Mechanical Failures

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Land Yacht

April 03, 2010, 03:52:07 PM
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This was posted at somethingawful.com. Radiator with a sealed non-venting cap? I don't think you could build enough pressure to do this kind of damage. I don't know if anyone died in it.
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tomslik

#1
April 03, 2010, 07:02:40 PM
seems like i've seen that pic before, caused by a leak in the evaporator.
they say that's what happens when you use a flammable substitute for freon...

no radiator could cause that....
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chimp koose

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April 04, 2010, 02:09:16 AM
Ive seen a similar picture from a truck that stored a leaking acetylene cyl in the cab overnight.

PeterR

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April 04, 2010, 04:57:50 AM
Quote from: "chimp koose"Ive seen a similar picture from a truck that stored a leaking acetylene cyl in the cab overnight.

This is it.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSbohasKM_Q

Report from the newspaper later the same day.

Two apprentices today revealed details of their lucky escape when the plumber's van exploded in the driveway of a home in suburban Melbourne.

Apprentices Luke Stokell, 23, and Luke Clark, 17, were opening the van with a remote device when it blew up.

Mr Stokell, of Patterson Lakes, said he ducked down as the van turned into a fireball about 6am.

"I was in heaps of shock. I just ducked down. I just sort of saw the fire and got out of there," he said.

Mr Stokell said he usually unlocked the van with a key, but this morning had opened it with a remote central locking device.

UGLY OLDS

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April 04, 2010, 01:49:34 PM
We had to repair a Ford Econline that had that issue ..  :?    Driver was a refrigeration repair guy for a restaurant chain & had charged his R-12 system with his own freon supply found in the back of the truck.. ( It was from "South of the Border") ... Flamed ( literally) the dashboard when the evaporator failed .... :shock:

As I remember, we had arranged to evac & chrge it 3 days before.....He didn't have time ..... :roll:


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Harry

#5
April 05, 2010, 12:58:04 PM
Propane will work as a refrigerant.
But I don't think I would do it.

348tripower

#6
April 06, 2010, 02:06:21 PM
To me it is awful disturbing that refrigerants are allowed to be sold with a propellant in them to begin with. :shock:
Don Colliau

UGLY OLDS

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April 06, 2010, 05:07:24 PM
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Quote from: "348tripower"To me it is awful disturbing that refrigerants are allowed to be sold with a propellant in them to begin with. :shock:


In our case, IIRC, our incident happened just as the price of R-12 spiked after manufacturing stopped in the USA... :?

  Lots of folks were bringing up tanks of "R-12" from Mexico.....Nobody ever really knew what they were getting ........It's surprising we never saw more problems ...   :roll:

We heard of funny stuff too.....A truck in New York City  that would cruise long term parking garages ...Get under hoods & vacume A/C systems dry...   :shock:


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Carnut

#8
April 06, 2010, 06:00:40 PM
Does look like a propane explosion, either in the A/C system or a propane fuel system leak.
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