FIRE SUPPRESSION - Every Vehicle Needs Something

[New Holland Overland]

This past weekend was a time I was thankful for a fire extinguisher in my truck

During a high speed run through some whoop sections on a trail we blew out the passenger front king bumpstop which sprayed its shock fluid onto a super hot header which started a small fire in our engine bay. We were super fortunate to see and identify the fire quickly which was lucky to be easily accessible from the inside of the fender well. Ended up using the entire H3R Maxout extinguisher because the shock fluid kept re-igniting from the hot exhaust. Which the powder from the canister got everywhere (see photos). Once the fire was put out we opened up the engine bay and stuffed snow in the area of the fire to cool down all surfaces and to snuff out any chance of a re-ignite.

*Theres no damage to anything in the engine bay from the fire, only damage is a blown out bumpstop. Which is super lucky

I was thankful I was prepared with the proper fire suppression equipment to put out a decent sized fire, and also I had a group of friends on our trail ride who rushed over and helped in every capacity with their fire extinguishers as well.

PLEASE... be prepared in your vehicle with good fire suppression equipment. Its an absolute must even if your doing light wheeling or even just putsing around town!

*Photos show the mess of the dry-chem powder after the fire occured. The fire was physically on the CAT of the downpipe on the passenger side (You can see the dark spot of the where the fire was)

 

[mgmyota]

I always keep one in the truck. Just like your incident, you never know when you might need it

 

[NMBruce]

I keep one in my truck and car, right now I have the Element - Fire Extinguishers, easy to mount and doesn’t take up much room. In my trailer is another extinguisher

 

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[New Holland Overland]

Sorry to hear about that, what caused bumpstop the blow out? Is this a typical problem with bumpstops?

Not usually common with hydraulic bumpstops no, theyre designed to take a beating. Most likely a piece of dirt or sand got in between the seal and the shaft, or the seal was too worn after a hard dune season that it finally gave out. I still need to tear down the bumpstop to see how the seals are.

 

[StormtrooperPRO]

Damn that’s crazy! Never heard of a bump stop blowing and causing a fire!

 

[NLV Taco]

I am shocked at the amount of people that don’t have a fire extinguisher but have thousands in other recovery equipment. Glad to see that damage was minor

 

[StormtrooperPRO]

I am shocked at the amount of people that don’t have a fire extinguisher but have thousands in other recovery equipment. Glad to see that damage was minor

right? I carry a 2.5lb ABC mounted in my bed cage as well as one mounted inside my cab. Especially with the amount of extra lights and a winch and things wired in also....

 

[Oc Taco Charlie Beach Bum]

I just bought one on line after seeing this...

 

[New Holland Overland]

So after some more thorough investigation, we really dont know why the truck caught on fire. The bumpstop is completely fine, no damage and no leaks. Its possible we hit some leftover spilled oil from a previous vehicle or snowmobile or something...so weird though. Id rather know, than this be a mystery

 

[Captqc]

I always carry an extinguisher. I have had a couple of opportunities to use them over the years. Thankfully not on my own vehicle.

 

[fourgotten]

Yikes! Glad that you had that handy.

I've decided to move my little one into the cab and add a big one in the bed or on the rack. Thanks for the reminder to get that second one in place!!

Hope that you suss out the cause.

 

[Captqc]

Here’s a wreck that my son was first on scene. Small extinguisher wouldn’t be enough for this but luckily he got there and pulled the lady out before it was deadly.

 

[jeepnik]

I too carry Element extinguishers. But do yourself a favor and get the E 100 model. The E 50 is good for most stuff, but for an extra 30 bucks I'll carry the E 100. Also, instead of dry powder extinguishers and all that mess, go with a Halon model.