Had a pretty bad engine fire today, stayed in the engine compartment but damaged: both front tires, all wiring, distributor melted, all hose clamps for IC piping, filter off turbo (so probably the turbo as well?), intercooler, fluidyne radiator, fans, all hoses and electrical connections, c/f hood GONE, front bumper GONE, headlights MELTED, intercooler GONE,


then i suppose u have to put in the water damage from the fire dept as well?
recaros, hondata, laptop, romulator, wideband 02,

block and tranny still probably good..., intake manifold woudl be needed as well as a wiring harness... i have full coverage... any comments? suggestions? i just got this thing running and now its gone.


So... anyone know of any hatches for sale? my newly finished honda went up in smoke today... i'll post pics later.

 

i feel sick.

have you found the cause of the fire?

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please keep us up to date on how that goes. did you have extra converage added to your account? after talking with my insurance agent, i was basically told that even if i had 20k$ invested in my 92 hatch, for a 'total loss' i would get a check for the NADA value (which is about 3k$).

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mrlegoman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> i feel sick.

have you found the cause of the fire?


please keep us up to date on how that goes. did you have extra converage added to your account? after talking with my insurance agent, i was basically told that even if i had 20k$ invested in my 92 hatch, for a 'total loss' i would get a check for the NADA value (which is about 3k$).

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AEM FPR... it was like it just let go... car BOGGED hard, then bam, flames.

even with receipts and everything? i personally know of some people who've been reimbursed when they have receipts

i will keep u updated

and watch out for the ek 2.2 stroker turbo in the future. now i have to go ***** out right?

 

So... should I remove and sell my AEM FPR now? This is just one more "failed diaphram" story and it's getting me scared.

 

Wow, I keep hearing about AEM breaking. How much HP were you putting down?

 

sorry to hear dude it sucks
i always carry some kind fire extinguisher in my car just in case it doesn't hurt to have. no not one that is mounted on the c pillar.
i never like the aem fpr aeromotive is a bit more and better
what insurance company you have?
well hope everything works out for you

 

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ive never heard of this... ?? links?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EnzoSpeed &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So... should I remove and sell my AEM FPR now? This is just one more "failed diaphram" story and it's getting me scared.</TD></TR></TABLE>

um, i dont know, only had like 200 miles on the motor, i was just doing some street tuning to get it broke in, then i was going to dyno on the 8th. <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vaporboy12 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sorry to hear dude it sucks
i always carry some kind fire extinguisher in my car just in case it doesn't hurt to have. no not one that is mounted on the c pillar.
i never like the aem fpr aeromotive is a bit more and better
what insurance company you have?
well hope everything works out for you</TD></TR></TABLE>

i have full coverage on american family.

pretty much i have to take the blow, buy the car back right?

ek hatch here i come.

 

dude this kind of thing happen to me before too. my engine compartment once caught on fire because i was breaking in my new motor and i ran the turbo oil feed line but i used a rubber hose and a screw to block it off and the hose gave out and got oil on my radiator fan and that caught on fire when i was test driving it. Me and my friend had to try to stop the fire with whatever water we had in the car and using our tshirts to hit it out. In the end my whole radiator fan was gone and i had to re-do some of my wiring harness and i had to clean the engine compartment cuz it was hella black from the smoke. Damn firefighter got there when we got the fire out already.

 

your insurance might pic up some of it. remember stock parts are alot more$$$$$ so you can money for the stock parts that gave into the fire and just turn around and buy the **** you need to fix it.

your only have to buy it back if they deside to total it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vaporboy12 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">your insurance might pic up some of it. remember stock parts are alot more$$$$$ so you can money for the stock parts that gave into the fire and just turn around and buy the **** you need to fix it.

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what if they dont total it?


they have to total it. the headlights and **** are GONE.

that ***** expensive!

 

Any pics?

 

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no pics only update.

talked to insurance... said i had a few minor things on the car like the c/f hood and some bucket seats... they arent going to miss the turbo manifold or anything though...

they said they were going to consider the parts in the price of the car...

so do i hand them my 40k in receipts? or buy it back and settle for my eg?

 

Snap some pics of that sheit, we wanna see

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sfwd dc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dude this kind of thing happen to me before too. my engine compartment once caught on fire because i was breaking in my new motor and i ran the turbo oil feed line but i used a rubber hose and a screw to block it off and the hose gave out and got oil on my radiator fan and that caught on fire when i was test driving it.</TD></TR></TABLE> wtf were you thinking? I thought it was illegal to use "oil feed line", "rubber hose" and "screw" in the same sentence....
anyway, it's a good thing you were able to put an oil fire out with water. that could have been a bad scene.


Modified by mrlegoman at 5:51 PM 9/26/2005

 

Maybe you shouldn't post pics.....it will be too hard to look..

 

happened to my boys old EG

fire sorry bout your loss bro

 

has anybody ever made some kinda of fire prevention system, like some nozzles by the strut towers and maybe on the hood that, either shoots co2 foam or water? Would be a very interesting project. Extrapoints if its automatic.

BTY 'dont worry, be happy!' (you could have been part of the list for damage)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deadlock32 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">has anybody ever made some kinda of fire prevention system, like some nozzles by the strut towers and maybe on the hood that, either shoots co2 foam or water? Would be a very interesting project. Extrapoints if its automatic.

BTY 'dont worry, be happy!' (you could have been part of the list for damage)</TD></TR></TABLE>

They sell halon systems for engine compartment fires in racing situations.
Safe Craft System

Sorry about your loss man, that sucks bad

 

my heart goes out to you + your car bro. better luck with the next build..

 

Just think, a little ricer APC extinguisher could have saved the car......sad to hear about your car man, but consider it a lesson learned and always carry fire suppression equipment, especially in a modded car.

 

damn that suck at least you dident burn with the rest of your stuff

 

didnt u have an fire exttingisher .....i have 2 of dem on my car.......jeez thatwoulve heleped. notjsut for looiks these dayz comeon now

tony

 

I smoked my brother's beater the other day too, luckly we only had $100 into the whole car...


Sucks to hear that, I know of 4 other cars that had bad fire problems (1 a fiero - MELTED in half!) that could have been suppresessed by an extinguisher.

I can't remember where I saw it, but it was a civic/crx with 2-3 nozzles in the enginebay & 1 over driver for a fire supression system. safety =