Well I just got done having my engine bay put out with water because my car started on fire as I was driving it home. WOuld have been a great newspaper head line marines dieds before deployment due to burning to death in sports car.

Looks like the car was saved through. Lucky I was close enough to water or my car would be alot of burned metal and ashes.

What a ****ing day

T (Venting)

 

Did you just get passed by an RSX?

 

How the hell did it start on fire?

 

Good ****ing question

T

 

Yup that was it I got roasted (literally) the RSX was going so fast

 

+1 on the reason...Fuel line? Is your hood/fenders/bumper paint damaged. Any electrical wiring damaged!?

 

you're real lucky you were able to get to water. after my car (i was borrowing my aunt's) caught on fire on I-5 over the grapevine i've carried a fire extinguisher in my cars ever since.

there was no explosion but it took a long time to burn through the almost full tank of gas i had.

 

no it was coming from the engine bay on the drivers side near the back of the header. I opened the hood and almost got my face burned off. Saved the hood though

T

 

Thats the first thing that crossed my mind. Do I try to stop the blaze or do I run because the car might blow

T

 

close call, good thing your alright

 

Fires happen. Fire extinguishers are cheap, and don't take up that much room. The best thing about having safety equipment around is that you get to be a hero. The second best part is that after you roast that RSX you can pull over and offer to sell him a fire extinguisher...

 

sorry to hear that

 

holy crap!! what scary thing to have happen to you.. .. glad you're ok
man the southland is PLAGUED with fire these past couple days

 

brings back memories.

 

thread needs pics

 

pics ? well the engine bay is all black on one side I cant get any meaningfull pics until the car is up on the lift to see how bad the fire damage is and "what" cause the fire .

T

 

Damn, that sucks. Good your alright though.

 

Taylor, Mia just told me what happened. Sorry to hear about this man.

 

Thanks Andy. Ya I was planning on bring my hatch, cage and etc up there tomorrow. Lucky it happened today and not going down the freeway or something.

T

 

Did you recently change the oil or have it changed? I know too many people (self included) who have caught their engine bay on fire by leaving an oil rag on sitting on the exhaust manifold.

My excuse is that I'm absent minded as all get-out.

Anyway, engine fires are not cool and scary as ****. Glad you're okay. I totally opened this thread thinking you were trying to save children from the Griffith park fire in the Z and accidentally caught it on fire. Your story is cool, too.