i pulled into the parking lot at my work on friday, and as i walked away from the truck, i noticed the smell of burning cloth. i saw some smoke coming from under the hood. i run back, open the hood, and the passenger side of the engine compartment is on fire! good thing i had my fire extinguisher in the truck. it wasn't anything too major. a shirt (or something cotton) got sucked up into the engine bay, right on the headers. i have some pics of the aftermath. just some burnt spark plug wires, ignition coil wire, and tubing. some shrouds melted a little too.

[IMG]local://upfiles/39675/68DE47E3DDE4442DBE2A138F7AE364B0.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]local://upfiles/39675/DDFF9195EA1D476C92DBA5ED60731785.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]local://upfiles/39675/9DC62C9D5F6A40C398375DA692B10E99.jpg[/IMG]

 

wow! good thing you caught it, fires can be a mess to fix. any idea how it got there?

 

Imagine if it was just starting to catch fire and you pulled into a gas station to fill up?! That would have sucked.

 

OK,

Out with it, who'd you hit?

 

yeah! that would have pissed a lot of people off. haha. the only thing i can think of is a piece of cloth somehow got stuck up there. i take the 15N freeway to work, and there is a lot of construction up there now.

 

admit it you were checking your oil, didnt take the rag out and fell on the header lol

 

that's what i thought at first too. haha. but it was deffinitley something cotton. i use the blue paper shop towels though.

 

My dad's 98 had an electrical fire inside, total loss, the entire interior was completely gone, there were M-1 rounds in the back seat that were going off, gas in the back that blew up, it was not pretty.

 

wow. that would have been a sight.

 

Definitely; from a safe distance though. You're very lucky you were able to catch the fire when you did. Could have been a lot worse. I bet you were pretty shocked when it happened.