News: Firefighters Extinguish Flaming Corvette

[Rob]

Ouch!

Slackwood Firefighters Extinguish Flaming Corvette - Lawrenceville, NJ Patch

 

[Baldie88]

A little claybar and Zaino and it will be as good as new. :eyerole

Ron
"Baldie88"

p.s. Those pictures were painful!

 

[93Rubie]

Just another reason I have a fire extinsher in my car. Get it put out when the fire is small and save your car. Stay safe out there.

 

[XLR8]

That was painful to see and the C4 looked well tended too.
Someone's taken care of it.
Oww.

 

[John Robinson]

Oh how I can relate to this. In late May I was driving along when the car started to stumble and then I smelled gas and immediately drove home. In the short distance I drove the car when this happened I pumped almost a quarter of a tank of gas onto the engine from a broken O ring on the fuel cross over tube between the fuel rails. There have been other Corvettes on this site that have caught fire and they all seem to be starting back by the firewall. I would suggest that those O ring seals should be replaced if they are the originals or if they have been reused. Less than $5.00 for seals is cheap insurance against this happening to you. I bought a whole package of seals at a bearing supplier who did not have exactly the right O ring. What he had was the right diameter but was thinner so I put two of them together.

If you smell gas when walking around your car don't drive it until you find out were it is coming from or you may be the next one to go up in flames.

 

[geekinavette]

Boy does that bring back painful memories. Once that body resin catches it goes up in a hurry, just amazing how fast. But...I have a nicer car now.

Interesting that fire started in the interior. Cigarettes probably.

Bill