AARRRGG!!

KidNotch4793 · 05-06-2001, 02:15 PM

I was taking my girlfriend home last night when the battery light came on and the volt meter droped like a rock. Luckily there was an exit coming up, so I got off and barely got past the toll booth before it all died. We smelled somthing funny so I poped the hood. I opened the hood to see flames coming from the alternator. My girlfriends quick and calm thinking saved the car. She grabed the Pepsi I was drinking and doused out the flames. When my dad got there we used a tow strap and pulled it into a mall parking lot to sit for the night. It got picked up this morning and was towed to the shop down the street from me. I am hoping its only the alternator, but I have a feeling it could be more of an electrical problem.

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KidNotch4793
1993 LX 5.0 Notchback
Eddlebrock intake,K&N, 70mm,March Underdrive pullies, Jacobson ignition, Borla,3:73's, Kenny Brown Subframe connectors, Hurst shifter, Centerforce, Saleen Wing, Cobra Badges.

05-06-2001, 02:15 PM	#1
KidNotch4793 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Naperville, IL (Burb of Chicago) Posts: 44	AARRRGG!! I was taking my girlfriend home last night when the battery light came on and the volt meter droped like a rock. Luckily there was an exit coming up, so I got off and barely got past the toll booth before it all died. We smelled somthing funny so I poped the hood. I opened the hood to see flames coming from the alternator. My girlfriends quick and calm thinking saved the car. She grabed the Pepsi I was drinking and doused out the flames. When my dad got there we used a tow strap and pulled it into a mall parking lot to sit for the night. It got picked up this morning and was towed to the shop down the street from me. I am hoping its only the alternator, but I have a feeling it could be more of an electrical problem. ------------------ KidNotch4793 1993 LX 5.0 Notchback Eddlebrock intake,K&N, 70mm,March Underdrive pullies, Jacobson ignition, Borla,3:73's, Kenny Brown Subframe connectors, Hurst shifter, Centerforce, Saleen Wing, Cobra Badges.