to Rush Limbaugh’s EIB logo.
Fried Lamborghini is the usually most expensive thing on the menu.
Nope. It was one with the trigger on it and a gauge, and I just hooked it up and got the reading. The main reason I was checking it out, is that on the drive home, the belt started squealing worse than it had been. I knew something was wrong, but wasn't quite sure what. I figured it was the clutch, but when the compressor was removed, it was locked up tight.
Well, it would have to begin with defining "self-ignite", and if you mean that to be anything other than arson, collision/rollover, or exposure to other fire, then yeah, I'd agree with you.
The only actual stats I can find that break this down are incomplete, though.
They don't cover 100%. Mechanical is 49%, electrical is 23%, intentional is 8%, collision/rollover is 3%, and exposure to other fire is 5%. Those percentages combined for a total of 88%. What are the other 12%?
The above link also states "In 2003-2007, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 287,000 vehicle fires per year.". This does not match to this report, on the same site: https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Fire-statistics-and-reports/Fire-statistics/Vehicle-fires/Highway-vehicle-fires
This report states that in 2003 the number of fires responded to was 286,000 in 2003, and dropped each year to 2007 (227,500). That means the average reported in the first report at 287,000 can't be right. Unless all the stats by year are wrong.
Arson
That would be under "intentional" at 8%.
If you are going to get the piss scared out of you, might as well direct it.
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