Fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!
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Cruising
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Texarkana Arkansas
Fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!
I was pulling into my yard and my buddy was behind me he started honking his horn and yelling your car is on fire, I got out and he had the water hose and started spraying under my car on the passenger side for a total of about a minute to get the flames out....I will let yall know the damage tomorrow....Cross your fingers for me.....Thanks Don 
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From: Germany
Passenger side ... sounds like transmission fluid on the hot exhaust. My ex '91 C4 caught fire this way. That happened at a speed of 50 mph and the original reason was the leaking dip stick gasket. The fire burnt a hole into the tranny tunnel ... the dry powder and water made me parting out the Vette. The fire burnt only one or two minutes 
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From: St. Peters MO Sometimes you have to prove yourself by doing alot of killing or alot of dying...
At least you got a cool neighbor who would help ya like that. Many of my neighbors would have just sat there and watched it burn
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From: Lenoir City TN
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
Originally Posted by ALLT4
Geeze, when you find out why please report back so we all know what to watch out for.
Hope it's not too major.
Hope it's not too major.
Let us know what to look for.
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From: Las Vegas Nevada
Be sure to look at the fuel line where it goes from metal to rubber and back to metal at the front corner of the engine on the passenger side. I almost lost my former '85 when mine decided to spring a leak at the crimp or no apparent reason spewing gas all over the header. Luckely it was first thing in the morning and the exhaust was not yet hot.
First thing I do when I buy a C4 now is replace the pressure line from the filter to the fuel rail and the return line from the banjo fitting next to the filter to the fuel rail with aeroquip braided stainless with proper fittings. A couple of hundred bucks but it's stronger than any standard line which is now 20+ years old on some cars and crimped rubber/metal fittings only last so long.
Glad you saved yours!
First thing I do when I buy a C4 now is replace the pressure line from the filter to the fuel rail and the return line from the banjo fitting next to the filter to the fuel rail with aeroquip braided stainless with proper fittings. A couple of hundred bucks but it's stronger than any standard line which is now 20+ years old on some cars and crimped rubber/metal fittings only last so long.
Glad you saved yours!
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From: anacortes washington
Originally Posted by kwik_ta
At least you got a cool neighbor who would help ya like that. Many of my neighbors would have just sat there and watched it burn
Ya got to move man!
see ya on the road
