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poita
11th January 2012, 08:11 PM
Not exactly what you thought was it :p

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/01/11/chaos-motorway-after-car-fire/

http://media.apnonline.com.au/65.1/img/media/images/2012/01/11/car_fire_t325.jpg


TRAFFIC was banked up for kilometres along the Sunshine Motorway this morning after a car fire near the University of the Sunshine Coast exit.

The motorway heading into Mooloolaba was closed around 9am but has since re-opened.

The small sedan burst into flames.

There were no reports of any injuries.
hazrd
11th January 2012, 08:16 PM
I wonder if the front alloys are still good :lol:

edit: 5 stud, never mind :p
glider
11th January 2012, 10:39 PM
Must have cooked the ecu. Temp was already 37 at 10.30am today up here


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Dahlia
11th January 2012, 10:56 PM
Must have cooked the ecu.

Do you reckon thats what would of happened? ECU dies, engine overheats, fire?
glider
11th January 2012, 10:58 PM
Probably not, dead ecu would just stop the car one would assume.

I was just having a dig at a common problem ;)


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hazrd
12th January 2012, 06:38 AM
Might have been more likely this...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4350772539_55ff96415a_o.jpg
btm
12th January 2012, 08:14 AM
fire is burning from the road up. must have dropped a lot of fuel or oil maybe
Dahlia
12th January 2012, 10:31 AM
fire is burning from the road up. must have dropped a lot of fuel or oil maybe
Thats true, I didn't think of that.
benzino
12th January 2012, 05:10 PM
fire is burning from the road up. must have dropped a lot of fuel or oil maybe

I'd say the fires just at the point of catching the tyres and the front bumper

it would've been an electrical short, or maybe an unseated injector, or a really bad valve cover or sump gasket dumping a load of oil on the exhaust
Jerram
12th January 2012, 07:34 PM
Might have been more likely this...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4350772539_55ff96415a_o.jpg

Probably; the sparks from the (obviously linked) checkerplate floor falling out likely ignited the car.
The 2nd Womble
25th January 2012, 09:57 AM
...or Terrorists
hazrd
25th January 2012, 10:36 AM
...or Terrorists

It was an Astra. Not a taxi :p
metry
30th January 2012, 11:06 PM
poor 80 year old was running too much NOS