will this polish out?
Christ, what happened to it, did it just start to burn when you were driving along?
19 January 2010, 12:33 PM
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Got to work, parked in the garage (running fine), 15 mins later, fire alarm going off and smoke pouring from the garage.
Electric door so stood back and let her open up... Fire brigade were spot on though and arrived very quick.
As it was in the garage though it's gone down as 'building fire' !!
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Electric door so stood back and let her open up... Fire brigade were spot on though and arrived very quick.
As it was in the garage though it's gone down as 'building fire' !!
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19 January 2010, 01:07 PM
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Nope nothing like that. As I said, car seemed spot on when i tucked her up 
Value will be the next battle.
Still waiting for recovery though... been 3 hours already.
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Value will be the next battle.
Still waiting for recovery though... been 3 hours already.
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19 January 2010, 03:12 PM
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looking at those pics and the burn / heat pattern, I'd say that started with either the cooling fan or AC fan, which ever is on the right (not sure on blobs).
19 January 2010, 03:29 PM
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My one "almost" caught fire in that same spot last year, wiring from the fans was touching the exhaust manifold, luckily for me a spotted it in time, but it was in that very place where this one looks to have started!
19 January 2010, 03:45 PM
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Could be right there after all the rain we had recently. She did stop then and I had her recovered by the RAC to a specialist who took the motor apart and checked all the connections but that was a month or more ago... still could have taken a while.
Deffo looks like the bundle of wires behind the headlight.
Petrol in the coolant indeed! Got to laugh otherwise you'd just sob!
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Deffo looks like the bundle of wires behind the headlight.
Petrol in the coolant indeed! Got to laugh otherwise you'd just sob!
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Electrical cables can deteriorate road salt my of caused dame on connectors causing hot spots or a loose connection everytime I see fire damge due to electrics 9/10 it's loose connections that have caused it.
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Mini update - The recovery truck arrived and i've just been stunned by the fact that he not only asked if it would run but proceeded to attach the half melted battery and fire it up. First turn of the key as well.
Still sounds fine but the cost of the bodywork will see her written off. huge shame
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Still sounds fine but the cost of the bodywork will see her written off. huge shame
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maybe this will polish out aswell?
So happy I wasn't driving my wrx swapped legacy outback , instead I was driving a taxi and got hit by a drunk driver that ran over a red light, happened last saturday night
So happy I wasn't driving my wrx swapped legacy outback , instead I was driving a taxi and got hit by a drunk driver that ran over a red light, happened last saturday night
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