
Originally Posted by
Mika
Well, that was an interesting evening...
She was being a little hard to start and I thought, that's a little odd! Then I noticed an orange glow reflecting off the wall I was parked up against. First I thought I'd had the parkers on, then thought HOLY CRAP! Jumped out of the car, popped the bonnet and FLAMES ahoy! Managed to run and grab a fire extinguisher and put it out, but not before the ramflo filter had disintegrated and a large section of bonnet insulation had torched up.
Will have to look at it over the weekend to see what damage has been done other than paint burnt off the firewall and the filter foam. She still runs, but not without the choke engaged, so hopefully the carb isn't damaged in any major way.
Time for a shower to get all the extinguisher foam and fire stench off me!
I shall get some pics to add to the Epic Fail thread...hahaha
epic backfire fail
'07 Touareg V6 TDI with air suspension
'98 Mk3 Cabriolet 2.0 8V
'99 A4 Quattro 1.8T
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