on 23/2/03 1:42 pm, developtrust wrote: > I wonder if it is a good idea to put a battery in the engine compartment. > Cars do it but I saw a Eurovan that had a battery explode (from heat?) and > started a fire that burned the whole engine. Is this just a freak accident? > > William
Sheesh, come on now! do you think there might have been an electrical/charging problem? stock diesel set up has battery in back, do they explode? Been waiting 10 years for mine to explode... its not Friday not April 1st! :) Alistair -- '82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94 albell@uvic.ca http://members.shaw.ca/albell |
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