[urq] Anyone have a fire supression setup under the hood?

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Ha!  With an '83 or older with the ceramic fuses I'd think about an  
in-cockpit system myself ;-)

But your musing had me think about my old BMW 2002 when the valve  
cover leaked oil onto the exhaust manifold when I was in college.  As  
soon as I drove into the gas station off the highway and went to pop  
the hood, the attendant saw the flames and within 15 seconds had  
extinguished the blaze.  'Course the plug wires were a bit charred,  
but all was fine.

I had a similar incident on a private track in my '83 urq with a  
friend at the wheel when after we crested a hill we heard a loud POP  
and immediately pulled into the 'pits', popped the hood, and had both  
steam (radiator hose had popped off the inlet/thermostat pipe) and  
the oil from the valve cover ignited on the exhaust manifold  
(actually more likely the turbo) and again the flames were  
extinguished in a matter of seconds by one of the quick-thinking  
owners of the track.  Ah, what excitement.  10 minutes later, coolant  
was topped off, the loose hose clamp was tightened-down, and the  
tracking continued.  :-)

Ingo

On Apr 25, 2007, at 11:06 PM, steven j wrote:

> Seems like with a 25 year old car I should have
> something in place to stop an underhood fire.  Anyone
> have any ideas on what's available for a low cost?   I
> do have an old halon fire extinguisher rolling around
> in the back seat - but I think by the time I stop the
> car and open the hood it would be to late.
>
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