| Re: FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! |
Subject: Re: FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! by bogus on 2012/9/15 3:14:12 I am not sure... but I smell raw fuel. The fire seems to be the right motor mount heat wrap. I have had collector leaks before, but never lost power like this. To review the steps: Got on 91 freeway. Merge on, get up to speed. Loose power, get backfire, sputter. Recovers for a few seconds. Loose power, get backfire, sputter. Notice red flakes floating out from under car. WTF? Park at work, check around, pop hood, find fire down near collector/downpipe. Put out same. Restart for tow, restart after tow, restarted again just now to diagnose... still backfire and sputter, no revs, sounds much like a diesel. No sign of blow by at collector (expecting to see chem powder fly around. NO CODES on the ECM ( a few stray codes on the CCM and ECBM). Removed right valve cover, no signs of problems. Will dig deeper tomorrow. |
