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Andrew Bohan · 10-21-2004, 07:03 PM

my engine is making a lot of blow-by smoke, so i unhooked that hose from the intake. eventually i want a catch can, but in the meantime i was just letting the smoke out into the engine bay, and it would smoke visibly at idle. today when i got to school it was still smoking after i turned it off, so i investigated. my exhaust mani was on fire!! with big yellow flames!!! i guess some oil condensed and dripped onto it and the heat ignited it. so then i went to the store and got some hose. now the blow-by vents to the right front wheel well.
hooray!

**mrmephistopheles** · 10-21-2004, 07:04 PM

did you pee on it to put it out?

Var · 10-21-2004, 07:06 PM

no i peed on him then i told him to put it out.

JDMark · 10-21-2004, 07:08 PM

oh snap. time to upgrade to APC pillar mounted fire extinguisher!

*HaLo* · 10-21-2004, 07:15 PM

That's mean Kevin! How did you put the fire out?

***S14DB*** · 10-21-2004, 07:23 PM

I think its the other hose that's still hooked up to the intake...

Andrew Bohan · 10-21-2004, 10:12 PM

the fire went out by itself after a little bit. i was scurred though. i said "oh noes!"

the other hose that's still on the intake is for idle... nothing to do with blow-by

240silvia · 10-21-2004, 10:22 PM

Glad that you got that shit out man..... I don't know what I would do if my car caught on fire..... mmmmm..... nope, still don't know.

Loofee95SE · 10-21-2004, 10:24 PM

so now...u letting the oil fumes getting to the wheels wells huh?? that sound "VERY SAFE!!!!" (hint)
ur engine obviously have some problem..if its blowing smoke thru the hose from the valve cover.
check ur engine operation don't just cover it with something else....or u will end up with some other major problem......just my .02

240silvia · 10-21-2004, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Loofee95SE

so now...u letting the oil fumes getting to the wheels wells huh?? that sound "VERY SAFE!!!!" (hint)
ur engine obviously have some problem..if its blowing smoke thru the hose from the valve cover.
check ur engine operation don't just cover it with something else....or u will end up with some other major problem......just my .02

Ok there you go, that's what you should do, fix that ish! My car was going that.... and it ended up being that the spark plug gromet gaskets went out. Check your spark plugs.... if they are covered in oil when you take them out..... yup, you have the same problem.

Drunk Bastard · 10-21-2004, 11:06 PM

Fire!!!!!!!11

rancid240 · 10-21-2004, 11:30 PM

My engine was on fire once.
I forgot to put the cap back on after filling up the oil.
Bingo bango about 2 miles later I pulled over and my mani was in flames.
Died out by itself, but i didnt think about peeing on it.

Sirikool · 10-21-2004, 11:36 PM

I hope this never happens to me. Good thing i have fire exstinguishers.

autobahNESSA · 10-22-2004, 09:03 AM

HEY! dont burn up my maf and ecu!!
Are you still running them?
use a 20z bottle for a ctach can. Ive seen it done in other pictures.

glad your car didnt burn down

mjjstang · 10-22-2004, 09:11 AM

yah when I go to work next im buyin a 10 dollar fire extinguisher and putting it in the glove box casue I suure as hell dont trust myself with all the wiring and shit.

Var · 10-22-2004, 09:36 AM

I'm going to buy a fire extiguisher from kragen today for the event tomorrow. Car fires are hard to put out.

***S14DB*** · 10-22-2004, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by i'm driftaholic

the fire went out by itself after a little bit. i was scurred though. i said "oh noes!"

the other hose that's still on the intake is for idle... nothing to do with blow-by

That's the little hose on the bottom(for idle). The red hose that comes from under your intake mani is for evap.

Andrew Bohan · 10-22-2004, 12:22 PM

oh okay.

hey chris, i called you on sunday but no one answered.

idlafie · 10-23-2004, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by westboroughpimp

I'm going to buy a fire extiguisher from kragen today for the event tomorrow. Car fires are hard to put out.

Yep...they sure are...reminds me of the time I went to a drift day event at California Speedway....I see a bunch of guys jumping up & down running around like crazy..then I see the smoke billowing out from underneath the hood of one of the cars that just came off the track. Try as they might, no one was able to get the attention of the firecrew guys sitting in their pit truck a couple hundred feet away. After about 2 minutes, one of the fire guys notice us yelling & waving at him pointing at the car that was about to erupt in flames. Well...by the time he got there the fire was out....funny thing was, it went out by itself...but not at the expense of frying the heck out of the owners wiring harness...thing was toast....car didn't run that day.

Funny how no one bothered to take an extinguisher that day..especially with everyone running the track all knew that catch cans have tendencies to either leak or blow lines & catch fire.....go figure eh?...

