RE: [alfa] 164 fuel leaks and fire hazard

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

> >How a modern car can leave the design stage with such an awful fuel 
> >system is beyond my understanding. I have had fuel vapour or raw fuel

> >seepage from my Alfa for the majority of the time I have owned it.
> >
> 
> How many 164s do you know of that have burned as a result of 
> fuel leaks? I'm not asking to be argumentative but, if the 
> burn rate is higher than generally known/assumed, we all need 
> to be aware of it. We've all had the leaks from the rail - 
> often the result of using the wrong diameter hose - and 
> smells of vapor in the pass. compartment but smelling gas and 
> losing your car in a spectacular brew-up like Derek's are not 
> the same thing.

I don't know about 164's, but Milano's certainly went up in flames a
lot, not due to fuel problems but due to debris in the heating ducts.
Seems like Alfa went to the trouble of putting an ignitor in there to
take care of things...

:)

bs
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