HKusp
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- Hampton, Md.
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- Jason
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- 2018 Mustang GT
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I ran down about 2 hours away from home today to Maryland International Raceway for the Racemotive 1/3 of a mile roll racing competition. On the way down I was following a friend of mine in an M8 Competition. That car is fast, and I have a leaking oil pan which is worse when beating on the car. Because of the smoke and smell increasing about a half hour into the ride down, I stopped being hard on the car. So drove an hour+ being easy on the car. Was leaving several hours later, following Havoc_5.0 (Phil) who ran in the races today. He was pulling his car on a trailer, going slow. I was doing 35mph on a winding country road and all of a sudden, the car died, I smell fuel and pull over. I pop the hood and the fitting from the fuel rail on the drivers side is off. I have no idea why or how this happened. I pop it back on, prime the pumps and the car fires right up, so we pour water all over the engine to dilute it, so I don't catch the car on fire. I drive a couple hours with no incidents and make it home. I have not had that fitting disconnected since putting the fuel system on the car about 6-7k miles ago. This fitting popping off, obviously, should never happen and I have a serious confidence issue with it, moving forward, because if it happens crossing a highway, or some other inopportune time, there is going to be a big problem. Any suggestions on how to insure this doesn't happen again?
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