And then it happened to me...
The other morning I tried to start up my yellow 1.6 after it had been sitting for roughly 2 months.
I didn't "fire" up straight away, so left it for 30 min while I picked up the temporary license plates... I did smell some petrol but didn't pay much attention as I thought I had drowned it.
When I came back it started without much effort and didn't show any problems.
I left it in idle to warm up and went to open to garage door.
After a little while in doors I heard a "puff" and the car died... Walked outside to have a look and saw a pretty good fire under the engine bay
Fortunately I had a fire extinguisher nearby (not walking any longer
) and the fire was quickly put out (even though I had my doubt walking close to a petrol car on fire, especially with the petrol tank that close to the fire
)
Seems like the only damage is that pretty much all wires near the engine bay needs replacing... so guess I got lucky
I haven't had time to look closer yet, but would like to remind people why they should allways have a fire extinguisher in the car...
Also the petrol line fittings in the fuel pump seems to be a very weak point, check them before it's to late!!!
I will post pictures when I start the renovation work...
Take care,
Valdemar