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i took the celi out to take pics tonight and it was going really well nothing new....well i started the car to leave and the car sounded really weird, like the fan belt was rubbinmg something so i popped the hood to check it out.....nothing just the weied noise....so i turned the car off and the starter kept turning trying to start, i figure ok turn the car on, it worked....turn it off same thing.....so i turn it on and call my brother. He says bring it home. I tell him it's running hott and heat is pouring out of theengine bay as well as a electrical burning smell......bring it home is his response. So i start to bring it home and next thing i know the smell is stronger and heat is like pouring around my legs......i start to question driving the car any further, the inside lights go all weird and go out and then the exterior lights go out and kill the car......The smoke rolls out from under the hood.......WARNING....this is not good......the celi never cought fire but apparently came damn close...and the weird part is look at this picture i took tonight not 30 min before this all goes down....

oh no! so uhh..did u get it home?

wow !

that's sad, but hopefully it's gonna be ok

whoa! what happened to it?

don't know what happened, yeah i got it home, had to trailer it home tonight.....gonna check it out tomarrow.

Its 666.

Your car is painted with fire.

Hell = fire.

Coincidence?

pretty creepy^. anywho... hope your car's okay. gonna be kinda hard winning shows when you can't even get your car there.

omg, 666! lmfao.

Wow that is rather coincidental Hope that your celi is going to be ok!

~FlamingCelica

Ive got a few Harness's lay'n around Interior and engine bay, let me know.

DTE

Yeah i bet it is the 666. wont happen till another hundred years hopefully u get it up and back to normal! would hate to see such a nice 6 down.

OMG Christina!!!!

glad the thing didn't burst into flames with you in it. Noisy, smelly, hot cars with mysterious electrical problems (starter wanted to start, etc) should not be driven. Next time remove the ground wire from the battery (invest in a quick release) and call AAA.

I almost cooked my Celi a few weeks ago-- bad component for neons. Just got to it in time. My loss would have been trivial compared to the loss of your masterpiece.

Hope you find the problem and it isn't hard or expen$ive to fix.

I have had this on a car before, I bet the starter got sstuck on and burnt itself out, they can get very very hot when turned constantly, Good luck and I hope you sort it.

Nathan

I'm glad you and the Celi are ok Christina!
That had to be really scary.
Hope everything works out ok

thanks all, and yesh i thinkit wa the starter thar burnt up....anyways, yeh not to much to fix but still gotta check everything. As for the scary part...hell yes it was, i thought my baby was gonna match the paint and then i thought of the fuel lines and the nitrous tank in the back, and was like sh*t if this thing does burn im getting the hell away from it. I had the video camra with me to last night, so if she would have burned all i can say is you all would have seen it. But thank god it didn't i would have cryed soooooo bad

what do you mean the starter got stuck and didnt wana turn off, could it be the ignition thingy, the thing that you put the key in?

thats freaky...TOO freaky! glad ur celi and urself is A-OK

bboy