GeGe6 Donating Members 1,978 Member For: 12y 7m 22d Gender: Male Location: Perth, SOR Posted 01/09/14 05:43 AM Share Posted 01/09/14 05:43 AM Well my old's have been traveling in there BA XT 2004.The car has done 190,000 and has always been well looked after.On Saturday they where pulling there small caravan about 7km from Jurian Bay WA when they noted a car flashing head lights behind them.A couple of Km's later they found a safe spot to pull over as the car had started to surge.When they stopped they found the rear underside of the car on fire.Thanks to the help of another passer by they managed to unhitch the caravan, and knock down the fames with two extinguishers.The fire brigade attended and inspected and said that they where both very lucky indeed. They said it was possibly moments away from engulfing the car, as it had burnt through the boot. It had also started to ignite the back seat!The car had work done on broken exhaust bracket in Canarvon before leaving that day.You would think a leak would be noticed by the mechanic while it was on the hoist.At this stage they are not sure what has happened to cause the fire. So is there some known problem with fuel lines or tanks splitting in the BA?Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,327 Member For: 19y 5m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 01/09/14 05:45 AM Share Posted 01/09/14 05:45 AM Possible welding repair under the car and a fire soon after seem a tad suspicious to me. Exhaust guy burnt a hole in something he shouldn't have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeGe6 Donating Members 1,978 Member For: 12y 7m 22d Gender: Male Location: Perth, SOR Posted 01/09/14 05:47 AM Author Share Posted 01/09/14 05:47 AM Yeh.Are the tanks plastic or metal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnz Member 3,047 Member For: 11y 3m 9d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 01/09/14 05:49 AM Share Posted 01/09/14 05:49 AM Its a type of plastic yeah, so bit of slag would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,327 Member For: 19y 5m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 01/09/14 05:52 AM Share Posted 01/09/14 05:52 AM Plastic, as are the lines on the tank. Unlikely welding slag would burn a hole in the tank as they are pretty robust. Wouldn't be hard to burn a hole in the breather lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeGe6 Donating Members 1,978 Member For: 12y 7m 22d Gender: Male Location: Perth, SOR Posted 01/09/14 05:52 AM Author Share Posted 01/09/14 05:52 AM Welding was done two days before.So no recalls on BA's or the like for faults? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeGe6 Donating Members 1,978 Member For: 12y 7m 22d Gender: Male Location: Perth, SOR Posted 02/09/14 07:16 AM Author Share Posted 02/09/14 07:16 AM So headed up to Jurian Bay to pick up the old folks caravan.While I was there went to check out their car, and got some pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 16y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 02/09/14 08:44 AM Share Posted 02/09/14 08:44 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,327 Member For: 19y 5m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/09/14 09:38 AM Share Posted 02/09/14 09:38 AM Dibs on the ranchero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 16y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 02/09/14 10:31 AM Share Posted 02/09/14 10:31 AM id prefer the el camino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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