Bennoz FTO... almost incinerated!
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:12 pm
So Im having one of those 'sensational' driving days, belting my way out of Newcastle this arvo (within legal limits of course 
) and Im about to hit the on-ramp for the F3, and smoke starts billowing from my dash.... 
Oh f*ck is my first thought - then smoke starts billowing from the centre console, rear seat, boot & from under the bonnet... thick white smoke.
I pull over in a real hurry, the big brakes haul me up quick smart, I jump out as I can hardly see or breath in the car & try and asses the situation. After getting past the first panic thought of "Oh god, Im a million miles from help, or a hose! Im gonna watch the car burn to the ground...."
I thought about it & the only thing that runs from engine bay to boot that could burn is fuel lines.... or the power lead for the amp!!! so I race under the bonnet & snip the sizzling amp line with my cutters (had my work bag full of tools with me) and run back to the car. I see a small flame from next to my seat I clicked & remembered the bottle of water I bought some 30 minutes earlier & start dosing the singeing sections in the car. I pop the boot & do the same. Just enough water in the bottle to do the job....
Crisis averted.... my coronary condition returns to normal & I wipe the sh*t out my undies. Closer inspection reveals what had happened - during a spirited trip through a round about, my sub has slid hard across the boot & ripped out the wiring from the amp (I though the stereo seemed a little tinny) and bridged the amp power lead to the magnet on the base of one of the 6x9s...
Lesson learnt? Bennoz can strip & rebuild an engine in a day, but give him a wire & he trys to hide. Electronics is not my strong point!
And for those that have loose subs or amps in the boot.... mount them!
Will strip out the innards tomorrow & asses the damage
) and Im about to hit the on-ramp for the F3, and smoke starts billowing from my dash.... Oh f*ck is my first thought - then smoke starts billowing from the centre console, rear seat, boot & from under the bonnet... thick white smoke.
I pull over in a real hurry, the big brakes haul me up quick smart, I jump out as I can hardly see or breath in the car & try and asses the situation. After getting past the first panic thought of "Oh god, Im a million miles from help, or a hose! Im gonna watch the car burn to the ground...."
I thought about it & the only thing that runs from engine bay to boot that could burn is fuel lines.... or the power lead for the amp!!! so I race under the bonnet & snip the sizzling amp line with my cutters (had my work bag full of tools with me) and run back to the car. I see a small flame from next to my seat
I clicked & remembered the bottle of water I bought some 30 minutes earlier & start dosing the singeing sections in the car. I pop the boot & do the same. Just enough water in the bottle to do the job....Crisis averted.... my coronary condition returns to normal & I wipe the sh*t out my undies. Closer inspection reveals what had happened - during a spirited trip through a round about, my sub has slid hard across the boot & ripped out the wiring from the amp (I though the stereo seemed a little tinny) and bridged the amp power lead to the magnet on the base of one of the 6x9s...
Lesson learnt? Bennoz can strip & rebuild an engine in a day, but give him a wire & he trys to hide. Electronics is not my strong point!
And for those that have loose subs or amps in the boot.... mount them!
Will strip out the innards tomorrow & asses the damage
