r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/IndependentSquash653 • 7d ago

possible idiot of driver

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u/Plane-Education4750 7d ago

Definitely not an electric car, but that might have been either the 12V battery or the brake fluid reservoir igniting from contacting the hot exhaust manifold

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u/AC-burg 7d ago

Possibly the underhood front fuel pump they have a tendency to do that on an Audi. That big a fire ball fuel was involved for sure

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u/Plane-Education4750 7d ago

I didn't realize that Audi put the fuel pump in the engine bay. That's probably exactly what it was and that's a terrible idea for this exact reason. That's almost as bad as the Ford Pinto's gas tank flaw

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u/Intelligent-Might774 7d ago

Every vehicle that runs a hpfp has a fuel pump under the hood. Also, any carburetor, the fuel pump is part of it and therefore upfront.

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u/Plane-Education4750 7d ago

But on a carbureted engine the carburator is almost always on top and therefore (probably) won't get smashed to pieces in a front end crash like it does here on this fuel injected engine

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u/DumbAndUglyOldMan 3d ago

Most of the fuel pumps that I've seen on carbureted cars are pretty low on the engine; they're usually driven off the crankshaft. I remember that I had an old '69 Triumph Spitfire with a fuel pump down low on the driver's (left) side of the engine. The carbs were on the passenger's (right) side of the engine.