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Unfortunately whilst on the way back from the testing station the car cut out. I looked behind me only to see smoke comming from arround the engine lid.
I had not packed a fire extinguisher (as I was only traveling from home to the testing station and back) !
Two people from a nearby workshop came running with fire extinguishers, both of these were empty
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The result is a fire damaged engine bay, melted wiring loom and damage to the fibreglass body work on the LH side of the engine. All this is luckely fixable, but still very distressing
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The fire brigade pinpointed the fire to an electrical fault, a wire from the coil had shorted out.
The conclusion to this tale is
CHECK YOUR WIRING and CARRY AN EXTINGUISHER
Regards
Steve