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Date:         Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:13:33 -0700
Reply-To:     mac stricklen <mac_stricklen@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         mac stricklen <mac_stricklen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW Fires
Comments: To: Marty Wallace <martywallace@rocketmail.com>
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
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Marty Wallace <martywallace@rocketmail.com> wrote:


> I read somewhere that the incidence of engine fires in water-cooled
VWs
> is much, much lower (like <10% or even <1%) than the rate in
air-cooled




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?


thanks,
mac


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