can power steering fluid catch fire?

Post by **Alex** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:08 pm

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

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:17 pm

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

littlewhiteute · Post by **littlewhiteute** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:22 pm

Any oil will burn, fix it quickly, or avoid driving it 'till you do, or it may be too late.

Post by **Alex** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:23 pm

dang it! knew i shouldnt have chopped the heat shrouds off the headers

alex

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:07 pm

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

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:34 pm

and whereabouts is ur rack leaking from Alex??
no it wont cause a fire under ur car jsut smoke like crap

Post by **Alex** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:48 pm

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

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:50 pm

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.

Post by **Alex** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:51 pm

Matatak wrote:then tighten the boot up lol.

but i'll get alll dirrrttyyy waaaaaaa

alex

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:54 pm

Alex wrote:but i'll get alll dirrrttyyy waaaaaaa

alex

pffft.
sounds right u not doin sumthin lol

ask dave nicely

Post by **Alex** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:56 pm

Matatak wrote:pffft.
sounds right u not doin sumthin lol

ask dave nicely

get lost

alex

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:23 pm

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

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:11 am

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...

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:31 am

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...

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:07 am

My PS hose burst at 90 Achres... aftwards we drove to rockingham... still leaking.

Dave

Fatz · Post by **Fatz** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:29 am

i cut my powersteering lines with a grinder, still fluid in there. smoke, but no flames

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:33 am

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.

The Bigfella · Post by **The Bigfella** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:46 am

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.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:44 pm

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

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:48 pm

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