Engine Fire
06-22-2002, 04:25 PM
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Okay on my way to work yesterday I smelled that nasty burning electrical smell about that time the car died and I saw smoke billowing out from under the hood. I open it my alternator was black and there was flame right in the center of the engine looked loike it was on top of the lower intake . I know I have to now replace all of my vacuum lines and alternator and probably some elctrical wiring to. any Ideas why this would happen. please help. me
06-22-2002, 04:56 PM
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leaky gas or oil could have collected on the lower intake and ignited from the heat of the engine. If you have insurance you can file a claim and they should take care of it. Make sure to tell them you saw flames and not just smoke. I had a small engine fire in my Jeep a couple of months after I bought it, and the insurance company took car of it with no problem. This was good because if took the shop 2 weeks to repair it and cost over 2000! Actually a couple years after that I had an electrical fire in the Jeep caused from a grounding wire in my dash. It melted the **** out of my harness, BUT the insurance company didn't want to pay for it because I never saw flames, so it wasn't considered a real fire. They eventually reimburse me, but not for the full amount that it actually cost. Luckily a friend of the family did all the work and did not charge me any extra. This was on his spare time however so I didn't have a vehicle for like 6 weeks. The insurance paid like 960, which was a lowball estimate they rounded up. It really should have been twice as much with all the labor.
06-22-2002, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 13BAce' date='Jun 22 2002, 05:57 PM
I would replace the fuel rail with an 89-91 NA rail. It has integrated pulsation damper that won't leak like the 86-88 part.
06-22-2002, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by turborotor' date='Jun 22 2002, 08:22 PM
[quote name='13BAce' date='Jun 22 2002, 05:57 PM']I would replace the fuel rail with an 89-91 NA rail. It has integrated pulsation damper that won't leak like the 86-88 part.
The primary rail seems to fit fine. I was able to bolt a S5 TII primary rail to an 86-88 NA intermediate housing.
06-22-2002, 10:07 PM
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cool guys thanks for all the help I will let you know what I find out tomarrow when I clean off all the chared mess. How much of a pain in the *** is it to replace the wire harness with everything still being in the car.?