80t-New theory

[Alexander van Gerbig]

    Yeah someone else mentioned this and I agree.  Bolt was probably
loosened from country bumpkin roads, exhaust was probably bouncing around.
It mildly leaked for a long while and melted the wiring which caused that
initial faint burning smell, eventually the wiring started melting/shorting,
when the exhaust bolt really fell out and the exhaust got loud it heated
things up a ton, see ya later fuel injector lines which caused the gas
smell, finally I pulled over and the heat build up enough to really bust the
two or three injector lines that broke, and finally the leftover fuel in the
system caused the explosion.  The fireman started a small fire that was
located up top, the wiring was melted all the way under the battery tray
towards the firewall, which wasn't part of the real fire.  So it seems the
exhaust caused the melting, the shorting was a side effect, the major
exhaust leak that made the turbo loud caused the gasoline fire.  Sigh...

Alexander van Gerbig -- '88 80t

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