Mk4 GTi that fire spread fast :eek:

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=SRgtiFIRE

Least his alloys are ok

The hazards of big turbos

Yeah, it's the self destruct thing when all new cars reach 100k miles, that happens. It so you can get a new car!

Least his alloys are ok

The hazards of big turbos

What a stupid response - oh well, one of the downsides of allowing free speech on forums I suppose...

I watched that video and thought it was very sad - the poor guy must have been heartbroken watching his pride and joy be destroyed in front of his eyes like that. v. sad. :(

What a stupid response - oh well' date=' one of the downsides of allowing free speech on forums I suppose...

I watched that video and thought it was very sad - the poor guy must have been heartbroken watching his pride and joy be destroyed in front of his eyes like that. v. sad. :([/quote']

Agreed there, I'd be totally mortified if that was mine, felt sad also watching that, nice car as well!

agree with both of ya, out of interest why didn't they just put it out? :confused:

they had a fire extinguisher and there were buildings nearby so why didn't they just chuck water on it

agree with both of ya' date=' out of interest why didn't they just put it out? :confused:

they had a fire extinguisher and there were buildings nearby so why didn't they just chuck water on it[/quote']

So it WAS an extinguisher that was being waved around in the cabin. :confused: At first I thought it might have been a NOS bottle that was quickly removed to prevent a more catastrophic end. And the fire started off pretty small so IF it was an extinguisher, I think I might have dropped the camera and started dousing the flames.

Fire extinguishers - not a hope to put that kinda thing out.

There is a lot of fuel and oil to be burnt, temperatures are very high on the turbo and probably engine itself too, and plenty of oxygen about too -> lots of ingredients fuelling the fire, against a very, very small one which probably helped a little.

I've seen a car catch fire before, took 20 seconds for it to be beyond control, about 10 seconds of which was spent by the guy screeching to a stop and running away from it.

Boy I hope he was insured. Most car fires mean end-of-car.

It's a nasty end to a car, my father-in-law lost his pride and joy (a Mk 2 Granada) like that, the carbs spilled fuel into the centre of the V engine and it went up.

From him thinking - 'Why is the freshly resprayed paint on the bonnet bubbling?' to the fire engine arriving was only six minutes but in that time it was gutted.

And so was he!

It looked like the heat from the turbo set alight the sound padding in the engine bay... iirc they are usually shielded???! unless the muppet removed the heat shield when he put the turbo on?

You just hope he had declared all the changes to his insurance company.

They'd love to be able to say "sorry , your non standard turbo caused the fire" and refuse to pay out

The video showed him making the worst possible mistake.

He left the bonnet up and the door open, so that air could flow right through and feed the fire. If he had left both firmly closed, there is a good chance it would have carried on just smouldering until the fire brigade arrived.

Sal

Yep , once he had realised the fire had started he should have had a quick go with the extinguisher (assuming that's what it was) and then shut the car up tight and waited.

Still you don't always think rationally when your car's on fire.