I was entering on the freeway when i decide that i want to beat on my car a little, so i pop the cutch and as soon as i let off, my car's lights flicker off, and then turn off...Probably 20secs after, i feel my brakes going out and i can press them to the floor...It looked like there was a fire coming from the area of my engine harness because i had my hazards on and they got shorted out from the fire.. I will have pictures up later of this and hopefully someone can tell me how this happened?

I know wires touched somewhere and caused a spark.. idk how, but it did... since it was night time i had low visibility and paniced because it's not everyday that my engine bay is lit up by flames..

 

Okay...


This thread is worthless without pics.

 

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x2!!

 

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i said id have pics later..i was just seeing if anyone had the same problem where their brakes seized up like the brake lines were burned or something =/

 

Did you have a swap?.. is the engine bay COMPLETELY stock?.. Have you done ANY wiring what so ever?... Probably some ghetto fab wiring...

 

maybe a unmounted/loose battery hit the positive post on a ground?

 

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lolz calm down homie..yes i have a b18c, and yes i have done wiring, but i was just asking if ANYONE has had any issues like this before............................................ ...........i have pictures now so ill post them up later.

 

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no ****

 

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let me know if i need them to be resized for more detail...i didnt think they were too big.. they came out fairly clear..

 

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Calm down?... I was just asking for details... "I had a fire, have you?... not really detailed. Obviously some wiring got crossed from some booty fab wiring job.....

 

ouch, how did u put the fire out?

 

looks like it started were that cable goes into the firewall.... shouldof used a gromet(sp?)

-joseph

 

you got a relocated battery? Whats that fat wire coming out from the firewall.

 

same thing happened to me, minus fire, when my battery bounce and hit my intake, everything flickered and then shut down. but one time one of my headlight bulbs popped out and caught the plastic piece on the headlight on fire, i didnt realize till i stopped and i saw smoke coming out of the hood. pretty scarey!

 

You say you popped the clutch, and then everything went for ****? I would look to see if you else so broke or punctured a fuel line. You might also ask the insurance guy ( providing it's insured for fire) the cause. Don't tell him about the little goofing you were about to do (will null your claim). Had something similar happen awhile back but in a different car.

 

must have been from some type of wires crossing over another when you did your wiring job the first time did you use any type of wire connectors or did you just use black tape?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jackinthetrunk &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you got a relocated battery? Whats that fat wire coming out from the firewall.</TD></TR></TABLE>

that fat wire is the positive cable from the battery

 

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with my shirt...

 

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no i just used black tape =/ but imma get everything sorted out this monday.. me and a friend are going to make sure everything is back and running and make sure that it isnt ghetto nemore.. =/

 

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so you do have a relocated battery. From the pictures it looks like that wire is too small to be running to a relocated battery. My money is on that the positive wire could not stand the voltage and caught fire.

 

damn bro that sucks

 

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so you do have a relocated battery. From the pictures it looks like that wire is too small to be running to a relocated battery. My money is on that the positive wire could not stand the voltage and caught fire.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lolz that's crazy.. it's a 2/0 gauge... bigger than a 2g... =/ and that's what came with the relocation kit..if that's the case.. thats effin

 

thats pretty extensive.

sorry to see that.

and FYI 2 AWG is pleanty to run a battery to the rear of a crx.

 

If the battery cable was too small, wouldn't it have heated-up & smoked *inside* the cabin as well? Your lucky you didnt loose your whole car.