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Old 11-12-2007, 07:04 AM
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Unhappy Fuse box fire

I was driving the Targa this wekend and the car just shut off on me-Red lights lit up (oil/alt).

After I pulled over I was on the phone and I noticed smoke coming out of the vents!

Popped the hood and saw flames comiing out of the fuse box, I was lucky enough to beat out the fire with my sweater.

My brother checked the reisitance of th black wire from the relay and it was .8 ohms so we are thinking the fuel pump heated up frying the fuse/relay.

There is also an orange wire that connects fromt the fuel pump fuse terminal to the turn signals and it had an inline fuse that melted into a glob.

So I am looking into replacing the fuel pump, two relays/sockets and fuse board. The mess looks worse then it really is from the plastic wire wrap melting, it did not stick to the wires.

Sorry for the blurry photo.
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