Blak_Mamber
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Morning all.
Long story short.
Got car MOT'd last week. Dropped the car at the MOT guys house so he could take it into his work the next day. However, he could not start the car in the morning at all. I came round & found it was the alarm playing up (TOAD Ai606) I pressed a few buttons on my alarm fob after looking at the alarm instructions and the car started in the end. But the engine management light now stays on for some reason.
I left the car with him, got the MOT done, two new front wheel bearings and CV boot & all was fine.
Saturday morning, I changed the oil and filter, gave the car a proper clean ready for the bluewater meet. Took her out for a test drive, got some petrol and all seemed normal.
Heading to Bluewater on the motorway doing normal motorway speeds and suddenly there was this loud grinding sound and car felt funny. Sounded like a shit load of metal was stuck under my car and being dragged along the ground.
I pulled over straight away & popped the bonnet. There was an earth from that is connected to the top of my gearbox which was on fire!!
I turned the ignition off, put the hazards on and called the AA. When I turned the keys back on the ignition so I could do my windows up, it made a weird noise in the bay (like a high pitched noise) and smoke started pouring from my front arches! My brake lines (TMD carbon braided brake lines) were on fire!!!
I took the keys out, and the ignition was still on lol. Smoke still pouring out so I disconnected the battery and the smoking stopped.
I waited 2 hours for the AA to take me home and now the car is on the drive with the battery disconnected.
Any ideas? Pics below. I may have missed info so please ask. Thanks in advance
Heres the earth-
Heres where the earth connects to the chassis- As you can see the rubber is burnt and the wire split in half.
Heres where the earth connects to (i've obviously taken it off at this point)
Front brake lines :-
Long story short.
Got car MOT'd last week. Dropped the car at the MOT guys house so he could take it into his work the next day. However, he could not start the car in the morning at all. I came round & found it was the alarm playing up (TOAD Ai606) I pressed a few buttons on my alarm fob after looking at the alarm instructions and the car started in the end. But the engine management light now stays on for some reason.
I left the car with him, got the MOT done, two new front wheel bearings and CV boot & all was fine.
Saturday morning, I changed the oil and filter, gave the car a proper clean ready for the bluewater meet. Took her out for a test drive, got some petrol and all seemed normal.
Heading to Bluewater on the motorway doing normal motorway speeds and suddenly there was this loud grinding sound and car felt funny. Sounded like a shit load of metal was stuck under my car and being dragged along the ground.
I pulled over straight away & popped the bonnet. There was an earth from that is connected to the top of my gearbox which was on fire!!
I turned the ignition off, put the hazards on and called the AA. When I turned the keys back on the ignition so I could do my windows up, it made a weird noise in the bay (like a high pitched noise) and smoke started pouring from my front arches! My brake lines (TMD carbon braided brake lines) were on fire!!!
I took the keys out, and the ignition was still on lol. Smoke still pouring out so I disconnected the battery and the smoking stopped.
I waited 2 hours for the AA to take me home and now the car is on the drive with the battery disconnected.
Any ideas? Pics below. I may have missed info so please ask. Thanks in advance
Heres the earth-
Heres where the earth connects to the chassis- As you can see the rubber is burnt and the wire split in half.
Heres where the earth connects to (i've obviously taken it off at this point)
Front brake lines :-
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