Date:         Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:08:30 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
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From:         Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Burnt Vanagon of the Week
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What exactly happens when the engine catches fire, and why is it so
hard to fight?  Can't you just kill the ignition, which should kill
the fuel pump, then put it out with an extinguisher?   Or is there
residual fuel pressure which keeps on spraying even after the power's
off?


On Mar 3, 2006, at 12:52 PM, John Brush wrote:

> Still waiting for the more highly motivated and skilled among us to
> come up
> with a detector that would mount in the engine compartment, or on
> underside
> of the rear deck lid, that would monitor for flames, or an unusual
> increase
> in  heat output.
>
> Obviously, the fuel needs to be cut off, and the occupants
> notified  as soon
> as possible. By the time one sees the flames through the deck, or
> out the
> bottom, its probably too late.
>
> I know it could be done. Exactly how, is up for debate :-)
>
> John