A couple of nights ago I was out for a drive in my 80 TR8. I had only gone
a couple of miles when I pulled up to a stop sign and the engine stalled.
Before I could say "huh?" white smoke came billowing out from under the
hood. I turned off the car and threw up the hood and saw a small pocket of
flame down under the right side of the engine. Before I could get the fire
extinguisher and get back, the fire was out. Now that the car has been
towed and back in my garage I'm trying to figure out what caused this. The
fact that it was white smoke makes me think it was burning oil, not gas.
But I was only driving for a short time so would the engine get hot enough
to ignite oil?
So what's your take? Where would you look and what would you do first?
John
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