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background history, my 99 cobra has had an ses lights for a couple months now from my exhaust. i had it scanned again last week and it came up w/ 7 new codes. they were all related so i figured out it was due to a blown fuse. i replaced the fuse a couple days after and it blew instantly when i turned on the car.
today i got up to go to the exhaust shop so i could get my car on a lift to see if any wires were touching and caused a short somewhere. nothing was touching and everything looked good. i came home and decided to replace the fuse again and see what happened.
i start the car up and after a few seconds i notice the burning smell and a little bit of smoke from the fuse panel. as i'm about to shut off the car the rpms start dropping and get below 500 and just about dies before i turn it off. i pull the fuse and it is still good so i restart the car. nothing happens for about a min and the rpms look good. them i notice the smell again and more smoke. i inspect the fuse panel and then pop the hood. something is smoking under the hood so i turn off the car.
i stay in the garage w/ the car for a few min waiting for it to stop smoking and it never does, so i look under the car and see the o2 simulator on fire! i pull out the fire extinguisher from under my seat and soak the sensor.
i called aaa to tow my car to a shop and had my dad come over so i could borrow his truck. this has been such a hectic morning and i've got a big mess in the garage from all the powder.
it doesn't look like anything else was damaged from the fire so thats a good thing i guess. i'm so glad i bought the fire extinguisher a month ago, it may have caused more damage if i didn't put it out right away.
today i got up to go to the exhaust shop so i could get my car on a lift to see if any wires were touching and caused a short somewhere. nothing was touching and everything looked good. i came home and decided to replace the fuse again and see what happened.
i start the car up and after a few seconds i notice the burning smell and a little bit of smoke from the fuse panel. as i'm about to shut off the car the rpms start dropping and get below 500 and just about dies before i turn it off. i pull the fuse and it is still good so i restart the car. nothing happens for about a min and the rpms look good. them i notice the smell again and more smoke. i inspect the fuse panel and then pop the hood. something is smoking under the hood so i turn off the car.
i stay in the garage w/ the car for a few min waiting for it to stop smoking and it never does, so i look under the car and see the o2 simulator on fire! i pull out the fire extinguisher from under my seat and soak the sensor.
i called aaa to tow my car to a shop and had my dad come over so i could borrow his truck. this has been such a hectic morning and i've got a big mess in the garage from all the powder.
it doesn't look like anything else was damaged from the fire so thats a good thing i guess. i'm so glad i bought the fire extinguisher a month ago, it may have caused more damage if i didn't put it out right away.
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