If the lines are tight the only other thing I can think of is a stuck float,
but turning off the power should have stopped that, unless it filled up the
intake when you were cranking for oil pressure and then ignited when you
turned on the sparklers.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "John Goodman" <ggl205@yahoo.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: Camaro fire...
> Couple of questions there John.... Yes I've had an in-flight fire in a
> Helicopter.... and it didn't scare me near as much as this one.... it was
> just a fuel line issue and I was at a hover.... the crew chief on the
ground
> who had just seen me off had it out before the blades stopped turning....
>
> The first carb fire Tonya had wasn't near as bad as this.... it was caused
> from the distributor timing and her pumping the throttle to keep it
> running.... just back fired and caught the air cleaner.... we fixed the
> distributor 3 months ago and it's not been a problem since...
>
> This one wasn't associated with that at all.... something was flowing a
> massive amount of fuel onto the ground.... cause everytime I had it under
> control it restarted and kept burning..... bout the only thing I can think
> of that would do that is the float bowl vents.... none of the lines are
> loose.... I've already checked that....
>
> Oh well.... it's worse then I thought on further inspection the car's
really
> hurt pretty bad....
>
> I'm going to sleep on this and start sorting out what it means to me in
the
> morning...
>
> K
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Goodman <ggl205@yahoo.com>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Camaro fire...
>
>
> > Keith:
> >
> > With all the Camaro fires, it is beginning to look
> > like Kevlar Nomex work overalls are in order (purple,
> > of course). Ever have something like that happen at
> > 10K feet?
> >
> > John
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