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can power steering fluid catch fire?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:08 pm
by Alex
hi all,
just wondering, because my ps rack is leaking a fair bit of ps fluid onto the headers and smoking quite bad. Can this catch fire?
i will fix it soon
alex
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:17 pm
by 90brumby
yes alex it can OIL plus head = fire im sure u would enjoy the fire anyway
MAYBE add some P.S stop leak to it
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:22 pm
by littlewhiteute
Any oil will burn, fix it quickly, or avoid driving it 'till you do, or it may be too late.
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:23 pm
by Alex
dang it! knew i shouldnt have chopped the heat shrouds off the headers
alex
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:07 pm
by AlpineRaven
it'll burn it off but wont ignite, happened to me once and it filled up spark plug hole and wasn't firing properly.... yeah get it fixed asap because one day you wont have any power steering at all as it'll leak after you try to fill it up.
Cheers
AP
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:34 pm
by Matatak
and whereabouts is ur rack leaking from Alex??
no it wont cause a fire under ur car jsut smoke like crap
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:48 pm
by Alex
its leaking from the inner side of the drivers side boot. strait onto the headers
and yes ive seen the smoke. Made me run for the fire extinguisher the first time it happened
alex
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:50 pm
by Matatak
Alex wrote:its leaking from the inner side of the drivers side boot. strait onto the headers
and yes ive seen the smoke. Made me run for the fire extinguisher the first time it happened
alex
then tighten the boot up lol.
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:51 pm
by Alex
Matatak wrote:then tighten the boot up lol.
but i'll get alll dirrrttyyy waaaaaaa
alex
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:54 pm
by Matatak
Alex wrote:but i'll get alll dirrrttyyy waaaaaaa
alex
pffft.
sounds right u not doin sumthin lol
ask dave nicely
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:56 pm
by Alex
Matatak wrote:pffft.
sounds right u not doin sumthin lol
ask dave nicely
get lost
alex
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:23 pm
by SuBaRiNo
Alex not sure if you were there that day... but i burst a power steering hose in my car when i was doing donuts at 90 achres... no fire... LOTS of heat and PS oil though.
I would agree... smoke a lot but not actually ignite. Im surprised you boys aint tryed to ignite it already just to see what happens.
Dave
Dave
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:11 am
by Subafury
SuBaRiNo wrote:Alex not sure if you were there that day... but i burst a power steering hose in my car when i was doing donuts at 90 achres... no fire... LOTS of heat and PS oil though.
I would agree... smoke a lot but not actually ignite. Im surprised you boys aint tryed to ignite it already just to see what happens.
Dave
Dave
WELL ACTUALLY....
this happened to 4muff a few weeks ago. i wasnt there - currently bogged- but after creaming some hill climbs someone says to brendan- "youre on fire" to which brendan replies - 'yeh i know thanks" , "no the car is on fire!!"
and dave werent you in rockham when u did all those nuts- i have a pic somewhere...
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:31 am
by AndrewT
I seem to remember chucking some PS fluid in that bonfire a few months back, can't remember what happened tho. All I know is the grass still won't grow in that little area...
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:07 am
by SuBaRiNo
My PS hose burst at 90 Achres... aftwards we drove to rockingham... still leaking.
Dave
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:29 am
by Fatz
i cut my powersteering lines with a grinder, still fluid in there. smoke, but no flames
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:33 am
by Matatak
Subafury wrote:WELL ACTUALLY....
this happened to 4muff a few weeks ago. i wasnt there - currently bogged- but after creaming some hill climbs someone says to brendan- "youre on fire" to which brendan replies - 'yeh i know thanks" , "no the car is on fire!!"
and dave werent you in rockham when u did all those nuts- i have a pic somewhere...
LOL i was gonna bring that up but that was actually only the Rack boot on drivers side which caught on fire. got so hot went molten and red.
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:46 am
by The Bigfella
Engine oil on the headers will ignite (ask me how I know) - can't see any reason why power steering oil would be any different.
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:44 pm
by El_Freddo
The Bigfella wrote:Engine oil on the headers will ignite (ask me how I know) - can't see any reason why power steering oil would be any different.
Higher flash point?
Bennie
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:48 pm
by Matatak
The Bigfella wrote:Engine oil on the headers will ignite (ask me how I know) - can't see any reason why power steering oil would be any different.
needs alot of heat but.
if this was in ur Beamer race car then id expect it wuld have alot more heat on the headers than our cars.
or am i mixing u up with someone else
lol