Hi all!

Original tread: http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ht=engine+fire

Got back from Las Vegas yesterday, and went with a Dodge Ram and car trailer to the port of Drammen(outside Oslo) to get the car. I expected to worst.....

The car was under a pile of snow after being delivered to the port 4 days before. I got the snow of and what I saw was rust and soot on the rear license plate panel. Obviously been a fire... I got the engine lid open which seemed undamaged from the outside. Inside the engine compartment I could see no damage, just a lot of powder from a fire estingusher, very strange. After inspecting the underside I can see that the engine seems undamaged and I could turn the cranck.

So what has happened? It seems that the only affected part is the muffler and rear license plate panel(not alu), they are very rusted after the fire and snow. Also the engine lid has bubbles in the paint but the aluminium seems undamaged...phuuu.. I am no expert but it seems that there has been a fire inside the muffler. Is it possible that fuel could somehow have leaked all the way from the carbs to the muffler and the gas inside has ignited when the guys at the port tried to start/move it? Please comment S-people. I will post pictures tomorrow, I am now on my wifes computer.

By the way I have not dared to crank the engine yet.

Best and happy new year!
John