my car blewup

[suicide]

my damn car blewup. i got home from work at about 400am and was watching a movie when i heard a big pop i looked out side and my 1999 ford explorer limited was on fire. i was shocked i called the fire department it took 15 min to get there. the car was popping and the mirrors were melting. i have a remote starter and while it was on fire the car tried to start it self that would have sucked. so now im with out a car and only have my tiller and its gonna rain for th next five days. this sux hope everyone liked my story. ill try to get pics.
oh i forgot it was an electrical fire. but we dont know where it started but the motor is fine:dunno

[Jokertlr]

Thats the strangest thing I've ever heard. You don't have ties with the Mafioso do you?

[freakinheat]

?

Do you have full coverage under you policy. If so, the insurance will try and figure it out for ya.

[tl1000s]

Re: my car blewup

Originally posted by suicide
my damn car blewup. i got home from work at about 400am and was watching a movie when i heard a big pop i looked out side and my 1999 ford explorer limited was on fire. i was shocked i called the fire department it took 15 min to get there. the car was popping and the mirrors were melting. i have a remote starter and while it was on fire the car tried to start it self that would have sucked. so now im with out a car and only have my tiller and its gonna rain for th next five days. this sux hope everyone liked my story. ill try to get pics.
oh i forgot it was an electrical fire. but we dont know where it started but the motor is fine:dunno

Didn't they get a nickname EXPLODERS at one time?

[godtilla]

Hmm, thats weird, Im a Ford mechanic and have never (yet) seen an explorer have a fire--escorts are another story....sucks ass man , hopefully insurance covers it.

[Jokertlr]

Originally posted by godtilla
Im a Ford mechanic

You must not have much free time.

[godtilla]

Ford mechanic=job security

[TLSBill]

DAAmmnnnn.. At least you weren't in it when it went!

Sorry to hear about it, but be prepared for the Ford related ribbing you are about to undergo...

[horkn]

no ribbing from me. ford guy through and through. first time i ever heard about this problem, not to be adick, but.... who installed the remote start? electircal fire+ remote start=fire.

[BNC]

That totally sucks, but atleast you weren't in it My sister has a '97, I better warn her...

At school a few years ago, this guy's mid 80's big bronco caught fire in the same manner, the hood was black and deformed, but lthe FD got their soon enough to get it under control.

weird...

[dragonbro]

Originally posted by godtilla
Hmm, thats weird, Im a Ford mechanic and have never (yet) seen an explorer have a fire--escorts are another story....sucks ass man , hopefully insurance covers it.

you've never seen the faulty alternator wiring plug melt togeather and shoot sparks like its the 4th of July? this is a frequent problem that Ford (Found On Road Dead) had. usually the arcing would ignite the pools of oil sitting around the valve cover gaskets and then work into the fuel injection rail, and BOOM! i'm real sorry for your loss, and i hope the weather lets up on you until you can get another vehicle. personally i've seen the after math of what you decribed about a half dozen times........(yes, i used to be a mechanic )

[rzarobbie]

Originally posted by godtilla
Ford mechanic=job security

LOL that is hilarious!

You don't by chance you know any Jeep mechanics that say things like that, do you?

[suicide]

yep full coverage they even paid for my rental car.
and i would rather blow up in a ford than drive a gmc (chevy sucks)

[tl1000lasse]

That sucks man whit the car i mean good thing you had full coverage

[SDTLR]

We had a 2001 at my office for a couple years. I always wondered why they called it the Exploder:dunno