Yada Yada Yada . . . Car was dripping Fire!!

[cookiemunstr]

I don't know what happend on Thursday night but my rear diff started to make the winning noise, Some sort of oil all over the back of my car and when i stopped my car was dripping fire. My guess, rear diff blew a bearing, over heated, blow all its oil, got extreamly hot, and caused my oiled underbody to ignite. I even have melted plastic in my trunk. What a great start to a great weekend. So my car is at the mechanic (yes the same one who still has to fix my ABS, and i'm guessing the rear diff is the source of the unknows noise) and the parts car will have to be towed over in case they need parts.

I guess we will see, any one else have this happen to them???

[NikFu S.]

Never happened to me, never heard of it happening, but I did see a guy driving a van while his engine was on fire last year.

[cookiemunstr]

I taught i smelt something when i was driving, but i just thaught it was just the Hamilton smell. But it wasn't untill i exited off the highway when i noticed the big trail of smoke comming out from behind me.

[NikFu S.]

That's understandable.
It's a good thing our fuel tanks are fire resistant.

Anything besides the diff get severely damaged?

[cookiemunstr]

no, melted plastic in the trunck under the carpet, underbody looked melted a bit but never really took a good look. I'm still waiting on the damage report.

[b3lha]

The same thing happened to "devonsvx2". Do a search in the European forum for the whole story.