[V8] Sad day

[Ingo Rautenberg]

This is somewhat rare from what I've heard.  Certainly good to check,  
though, and I'm sorry for George.  That really sucks.  A more common  
fire area on these cars is disinegrating wiring sheathing by the  
driver's side harness underneath the hyd reservoir from leaking hyd  
fluid over time and hence an electrical fire. Heard about this  
happening on more than a few V8s - most of which were totaled, and  
one of which had the harness replaced - no serious fire ensued. In  
any case, fire is very very bad.

Ingo

On Dec 12, 2008, at 10:23 AM, Kent McLean wrote:

> Steve B wrote:
>> ... sorry to hear about the problem George ... perhaps we should  
>> all take a
>> minute to check this on all our cars ...
>
> Do.  I suspect I lost my '91 TQA #2 to a ruptured/slpit fuel hose.  
> I was on
> the highway, and by the time I could pull over and park it, it was  
> fully
> engulfed.  After the fire department hosed it down, inside and out,  
> there
> wasn't much left to salvage.
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '99 A4 Avant
> '91 200 20V Avant #3
> '94 100 Avant, sold
> '91 200 20V Avant #2, up in smoke #2
> '91 200 20V Avant #1, recycled
> '89 200 10V sedan, up in smoke
>
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