jeeppowermj
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- York, Pennsylvania
Friday night I was cruising the circuit and racing some imports out at the local Sam's Club parking lot. I was driving for a good 3 hours that night. It never got up to 210*. After that I went to my buddys house to hang out and like 20 minuites after I got there I had to go outside and get something from my truck when I noticed it was glowing from under the front of the truck. I ran inside and told everyone to grab a fire extinguisher and we came out, I popped the hood and we put it out. Then like 15 seconds later the thing sparked a few times then caught fire again. We grabbed the hose and sprayed it down again. Then it lit up a third time and I realized it was something electrical so I unhooked the battery and it was fine after I put it out for the last time. The next morning my buddy towed it the 2 miles home with a towstrap and we finally got to look at it. The only things that burnt were both battery cables, the starter selinoid, the oil pressure sending unit and some of the spark plug wires. Were there any recalls on anything that could start a fire in a 88 MJ 4.0L? Its had a rear main leak for about 7 months and it had a valve cover gasket leak for like 2 months. The motor was sort of covered in oil on that side. Is oil flamable enough to lit on fire? What could have made the spark?