That was great advice regarding use of towel. I am one thoise hyphenated
anal-retentives that does indeeed carrya fire extinguisher and will add
towel. What are your thoughts on soaking the towel in water n baking
soda-does that impart any additional value even when it dries out?
thank'
jerry53
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norm" <norm@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 1:26 PM
Subject: IML: Putting out car fires
> The advice about having an extinguisher in every car is fine but
> practically speaking few of us can/will do it. However I've saved a half
> dozen cars (none mine!) by the simple fact of having had a beach blanket
> or large towel in the car. Most fires are either fuel or electrical
> (duh!), electrical you're going to have to disconnect the battery or pull
> the wires off ... come to think, I did save my Jag E from an electrical
> that way when a new gauge shorted and burned the wiring all the way
> inside the harness (think about stoppping and popping the hood on an E
> quickly!). It's a good argument for another habit of mine - one battery
> cable twisted just hand-tight. I do it for convenience because old cars
> so often have battery drains.
>
> So for fuel fires they're typically carb backfires or when a fuel hose
> has cracked or come loose; covering with any large cloth will cut off
> the air for moderate-sized fires (you'd be surprised how much can be
> extinguished quickly!). Where there's fuel spraying and igniting though
> you've got a significant problem and recovery expense, fire extinguisher
> or not. Fortunately this is preventable in large extent by making sure
> fuel hoses are in good shape and well clamped, something we all do once a
> season right? <g> Well, I try to anyway. HTH, Norm
>
> --
> If it's good enough for ancient Druids
> Running nekkid through the wuids
> Drinking strange fermented fluids
> It's good enough for me.
>
>
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