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<blockquote data-quote="Moseley" data-source="post: 592621" data-attributes="member: 20098"><p>My personal opinion after speaking to an engineer within the fire business... powder extinguishers are the most likely to extinguish an engine bay fire. The downside, as mentioned, is that they create an almighty mess; but surely this is better than watching your van burn to the ground and gives you as long as possible to remove yourself and others from the van.</p><p></p><p>I'm not convinced by gas extinguishers... at the end of the day, our vans are air cooled and rely on that air flow across the block to cool them. I'm not confident that emptying an inert gas into the engine bay would deplete the oxygen for long enough for a fire to extinguish, especially if it is fuel-fed.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moseley, post: 592621, member: 20098"] My personal opinion after speaking to an engineer within the fire business... powder extinguishers are the most likely to extinguish an engine bay fire. The downside, as mentioned, is that they create an almighty mess; but surely this is better than watching your van burn to the ground and gives you as long as possible to remove yourself and others from the van. I'm not convinced by gas extinguishers... at the end of the day, our vans are air cooled and rely on that air flow across the block to cool them. I'm not confident that emptying an inert gas into the engine bay would deplete the oxygen for long enough for a fire to extinguish, especially if it is fuel-fed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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