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on starting the Tuscan on sat.clouds of acrid smoke billowed out from under the bonnet,i was convinced I was on fire!!,but the smoke died down and finally stopped,not daring to try starting again I had it towed to big col.
anyone else experienced anything like this? hasn't been looked at yet.
anyone else experienced anything like this? hasn't been looked at yet.
Ahh that was yours Benny!
I dropped mine off yesterday and was having a chat about yours whilst waiting for my lift. He hadnt had a chance to have a proper look at it, but wasnt overly concerned about it, meaning fingers crossed you shouldnt have sleepness nights over the fix!
Anyway, not a huge help, but Col will see you straight and fingers crossed youll be back on the road soon enough without a gaping hole in your wallet!
I dropped mine off yesterday and was having a chat about yours whilst waiting for my lift. He hadnt had a chance to have a proper look at it, but wasnt overly concerned about it, meaning fingers crossed you shouldnt have sleepness nights over the fix!
Anyway, not a huge help, but Col will see you straight and fingers crossed youll be back on the road soon enough without a gaping hole in your wallet!
benny4x said:
your very nearly spot on nick!
thanks to colin at tvrsw problems sorted already many thanks to him
the problem was a sticking injector,which flooded the throttle body with petrol and then
caught fire I had a 5" round hole burnt through the air filter,lucky escape I think
Aaah! Guess how I knew! Luckily, I had my bonnet open, and source was fairly obvious. When I took the top off the air box I too had a circular burnt patch adjacent to body No.3 - just the wire mesh of the air filter in that area.thanks to colin at tvrsw problems sorted already many thanks to him
the problem was a sticking injector,which flooded the throttle body with petrol and then
caught fire I had a 5" round hole burnt through the air filter,lucky escape I think
I guess by giving it a blip on the throttle after starting...with 'normal' fuelling, the rush of air effectively 'blew' the fire out.
Nick
I well I was in the embarrassing position of right slap bang in front of the doors of a large retail shop,i had pictures of having to evacuate the shop get the cars either side of me to move ect!!! might have made the local paper lol.
I think being in the air box the fire just sort of starved itself of air?
I think being in the air box the fire just sort of starved itself of air?
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