[T3] Car fires and starters.

[William McInerney]

Baking soda may be a good thing. Muddy swamp water and a coffee cup was all I had;-)
 
> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:00:35 -0700
> From: j_jonik at yahoo.com
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: [T3] Car fires and starters.
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> Fires:     Long ago, my father always carried Baking Soda in the car precisely to put out any car fires.  He never needed it for himself but rode to the rescue of, I think, two others on his way to and from work.     I haven't tried it to test.
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>    Water may not be the best thing for a gas fire. The flaming gas will float.
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> Starters:
>       Often when starter is found to be stuck, one may be nicely parked between two other cars.  If you're on a slope or even flat ground...sure, bump start.  Otherwise, hope you're not parked over a big puddle, and that you have a ground cloth or work shirt, and do the tap tap.
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>    PS:  That ground cloth, if not too oil-soaked, would smother the fires that break out after you get the car going.
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