-----Original Message-----
From: JordanVw <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 1:34 AM
Subject: metal engine acess lids/ vanagon engine fires

>yesterday, i saw another burned late model vanagon. an '88. it had an
engine
>fire, and was burned to a crisp.. nothing left.. even the square headlites
>were melted..
>i had thought before about getting a metal engine acess lid from a
aircooled
>van, and dismissed the idea, cuz they were too heavy..
>well, now i've changed my mind...
>the fire entered the van thru the plastic acess lid, quickly...it just
melted
>right thru it.  if the lid had been metal, there might have been some time
to
>save the van.
>anyway, i'm gonna go with the metal one just to be safe..
>
>chris
>