Car caught fire after spending weeks repairing it:bang: Well no flame seen but a LOAD of smoke to the point where i couldn't see the car any more...
Had it running all of 6.5mins before it caught - Ford Fiesta Zetec
No real damage after the fire - very small, No idea what caused it.... The fire burnt off crap on the gear selector... i assume the exhaust overheated - The car is still burning VERY rich and miss firing so unburnt fuel down the exhaust + misfire shooting flames out of exhaust port of cylinder 1 explodes the fuel in the exhaust, it over heats, oily gunk on the gear selector gets hot, turns to vapour - Hence loads of smoke (just my thoughts... could have been something else)
Found the error codes - At last?! ecu wasn't responding to OBD2 commands but found another way to read ecu errors
1. Fuel issue - says out of fuel (however 1/2 tank? )
2. Acc & something circuit fault... all fuses good, tried cleaning earths... no luck...
However, a recent issue where wipers and horn operated at the same time - now fixed may have set this error code, then not reset?