80t Autopsy

[Phil Payne]

> > the culprit.  He also made a good point that if it had been a bonafied fuel
> > leak the whole engine would have gone up because the leaking or blown off
> > lines at 100psi would spray fuel all over the engine, mostly on the driver's
> > side since that is where the injector lines where facing. 
> 
> except that as soon as the engine is turned off the fuel pump cuts out,
> you'll only get an ounce or two of fuel after that, I think.  Which does
> rather sound like the size of the fire you described.

The contents of the accumulator account for two ounces (roughly).  However, some cars have the fuel filter mounted in the engine bay.  There's no pressure in the system to drive the contents out, but if it gets warm enough to boil the contents of the filter you have another litre or so of propellant to deal with.



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