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Possible fire danger! 850

posted by  KlausC on  Sun Jul 11 13:39 CST 2021
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For all 850s. Check the fuel line (soft) that goes from the fuel pressure regulator to the hard line (back to the tank). Mine was severely cracked in two places near the hard line. A friend of ours had an engine fire because it failed, the entire car was destroyed.

This is what a new line looks like:







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    Here's the fire damage 850

    posted by  B.B. on  Sun Jul 11 19:59 CST 2021
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    Bummer,

    I had just replaced the heater coupling in the firewall for new heater hoses
    and was laying over the engine working on either side of the top motor mount bracket to do the job. The fire started after a short 3 mile errand. I saw smoke coming out of the hood and pulled off the road. The fire was by the passenger side of the engine bay. It might have been put out easily with a dry chemical fire extinguisher then, which I didn't have. Within minutes the engine bay was an inferno. Maybe that rubber hose at the left end of the rail was the
    fault? There's a heads up for everyone to replace that little hose.

    Bill







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      Here's the fire damage 850

      posted by  mbliss on  Sat Sep 11 12:16 CST 2021
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      Yikes! The last time I replaced that hose, the dealer made certain to get hose meant for the pressure of fuel injected engines. I can see that it also would be easy to get the wrong kind of hose for this.
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      -- '96 850T at about 240K, 2005 XC70 at 100K, 1999 V70 at 200K; gone but not forgotten '97 850T5, '83 244 DL, '81 245 and '64 Amazon







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