Ever notice the number of car fires in recent years? Years ago they were not that common but now you don't have to look very far to see one or at least notice a burnt place on the shoulder of the road where one recently occurred.
This increase coincides nicely with the changeover to fuel injected engines. These cars have numerous high pressure fuel lines under the hood as opposed to one low pressure line on engines with carburetors.
I have always been of the opinion that the now common occurrence of engine fires is not just coincedence but is because of the deterioration or damage of the high pressure lines which can very easily spray fuel onto a hot engine.
Yet, whenever I hear the details of a car fire by the FD it is always said to be caused by an electrical problem. How can you tell when there is nothing left?
