Apparently this guy had just paid £1,700 to have some work done including a new fuel pump.

 

OMG! It's blown the bonnet to pieces! Did he use C4 instead of oil?!

 

ouch

 

Must have taken it to kwik fit

 

Probably melted it.


NOT GOOD.

 

Its a diesel....

 

No, it was a diesel

 

Not always the garage's fault, sometimes sh*t happens (although chances are.... ).

We had a Corsa go up flames the day after it left our workshop. Don't know what caused it or if it was our fault or not as it was far too melted to see what had happened. The only indicator was it started in the engine bay.

A collegue's car went in flames for no apparent reason (Audi A4). He just parked up at a pub and half way through his meal someone ran in and said his car was on fire!

 

A hell of a coincidence.

New fuel pump.

Drive home.

Car bursts into flames!

 

Pump fault would assume a fuel leak: Have you ever put a match to diesel, or even extreme heat? Takes quite some effort to get to to ignite without atomising it.

 

Dad's old T25 camper blew up after being "serviced"

Proper fireball - he had to do a movie style leap from it! Someone took a pic but can't remember where it's gone.

Agree with Ali - I often use diesel to start fires (controlled bonfires...!) - burns a lot slower than petrol and actually quite hard to get it going.

 

the bloke seem to have a manbag -- presumably that means he is using an iphone to call the wife to say he will be late home

 

You cant ignite diesel with a match,it needs pressure to combust.

Chances are its had an electrical fire due to some loom being moved or battery cabling being unclipped..

Looks like a new F10 to me

 

Looking at how the front has melted it looks like whatever it was started at the front of the engine since the back corners and back of the wings show less heat but the fronts have gone.

Could be anything running to that area which has taken a bit of water on board and shorted out.

Had a mini that did that once. The short meant that when the engine was running it over heated the wired. Had to pull over on my way to student work and rip the radio out of the dash!

5t.

 

If there was a small leak on the high pressure side of the pump then that could very effectively atomise the fuel.

I am not saying it did, but it could have done.

 

So full dealer service history isn't all its cracked up to be then!

 

Apparently not. If I buy a BMW I'll look for one with full Audi Service History.

 

Looks dodgy but i feel for the mechanic if it wasnt his fault

 

I think the short happened around the indicators hence why the whole front has completely disintegrated. The driver quite rightly thought he'd better use his indicators at the give way junction, BIG MISTAKE! This is why BMW drivers should not use indicators!

 

Maybe the starter motor solenoid was the source of ignition. It's stopped at a junction so maybe the owner stalled it, restarted it, and ignited leaking diesel from the dodgy new fuel pump install?

 

MPSL

 

Apparently it is a 7 series.

 

Yea,its an E65.

M sport wheels and mirrors are different from F10

 

It was probably the wiring loom that runs across the top of the bulk[most all BMW's have the same loom design] which got left either totally unclipped or not clipped in place properly and fell down across the back of the engine near the exhaust manifold/turbo which according the a friend at our local BMW dealer is a common mistake made by mechanic's including there own.
Thankfully though most are caught at the smoking/melting stage and put out before a disaster like in the picture happen's!

 

 

He must have regretted not specifying run flats!

 

You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!

 

I didn't realise the engine was so accessible and easy to work on in the 7 series?

 

And so the rumour will now go around (mostly from Audi owners) that BMWs all blow up...

 

Well they do!!

Indeed, I am thinking of bringing a class-action!