ID

autobahNESSA · 10-23-2004, 09:02 AM

You called Andrew? Hmm I never recieved anything. Next time leave a voicemail. My phone is screwed up it will pick up and hang up inavertantly*.
But ya, whats up with this weekend? Next weekend is the meet right?

10-21-2004, 07:03 PM	#1
Andrew Bohan Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,331 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	my engine was on fire my engine is making a lot of blow-by smoke, so i unhooked that hose from the intake. eventually i want a catch can, but in the meantime i was just letting the smoke out into the engine bay, and it would smoke visibly at idle. today when i got to school it was still smoking after i turned it off, so i investigated. my exhaust mani was on fire!! with big yellow flames!!! i guess some oil condensed and dripped onto it and the heat ignited it. so then i went to the store and got some hose. now the blow-by vents to the right front wheel well. hooray!

10-21-2004, 07:08 PM	#4
JDMark Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: redmond, wa Posts: 464 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	oh snap. time to upgrade to APC pillar mounted fire extinguisher! __________________

10-21-2004, 07:15 PM	#5
HaLo from Canada, eh! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Montreal, Quebec Age: 46 Posts: 5,201 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: HaLo Feedback Score: 0 reviews	That's mean Kevin! How did you put the fire out? __________________ -> HaLo Race Car: '98 E36 BMW M3 Daily Drivers: '23 Audi Q4 e-tron & '13 VW Touareg SOLD: 01 GPW Honda S2000 PARTED: 93 Pearl White 240SX LE Fastback w/SR20DET SOLD: 93 Super White 240SX SE Convertible w/Silvia Front

10-21-2004, 07:23 PM	#6
*S14DB* AFC #1 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 昨晩あなたのお母さんの家 Posts: 20,181 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I think its the other hose that's still hooked up to the intake... __________________ Comments should be taken as Opinions not as Statements of Fact

10-21-2004, 10:24 PM	#9
Loofee95SE Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gadsden, AL Posts: 357 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	so now...u letting the oil fumes getting to the wheels wells huh?? that sound "VERY SAFE!!!!" (hint) ur engine obviously have some problem..if its blowing smoke thru the hose from the valve cover. check ur engine operation don't just cover it with something else....or u will end up with some other major problem......just my .02 __________________ I need more Boost!

10-21-2004, 07:06 PM	#3
Var Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Norcal Age: 43 Posts: 5,032 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Var Feedback Score: 0 reviews	no i peed on him then i told him to put it out.

10-21-2004, 10:12 PM	#7
Andrew Bohan Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,331 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	the fire went out by itself after a little bit. i was scurred though. i said "oh noes!" the other hose that's still on the intake is for idle... nothing to do with blow-by

10-21-2004, 10:22 PM	#8
240silvia Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Wilmington NC Age: 40 Posts: 2,060 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Glad that you got that shit out man..... I don't know what I would do if my car caught on fire..... mmmmm..... nope, still don't know.

10-21-2004, 11:06 PM	#11
Drunk Bastard Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,405 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Fire!!!!!!!11

10-21-2004, 11:30 PM	#12
rancid240 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Irvine CA Posts: 2,770 Trader Rating: (72) Feedback Score: 72 reviews	My engine was on fire once. I forgot to put the cap back on after filling up the oil. Bingo bango about 2 miles later I pulled over and my mani was in flames. Died out by itself, but i didnt think about peeing on it.

10-21-2004, 11:36 PM	#13
Sirikool Join Date: May 2004 Location: So Cal Age: 42 Posts: 27 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I hope this never happens to me. Good thing i have fire exstinguishers. __________________

10-22-2004, 09:03 AM	#14
autobahNESSA Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milpitas/Irvine, CA Posts: 1,257 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	HEY! dont burn up my maf and ecu!! Are you still running them? use a 20z bottle for a ctach can. Ive seen it done in other pictures. glad your car didnt burn down

10-22-2004, 09:11 AM	#15
mjjstang Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,654 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	yah when I go to work next im buyin a 10 dollar fire extinguisher and putting it in the glove box casue I suure as hell dont trust myself with all the wiring and shit. __________________ I was going to, but I can not think of a sig less than 75 characters.

10-22-2004, 09:36 AM	#16
Var Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Norcal Age: 43 Posts: 5,032 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Var Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I'm going to buy a fire extiguisher from kragen today for the event tomorrow. Car fires are hard to put out.

10-22-2004, 12:22 PM	#18
Andrew Bohan Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,331 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	oh okay. hey chris, i called you on sunday but no one answered.

10-23-2004, 09:02 AM	#20
autobahNESSA Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milpitas/Irvine, CA Posts: 1,257 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	You called Andrew? Hmm I never recieved anything. Next time leave a voicemail. My phone is screwed up it will pick up and hang up inavertantly*. But ya, whats up with this weekend? Next weekend is the meet right?