928 burns to the ground

[colt45]

Originally Posted by paulfromtulsa

that sucks

x2

never heard of that happening.

[unitfreebie]

Old (circa 197800 German rubber... O-rings and Fuel lines... does not like ethenol mixture in gas which causes gas leak from gas tank/fuel filter/accumulator area.

Also the fuel accumulator should be replaced if it is the original as the diaphram will break without warning and gas will squirt of the right wheel well at the psi of the fuel pump until engine is turned off or it catches fire!!!

[pcar993]

Originally Posted by 05997S

My next door neighbors' 928 caught fire and burned out a week ago. It was a really mint car, can't remember what year but white on white with black piping. He would like to find another, prefers a GT if anyone has seen any avail.

Sorry no pics, he thinks the fire was a result of a fuel leak that the dealer had supposedly fixed a few weeks prior.

holy cow, thats exactly what happened to my 928S4. Fuel line leak that the dealer supposedly fixed.. One month later i saw my car burn. Ill have to find some pics of that and scan it. Sad to hear another one end that way.

[unitfreebie]

Did you ever have the fuel accumulator replaced? If so was it a new or used one?

[pcar993]

Originally Posted by unitfreebie

Did you ever have the fuel accumulator replaced? If so was it a new or used one?

I truthfully dont remember the details of what the problem was and what got replaced. This was 15 years ago and i can barely remember what i did yesterday hahaha I was just happy that my insurance took care of it. I do clearly remember smelling fuel in teh engine bay which is why i took it to the dealer. Im pretty sure 15 years ago they probably didnt know it was the fuel accumulator. Now that few cars have already burned, we all know the problem more than the dealers would know i bet.

[unitfreebie]

The fire in your car , if it originated in the engine compartment, was not from the broken diaphram of the fuel accumulator as it is located next to the fuel filter in front of the right rear wheel well. I am curious as to which fuel line failed in the engine compartment?

But the fuel leakage was due to the ethanol introduced into the exygenated gas fuel about 15-20 years ago... a lot of cars developed fuel leaks at that time.

Somehow the gas companies got absolved of any responsibility.. maybe they had good lawyers... and put the responsibility onto the poor unsuspecting car owners!

You were very lucky... imagine what would have happened if the fire had started while the car was in the garage?

[TheStig]

My fuel pump check valve, filter and fittings started leaking since they did the Ethanol conversion too. I hate ethanol. Luckily it's fixed.

[dan87951]

Thats a bummer? Do they know what caused it?

[grawe]

boo hoo!!!!

[Nicksta]

The same fate that awaits many Ferraris.