Just used the one I carry in my truck yesterday. Trying to start my 88 S-10 from winter issues. Finally got it running but noticed little wiff of smoke from steering column. Interesting. Shut it off and went to look at engine compartment. Flames at bottom below steering column. Oh ****, 50 feet from house, what do I do. Oh yea got that one in my other truck 30 feet away, grab it and problem taken care of. Standing there being thankful and it flairs up again, another shot from the FE and problem solved. Only started carrying a FE in truck a few years ago, glad I did. Needless to say, several more FE will be added around the house and put in the vehicles. Went out about two hours later and engine cranks and started for a second before I shut it off quickly.l Now I will need to fully inspect and see what damage has been done. Since I have not driven it for about 4 months, I guess a little while longer will not matter.
A little story on why a FE is a MUST HAVE SHOP ITEM
Years ago I was working in a gas station with a one bay shop. The shop was small and nothing fancy.
So a VW comes in with a starting problem..... Mech is working on the car and I am now getting a gasoline delivery via a tractor trailer. Well the gas tank vents are only 10 feet off the ground and well it looks like the road on a hot day ... all fumes....
All of a sudden the mech says FIRE... well this is not a good thing..... I get the FE and well the yellow bug was white inside and out but the fire in the bug was out and no Kaboom ..... I get the gas delivery done and at the end of the day the bug went home with its owner and he asked us if it was a new thing to get your car back washed and vacuumed with every repair?
Even before that I was about 13 yrs old and well one of my buddys boat gas tank got a hole in it... So he get the welder out and removes the cap and puts some water in the tank and starts to go at the tank and well KABOOM ...... Fast forward to Monday at school and he looks like a Mummy and has two eye slits and a hole to drink from a straw.. After the Mummy wrap is off not one mark. Acted like a flash burn and took off a lawyer of skin ...... Lucky....
Hey at 13 we were not a wise group lol no money for a new one had torch = easy fix in our minds lol we had to save our $$ for gasoline high test Amoco white gas (unleaded) was only $0.30 a gallon... after this learning curve we used dry ice in side the can much safer