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"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 11/09/2019 at 23:03 • Filed to: Fire!

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I spent Friday and half of today at a teaching conference downstate. I rode down in my fellow shop teacher’s Taco. On the way home today we had to drive uncomfortably close to this immolating Monte Carlo. Not far fast this, was a broken down Grand Cherokee in the left lane. Not far past that was a broken down Wrangler YJ on the right shoulder. Then after that the interstate dropped down to one lane due to emergency bridge deck repairs. All told it took about 45 minutes to go 4 miles.

The driver was safely out of the car.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > shop-teacher 11/09/2019 at 23:21

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Ah, the good ole 3800 leaks oil onto the exhaust fire. I saw one this week too! The fourth one I've seen in person. 

smobgirl > shop-teacher 11/09/2019 at 23:37

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I drove past a Camry on fire on the side of a highway in CA...the 15 maybe? No one even slowed down. You can sneeze wrong and cause a traffic jam in SoCal but a flaming vehicle is apparently  no big deal.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > shop-teacher 11/09/2019 at 23:37

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66P1800inpieces > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/09/2019 at 23:52

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I recall the 3800's also had intake manifold gasket leaks so you would think the coolant would put out the fire. Perhaps  that driver just ran out of coolant.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > 66P1800inpieces 11/10/2019 at 00:17

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Also the SS  supercharger models with a separate oil reservoir that folks never read their manuals and never changed, till one day blows a bearing

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > smobgirl 11/10/2019 at 00:18

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Or have a rain cloud appear

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/10/2019 at 01:36

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not aware of that happening when they put the 38oo into the Holden Commodore

fhrblig > shop-teacher 11/10/2019 at 01:55

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Condition Hopeless - Entire Vehicle Relies On Leftover Engine Technology

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/10/2019 at 03:49

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Wouldn’ t a all encompassing GM acronym be easier and still as clever....

Goofy Made, for example.

Sovande > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/10/2019 at 05:04

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Lucky! I've only seen one, but it was also a black Monte Carlo.

shop-teacher > fhrblig 11/10/2019 at 09:02

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Nice!

shop-teacher > smobgirl 11/10/2019 at 09:03

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Considering this one was in a traffic lane, we all had no choice but to react :)

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/10/2019 at 09:30

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Garbage Machinery?

NojustNo > 66P1800inpieces 11/11/2019 at 19:22

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Yep yep mom had to do the intake manifold gasket twice in 120000 miles on her 2001 Century with the 3.1

@ fortunately we have a family friend that likes to do these sort of things so it didn't cost us anything but parts

wafflesnfalafel > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 11/11/2019 at 21:43

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interesting - looks like it really is two separate systems, not just two drain plugs - had no idea.  They get hot - probably bakes the oil...

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > wafflesnfalafel 11/11/2019 at 21:56

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I think the engine was regular, with the supercharger some weird higher temp synthetic.