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The cerb is in for the MOT at a friendly place. Just called to ask how things are going to be told I have a massive fuel leak. Fuel is spraying over the engine so they had to stop the MOT test!!! They are waiting to get it on the ramp I'll let you know where the leak is coming from.
John
John
Hi All
I agree the car has been off the road for a while with clutch etc charged the battery up at the weekend and ran it on the drive to check it over and all seemed well. Booked the MOT and drove there last and all seemed fine no smell or anything. Thank God they spotted it and did not leave it sitting there while doing the tests!!!
I'll post where the leak is so you can check your own.
John
I agree the car has been off the road for a while with clutch etc charged the battery up at the weekend and ran it on the drive to check it over and all seemed well. Booked the MOT and drove there last and all seemed fine no smell or anything. Thank God they spotted it and did not leave it sitting there while doing the tests!!!
I'll post where the leak is so you can check your own.
John
Touching Cloth said:
Yet another reminder that I really should go and buy myself a decent sized fire extinguisher. Keep reading threads that make be think I should and yet still never get around to it. Might just order one online, demon tweeks or similar I guess.
I bet the mecahnics were touching cloth when they saw the fuel leak
This is one of the things that really narks me about TVR's. If anyone has ever put a kit car through an SVA they'll know that the Cerb lets pipes rest almost everywhere in the engine bay. In an SVA test all those pipes have to be secured every few inches.
The Cerb wouldn't get through an SVA
The Cerb wouldn't get through an SVA
A few months ago my cerb developed a missfire and loss of power. Took it home and couldnt find anything wrong with it. But then when i was cleaning the engine there was a pool of fuel in the v. Basicly when running there was a fine spray of fuel comming out of the main injector rail. When i took this rail off there was a hole where the nozzles have been welded to the rail. Every nozzle(not sure this is a good word to use??) had this same problem to a lesser extent. I took it to my local fabricators who basicly re-welded them. Just thought it was worth knowiing that a cerb fuel rail seems to be flawed! worth checking.
mike
mike
itsallyellow said:
A few months ago my cerb developed a missfire and loss of power. Took it home and couldnt find anything wrong with it. But then when i was cleaning the engine there was a pool of fuel in the v. Basicly when running there was a fine spray of fuel comming out of the main injector rail. When i took this rail off there was a hole where the nozzles have been welded to the rail. Every nozzle(not sure this is a good word to use??) had this same problem to a lesser extent. I took it to my local fabricators who basicly re-welded them. Just thought it was worth knowiing that a cerb fuel rail seems to be flawed! worth checking.
mike
mike
What tipped you off, the overwhelming smell of fuel in the cabin, or the fuel consumption in single figures.
and double About a week after I bought mine I smelt petrol whilst visiting my parents, opened the bonnet to find a nice pressurised fine mist of petrol spraying onto the hot exhaust
After a couple of minutes of absolute panic (the main reason I went out and bought an extinguisher TC) we sorced it to the fuel pipe having been chaffed by the fan belt as it had been laid up next to it. Nice AA man cut out the hole and re-fed the pipe well away from danger.
After a couple of minutes of absolute panic (the main reason I went out and bought an extinguisher TC) we sorced it to the fuel pipe having been chaffed by the fan belt as it had been laid up next to it. Nice AA man cut out the hole and re-fed the pipe well away from danger.
I am thinking about putting together a fire ext kit ie a fire ext PLUS a specially made bracket that will hold an extinguisher in place behind the passenger seat. It could either be screwed/bolted in place or possibly wedged in place ie there is a fair old lip under the rear seat squab that could be used to hold one in place.
Actually fellas, as I work for an agricultural insurer this very thing reminds me of the problems we had with numerous combine harvester engine fires though chaff landing on the exhaust manifold resulting in eager ignition and combustion in the engine bay.
The reason I mention it is that our company at the time were instrumental in developing and marketing an engine bay fire extinguishing system which if I recall was a pressurised cannister containing a gaseous extinguishing agent (was halon at the time but probably FM200 or Inergen now)and feeding from this was a pressurised plastic hose tracing around the inside of the engine bay. On any excess heat issue or contact with the tubing, the tubing would fail and automatically release the extinguishing agent.
Most effective from memory and if I recall correctly was around the £200 mark professionaly fitted.
I wonder of something similar exists - must do in some form for dragsters, high octane fuel race cars etc.
What you really don't want to have to do is if a fire starts in the bay, leap out of the car, open the bonnet and let in even more oxygen to fuel the fire whilst trying to use a hand held extinguisher - preferably CO2 for less water damage but remember to not hold the nozzle with your bear hands as you will loose skin!!
Best wishes
The reason I mention it is that our company at the time were instrumental in developing and marketing an engine bay fire extinguishing system which if I recall was a pressurised cannister containing a gaseous extinguishing agent (was halon at the time but probably FM200 or Inergen now)and feeding from this was a pressurised plastic hose tracing around the inside of the engine bay. On any excess heat issue or contact with the tubing, the tubing would fail and automatically release the extinguishing agent.
Most effective from memory and if I recall correctly was around the £200 mark professionaly fitted.
I wonder of something similar exists - must do in some form for dragsters, high octane fuel race cars etc.
What you really don't want to have to do is if a fire starts in the bay, leap out of the car, open the bonnet and let in even more oxygen to fuel the fire whilst trying to use a hand held extinguisher - preferably CO2 for less water damage but remember to not hold the nozzle with your bear hands as you will loose skin!!
Best wishes
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