Thread: How to help prevent your car from burning to the ground - A real life example.
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Old 05-20-2013, 08:01 AM
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Great info CARL!!!




I once made a 140ish blast in the Nomad -- and then started to smell really strong fuel oders... by the time I pulled off I-5 and opened the hood -- the entire intake was SWIMMING in fuel!!! OMG!!! That is a scary sight and almost anything could cause it to ignite with a horrible whoosh!


The fuel rail retaining clip had slipped off and caused the fuel rail to lift off the #1 injector!

From then on -- the two forward clips are ALWAYS pushed in place from the FRONT to the back.... never from the back forward. The two rear most clips are the opposite. It may just have been a poor job by the builder (me) and not seated correctly --- or it may have worked loose from the airflow pushing it off.
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