I have a friend who bought a "salvaged" '90 GL which had a fire not near the engine compartment, but with the electrical fan in the front pass. area. A feature not found on many air suckers. I also had a close call with auto-tranny fluid dripping on my headers and cat. (yeah I know, what possessed me into buying an auto tranny?) Marty Wallace wrote: > I don't know that I would declare <1983.5 VW Vans a "fire trap", but I do > think that their rate of engine fires is significantly higher than motor > vehicles in general. Additionally, the rate of air-cooled VW engine > fires is << that of water-cooled VWs. (Can anyone back me up or shoot me > down on this?) > > If I had a choice (and, after looking at VW Campers for 10-15 years, I > DID buy a water-cooled model - for many reasons), I would buy a > water-cooled model. > > I would like to read others' opinions as well. > > Marty Wallace (1984 Westfalia) > Chico, California > > ---mac stricklen <mac_stricklen@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Does this mean that air cooled vanagons have a significantly higher > > engine fire rate? > > If so does this mean that I should pass on the nicely restored and > > overhauled-with-new-fuel-lines air-cooled that I've been looking at > > because it's a fire trap? > > Is there anything besides periodically replacing fuel lines and > > carrying a fire extinguisher that I should do? > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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