He didn't specify what "taken care of" means. Even if he did take the filter off and removed the extra gasket and put the filter back on, it doesn't appear as though he cleaned off any of the oil that had most likely sprayed onto the exhaust header. This is what likely caught fire. The rise in temps then caused the other spilled oil in the engine bay to ignite (as it was also being heated up to near ignition temp).

 

Did I see a burnt titanium shiftknob,in those pics.???

 

my friend back years ago in high school spray painted the header heat cover on his GS-T and that shit caught on fire and melted his C.F. Hood, I feelt shitty for him cuz he worked hard to pay for all that stuff in highschool :/

 

"Relax, alright? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it. "

 

It was the blinker fluid. I'm sure of it.

 

yup... gotta check the gasket if it came off with the old oil filter. some just have to learn the hard way...

sucks

 

if insurance doenst cover this, its time to make this a track car. dude, super gutted, just get another harness, and toss all the burnt stuff. its on.
and yes, oil all over the exhaust manifold, is what did it. caught fire and then the fire spread. sucks.

 

holy sh*t

it should come off with a good wash

 

I was using a fram filter a while back.
Just like this guy, I change the oil and make sure the other filter gasket was removed. It was good. Drove to work. On the way home I smell something burning and realize it is my car.
I just caught it and put out the fire as it was starting.
Come to find out the filter gasket had cracked and I squirted out 2 and a half quarts of oil.
Thank god for Autozone being open late. So after a few more months of driving I find out later that Spun a bearing on the number four rod.

So needless to say I won't be using Fram
I don't have any pics and through the filter out. So now I am rebuilding and that has taken some time just to get a new rotating assembly. Sucks when your warrenty runs out.