Blackie
RMS Regular
Aw man! I’m devastated for you!
Ah no way. Did it just go up all of a sudden or what?
Absolutely it’s a trauma! As you have alluded to, it’s an old friend, it’s something you’re massively invested in emotionally and physically/financially.Yeah didn’t take long. Even with the keys withdrawn from the barrel I still went to boot as there’s a cut off switch in the spare wheel well. Climbed underneath her & snipped the feed for the fuel pump. Anything to stop feeding fuel to the fire.
On an unrelated note I’ve only just managed to eat food now. It’s astounding how the mind & body works. Must’ve been some sort of trauma I guess.
Fair play for reacting like that. I'd have just cacked myself and not know what to do to be honest. I'm sure it will take a while to get over the shock of it alright!Yeah didn’t take long. Even with the keys withdrawn from the barrel I still went to boot as there’s a cut off switch in the spare wheel well. Climbed underneath her & snipped the feed for the fuel pump. Anything to stop feeding fuel to the fire.
On an unrelated note I’ve only just managed to eat food now. It’s astounding how the mind & body works. Must’ve been some sort of trauma I guess.
Correct Kev & @svensktoppen.
It was along the fuel rail. Braided hoses so a bit surprised. No potential of abrasion either. Dickie regulator possibly.
There was 4 of us doing what appeared to be a some sort of tribal dance around it.Fair play for reacting like that. I'd have just cacked myself and not know what to do to be honest. I'm sure it will take a while to get over the shock of it alright!
The term braided hoses covers a wide range.
Problem with that, is braided rubber hoses are utter ***** and there have been many cases where they pish fuel out and I think it's even been mentioned here before ? Paul from Bangor I think ? And a few other cases I've heard of. And not even from fittings, literally the hose along its length.
IMO Never ever use any type of rubber hose with a stainless overbraid on it, as it leaves you no way to assess the actual hose condition inside. And I think a lot of cases were actually branded Aeroquip hose, so not even generic or cheap stuff.
If you must use a braided hose, always teflon.
What regulator was it and what methods of connection ?
And always carry at least one fire dry powder extinguisher. PAS pump is over that side too....PAS fluid is extremely flammable, but would need a good source of heat to set it off.
Hopefully you can rebuild ok, it really does look like those guys with the extinguishers saved you.
Assume there are no mods that the assessor doesn’t know about? They can use any minor excuse to raise an issue.
There was 4 of us doing what appeared to be a some sort of tribal dance around it.
I put some rhythm into it by shouting erratic orders to the heavy set middle aged gentlemen.
Braided hoses & carcoons can join the list of ‘for f*ck all’ along with clearasil.
Teflon braided are fine ( although I hate the stainless overbraid ), it's just rubber hoses with a stainless overbraid.. The ecu should have shut the fuel pump off when the engine stopped turning too as the relay is controlled via the ecu ( plus the inertia switch ).
But although overkill.....another good reason for a full battery isolator/disconnect switch over and above simply stopping fuel moving.
Hopefully you get to assess things soon, and you can get repairs underway.
I totally get the over reaction at the time Stevie mate but if there was a Roman catapult at hand (trebuchet) she’d have been getting hooked up to the towing eye & flung into the sea.
We could talk braided hoses all night but I’d prefer to finish this bottle of red then head to bed.