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7mgte83
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January 2003

always carry a fire extingisher	Sun, 06 April 2003 23:55

I am sure there are plenty people out there who already do have an extingisher in their car but in case you don't and you have a modified car go and buy one and install it today! I found out the hard way the other night. I had only driven my car for the first time that morning since the 7m conversion. I was busy for most of the day and did not get a chance to drive it properly till that night. So in the evening I went and picked up a mate and then headed of to another mates place. I was still being careful and was by no means driving it hard but when I got onto my first peice of gravel road, just down from my mates place, I decided to have a bit of fun. So I went nice and carefully around the corner then once the road sraightned I let her out a bit. Hit boost in second and and as I expected she fish tailed nicely and the same again in third. I was enjoying myself nicely until my mate pointed out that there was a bit of smoke coming from the gearstick, I immediatly thought oh shit Ive roasted the clutch, but on looking up and seeing flames coming from underneath the bonnet I said a little more than shit. It turned out that I had routed the remote oil filter lines too close to the turbo and once it got hot enough the pressure had burst it, spraying oil all over the engine bay starting with the hot turbo. Fortunatly using my jumper the coolant resevour a pale ale and a fire extingisher that my mate brought pretty quickly when we rang him, the fire didnt burn for very long. I am going out today to buy some new oil hose a shit load of degreaser and a fire extingisher to mount in my car. If you dont already have one I recommend you go and get one today. [Report message to a moderator]

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