>I think it's pretty likely that one will turn off the ignition. But >even so, the complications of an AUTO FP cut off are daunting. Hmmm >although I could imagine looping the 12V wire to the FP through the >engine compartment so that any fire would burn it in half and cut the >power to the FP. > The sheathin will burn but the core will remain and the wire will remain live.
Unless you have raw gas pumping into the engine compartment, I can't really see any other scenario for an engine fire.....but that's another thread. My Fiat's ignition wiring caught fire, burning the fuel line through.
Andrew |
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