Bad day today FIRE!!!

[cupra-neil]

Went to the hair dressers today, while i was in there someone said does anyone own a blue car i said i do the next thing i know theres loads of smoke coming out of my bonnet vents, i unlock the car pop the bonnet and arrrrrr my battery is covered in flames, for my luck though 2 top blokes had a couple of buckets of water ready and put the fire out before the fire brigade turned up.
Doesnt look to good now, im telling myself it could have been worse battery has fried, power steering res has slighty melted cant undo it! maf wire has melted and the header tank wires too. Air filter, Jabba's heatsheild works a treat filter was fine considering there were flames coming off the battery, bonnet, as ive got a vented bonnet flames have come out and melted the paint. So all in all a bad day for me very upset and pissed off at the same time

Neil

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[gazjones]

ouch these bonnet vents might have let some of the heat exit the bonnet area and helped prevent more damage gutted for ya mate insurance claim or not?

 

[cupra-neil]

going to ring them in the morning

 

[gazjones]

hope all goes well and not to much damage

 

[WeeJase]

men go to the barbers mate

 

[Sisson]

Gutted for you mate,

But it could have been alot, lot worse,

Keep ya chin up, Should be sorted in no time.

 

[Matt S]

sorry to see your happening....

Good luck with the repairs

 

[cupra-neil]

men go to the barbers mate

Nice young blonde i dont care what people say i go every 3 weeks

 

[jetsetjimbo]

At least the whole thing didn't end up on fire!

 

[bazza1000]

oh no gutted for you dude, at least you caught it at the early stages or could have been alot worse. Am sure you will have it all fixed and back up and running asap!

 

[cupra-neil]

ill do my best to get it fixed asap, after this i think i might sell it time to end all this performance stuff

 

[Rick-24]

Damn seriously sorry for ya mate, was there a reason why it did that?... im kinda worried that mines gonna do it now

 

[traumapat]

gutted for you..

any idea what went wrong?

 

[F2 Stu]

s'funny how the louvres are right above the epicentre of the fire

 

[davidol]

the louvres actually would of aided the fire by allowing fresh oxygen in to feed the flames, would of been harder without them in my opinion

 

[F2 Stu]

Was thinking of a water ingress point of view - short circuit etc

 

[F2 Stu]

Or sombody stuck a fag butt through and it set light to the battery insulation

 

[ibizacupra]

what caused it? SEAT's shite fuse panel on top of the battery... which allows the fan fuse to melt... likely culprit maybe

 

[CupraTgirl]

Sorry that has happened! Will it be covered on Insurance?

Any idea what has caused it?

 

[andyj]

put my £££ on the fan fuses melting and setting alight to the insulation stuff around the battery......

common fault on Mk3's