TurboRust Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 The car has been such a piece. he picked it up with 40k on it. its had 6 axles, 9 hub bearings, intake gasket, valve cover gaskets, struts twice, brakes 4 or 5 times two nights ago his wife and kid get home and come inside 10 mins later their neighbors ringing the door bell as they see the car up in flames. what a fucking turd, I am so glad that they were not in the car with either of their two kids when this happened.....The only bright side is they had been grilling in the garage so the car wasnt pulled right in and the door shut... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeesammy Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 I bet that smelled fucking horrible. Good to see no one was hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 WOW! What was the cause? Thread needs a new title to match Wag's other one. When things go wrong at 0 MPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POS VETT Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Fire has a wonderful way of destroying evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboRust Posted May 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Fire has a wonderful way of destroying evidence. i hope you're implying the cause, not that it was intentional..my brother's broke and will have to buy some craigslist turd to replace this one. it certainly wasnt done on purpose. do you think they would have parked 10 fucking feet from the garage door? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboRust Posted May 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 WOW! What was the cause? Thread needs a new title to match Wag's other one. When things go wrong at 0 MPH no idea yet..car was turned off i'd say had to be in injector o ring or fluid leak on the exhuast.. ive seen so many junker cars through the years covered in oil i'd think it was fuel related... insurance will tell the truth though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Same thing happened to my stepmoms. Not uncommon at all with these cars. Glad nobody was hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Seen a few 3800 cars that had gone up in flames like that, seems like the manifolds can get fluid to sit on them long enough to ignite. I'm just glad nobody got hurt and it wasn't in the garage or they could be homeless right now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 For once it wasn't the ignition switch. Seriously though, to me this is enough that whenever I end up having kids, I will NEVER leave them unattended in any car, running with the AC on or shut off, for any reason. Cars do burn up, and I can't imagine the horror of having a kid stuck in a car seat when that happens. You're brother was very lucky, and I hope insurance doesn't try to fuck him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350pandaz Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Wow, very good thing the kid and wife wasn't in the car when it happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red1993sol Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Glad no one was hurt , that's insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Scott can probably chime in, but I remember GM issuing a recall on the L67s for just this. Something about the intake gasket leaking, pooling on a hot exhaust manifold, then catching fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-O Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Scott can probably chime in, but I remember GM issuing a recall on the L67s for just this. Something about the intake gasket leaking, pooling on a hot exhaust manifold, then catching fire. L67 recall was for valve cover gasket leaking oil under hard braking and could pool up on the exhaust manifolds and cause fire. In this case seems very plausible what happened. Glad everyone is ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyctsv Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 My 99 Grand Prix GT was lost the same way. The difference is I loved mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 3800's. :lolguy: Sucks for your brother Derek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Panic1647545539 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Yeah but those flames made it look fast!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRD2BDF Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 I bet it was the fuel pressure regulator. I had a recall for my Bonneville. It iccassio ally would fail and pool fuel on hot surfaces. One of my friends had one blow up her intake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackbar00 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 My 97 GTP had 227k miles on it when I sold it. Only thing I ever replaced was the alternator at 197k miles. Was the best car I had ever owned and I beat the ever loving piss out of it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Nick Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 We had a car fire last summer with a identical problem on a identical gtp. That was the biggest pain in the ass to put out since the guy was 300 feet off the driveway in a backyard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benner Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Glad nobody was in it. BTW thanks for the new phone background photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Jaysus that's nuts, good to hear everyone's ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontiacfreak142 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Like others have said, most likely oil on the exaust manifolds. Thank you for posting this though, my bonnevilles have started leaking recently and this is the motivation i needed to get off my ass and take care of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourString Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Awww, that poor driveway. I'm glad to see that no one was hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarp Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Awww, that poor driveway. ++++++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboRust Posted May 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 insurance is paying for the driveway cleanup, garage door and framing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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