Date: 23 Nov 2001 07:54:59 -0800 From: nutmeggernopsameja.com (Nutmegger) Subject: Re: Fire?
"ctbucky69" wrote > I completely agree with KeithG's assessment - I too had a fire on my '85 900 > Turbo. > The raw fuel mixture was ignited by the catalytic converter and caught the >undercoating on fire. You know, once I read that I remember hearing the same thing from somewhere else. I wonder how common it really is? >When I shut the vehicle down (which saved the vehicle from total > destruction), the fire went out. I aired the car out, replaced the rotor > and cap, as well as the wires and that was 15,000 miles ago. The car runs > great!! I had a fire in my car once also. It was my Buick and I had exhaust work done. The stupid guy put the muffler right up against the body and as I was cruising down the highway my friend kept telling me his seat was getting hot, he was sitting in the back. I laughed at him, until I saw smoke. When I pulled over and we pulled the seat out - there was a huge hole in it practically to the leather.
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