msullivan wrote: > > Hello Marc, > > I would be interested in more details about the "little fire scared > the c**p out of me", > > Regards > Mike Sullivan > #03570 Looks like a few people are interested in my fire story... I was driving home, during rush hour and had to merge in to traffic. I was "driving aggressively" in order to not get killed, and had the car under boost for about 15 seconds. I think I was in 3rd gear or so. As I was getting up to speed, I checked the rear view mirror to see how close the following car was, but I could not see in the huge cloud of black smoke. Having this happen to me before (see previous post) where under heavy boost, oil is sometimes sucked in to the intake due to small blow-by problem I have- I figured "Oh, This again" and pulled over. I got my flashlight (it gets dark early now!) and opened up the engine cover. As soon as I looked down, I saw FLAMES around the driver side turbo/exhaust manifold. I dropped the flashlight, and went to grab the fire extinguisher. It got caught on the cargo net, I pulled so hard on it that I bent one of the "S" hooks that holds the net at the bottom (I am surprised I did not rip the net). With a few quick blasts of the extinguisher, the fire was out. When the smoke cleared and I had time to inspect, I realized that the blow-by was so bad that the pushed the black oil filler cap (for lack of a better description) out of the valve cover, and shot oil all over the place. The oil was even on the louver, and rear quarter. I let the car cool, put the oil filler back in place, and drove home. Saturday, I cleaned up the mess. It seems as long as I dont keep it under boost for too long, I have no problem. Much of my time this weekend was spent considering what to do. I have been driving with this problem for some time now and even suspect it may have been a problem when I purchased the car (I always had sucky gas mileage). Even with the turbos, the performance is not what I would like- which is why I am considering a transplant instead of just rebuilding my engine. Even if I decide to just keep driving it (like I have for 2 years now) I want to be prepared for the day this engine does quit. So, that's my story.