[Vwdiesel] Now CO2 extinguishers, was RUnaway Rabbit

[Forrest L King]

Speaking of CO2 extinguishers...  has anybody seen a system that can be
set up to blow into the engine compartment but controlled from within the
cabin -  AND CHEAP?   i want less than 100 dollars -  it can't be that
hard to route tubing and get the right fitting for a CO2 tank :)  i think
the hard part would be getting it to dump fast enough without freezing...
   who's up for a 'Forrest's Homemade Fire Suppression System'?

Forrest

On 14 Jan 2003 17:41:55 -0500 "Gary, Orlando" <gbangs at cfl.rr.com> writes:
> Classic case of "runaway diesel".
>
> Your Canadian special must be just that...  Special!
>
> Either the rings are gone or somehow stuck. What is the history of
> this
> car? Has it been sitting for very long... like years? Was the
> engine
> very hot? Was the oil the right viscosity? (Not 0w-30?)
>
> Did the engine self destruct or did the trucker kill it in time?
> CO2
> extinguisher smothers the engine.
>
> Disconnect the breather hose from the valve cover, and run the
> engine.
> Change all of the fluids, and especially something to free sticky
> rings.
>
>
> -Gary, Orlando
>
>
> On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 16:36, H .Hagar wrote:
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> > Some of you may have heard roomers about this condition -------- I
> had.   For you who never drove one like that --LOL read on--and the
> rest -I could not stop you with a bat.
> > It was a 300 dollar Canadian ----"Special" --- Just got it --with
> a note in the glove compartment from the police saying noisy exhaust
> must be fixed and proof delivered to Station.On my way home from
> "MIDAS" lol    ---it speeded up when I took foot of pedal---about a
> KM from driveway.What to do ?----brakes were so bad --that stalling
> the engine in high gear was out (4 speed Manual)---managed to coast
> and brake just short of driveway in ----NEUTRAL  ----15000rpm
> 20000rpm? ----was silk smooth sound almost like a turbine ---I sat
> and waited for the rods and pistons  to fly all over the
> place.---Big Rig pulled in front of me and the driver came running
> with a fire extinguisher-----Then it died..He told me he thought I
> was on fire----He was behind IN THE SMOKE ----and smoke there was
> ---for two Kms.That Rabbit did not need an injection pump after
> 10000rpm-----LOL it picked up the crankcase oil ----and was quite
> happy.----HAGAR.----sure was fun.
> > --
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