so i was driving my brothers car from colorado springs and i looked in the rear view mirror and i see sparks. i pulled over right away and me and my brother got out to see what was wrong. my brother goes up to the front wheel well and looks and than screams out open the hood and get me some water. im standing there brain dead like why would he need water. so im like what, than he's like shut the car off and open the hood and get water. and im like why and he screams fire. so i shut the car off and pop the hood open. my brother opens it and there was really fire. so i grab the water and poured it on the turbo cause thats where the fire was..... after the fire was out the exhaust manifold was red hot. the turbo sits right under the exhaust manifold. he has a 92 240sx with a sr20 in it

 

any idea what caused the fire ? glad you two were okay

 

Holy crap, that's nuts, oil leak from the turbo?

 

you had to ask why twice?

 

Wrong forum. Moved to Car Talk

 

geez that's crazy, glad you guys are ok!

 

 

 

ufo

 

probably this, maybe leaked onto the header

 

Damn. I've had a car catch on fire. Not fun.

 

Glad you are both OK. Although the fire definitely had to be extinguished, be prepared for either/both a cracked intake or turbocharger housing.

Most likely an oil return from the turbocharger is the culprit. The bearing is probably spun as well.



Terry

 

well we are gonna start taking stuff apart. i was glad the whole thing didnt catch on fire. so what should we look for when taking stuff apart

 

oil leak for sure, happened to my buddies rsx a while back as well, caught fire. thank god he had a fire extinguisher in the car lol

 

ya we didnt good thing we just bought a gallon of water lol