by superhuS! » May 22nd, 2012, 12:11 pm
Well about a week or so ago the thermofans failed on my way home from work one night. After sitting in traffic overheating, I finally pulled into a servo to see wtf was going on.
Basically as soon as I popped the bonnet the cap off the overflow basically exploded and a nice geyser of water and coolant was sprouting out of my bay. After it settled down, I went to get some water to fill it back up, and all I heard was "MATE YOUR CARS ON FIRE!"
Turned around and surely enough, a small fire had propped up near the airbox. Having water in my hands I quickly put it out and ripped the negative terminal off the battery to cut the power. The person who wired up the thermos (who shall remain nameless for all intents and puposes) didn't do a very good job of it. So I limped it home with no thermos, and went to work re-wiring the damaged looms, and installing a new airbox and relay block. Now she's running fine, but i still want to clean up the wiring a little more.
EL XR6
Koni - Lovell's SSL - Camtech 845 - Headwork - 3.9 LSD - Tickford Kit - Sunroof
1998 XR-Ghia MKII
No XR Ghia and no boost make Hussy something something