mini on fire
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Went to petrol station today, got in car to start the engine...... Smoke everywhere, SHIT then flames came pooring out my bonnet. The bloke came out to switch the pumps off but couldn't find the extinwisher. By the time he found it it had stoped burnning, but he coverd it with foam anyway.

What happned was my oil pressure guage pipe moved over to the turbo exhast elbow somehow and melted as I was filling up. Then when I started it up oil must have gone all over the maifold, turbo and downpipe and then caught fire.

I was lucky really coz the only damage was the dump valve vacume T piece and a couple of burnt fuel lines. Could have been a lot worse i think. Have to fix it now for RR on fri.

So lesson to all, keep oil and fuel pipes away from anything hot, DOH!

Its only a bit of metal. If it blows it blows!

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Sorry but i am tying not to laugh!

Jon....

happened to me before.. have a pic of it soemwhere with oil pishing out the front.

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Denis O'Brien.

I know plenty of people who've done that, me included.

Never got one to set on fire, put it's amazing how much oil comes out.

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you've just leaned a valuble lesson!!! and got away lightly.

was that a braided hose by the way?

also, I'm sure minispeed wouldn't have apreciated that on their rollers!!

lucky guy

re route ALL the fuel oil pipes away from any heat source

it could have burned the whole car up including the gas station.

I had similar with a plastic oil pressure line routed away from the trubo...

it gets VERY hot under there remember... Braded is the way to go!

Alex

AlexF

I wasn't braided no. Its just a plastic pipe going to the oil presure guage.

Its only a bit of metal. If it blows it blows!

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Get the braided line from mini spares (assuming you have a smiths gauge). You were lucky - This time! LOL!!

minispares are out of stock, try avonbar.

Mine is a mocal guage, don't know if it will fit. I just got another plastic one for now and put it round the front of the engine away from anything hot. All running again now ready for the rollers.

Its only a bit of metal. If it blows it blows!

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and keep the braided pipe away from battery terminals!! i had that experience once

oh yeah, and remember- its only a bit of metal if it blows up it blows up

Wouldnt easiest option be to keep plastic lines away from anything hot ?

Those damn braided lines will eat through anything if they are allowed to rub against them.
I never ran an oil pressure guage in my car, as it would only have made me paranoid lol.

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202mph standing mile
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