Absolutely awful. Sorry to see any S like that, and after only 7 weeks of ownership, now that has to be gutting in every sense.

Hope you get a good deal through insurance and go out and find another (if you can stand it) very soon.

All the best to you.

 

Wow, that's awful. At least you're ok!

 

was it turbo? or N/A? glad you were safe!!

 

na. like i said b4 the only mod was a intake.

 

OMG that sucks, I would love to know the cause of this. Glad you're okay man

 

Sorry for your loss but glad you were unhurt!

I am also curious as to the cause of the blaze. You did say that the temp gauge read HOT before it burst into flames which leads me to believe it overheated which caused the fire, not that it caught fire causing it to overheat.

I had a mouse bite a hole in the short rubber part of my fuel line under the fuel rail and it was raining out gas onto the block as I drove! I almost ended up in the same situation!

Best of luck on insurance and thank you for serving our country.

 

wow not cool, glad your okay, there are more s2000s! Maybe u want a new FR-S or BRZ

 

That does sound odd to me that the gauge read HOT before the OP noticed smoke/flames. Nothing in the engine bay would ignite at temperatures that would overheat the car without an outside source of ignition or unless it touched the MUCH hotter exhaust manifold. While tracking the car, it's not uncommon to see oil temps around the 280's. Coolant temps around the same temp range will max out the gauge, as it peaks at 273 degrees. Before that point, I'd imagine that some signs that something was amiss would have presented themselves if an overheat alone caused this. (I.E. steam coming from the radiator, that burnt coolant smell, reduced performance). The only way for the overheat to actually cause the blaze is if the head gasket failed from the extra heat and pressure causing oil to come in contact with something in the combustion chamber or something outside of the engine that was hot enough to spontaneously ignite it (exhaust manifold).

There had to be something else going on there, as the most flammable substance in the engine bay (gasoline) has an autoignition (min temp to ignite without spark or flame) temperature of 475 degrees on the low end, which should only occur inside the engine and in/on the exhaust manifold and piping in the immediate vicinity to include the catalytic converter, which gets VERY hot.

 

Glad you are OK. That must have been so scary and maddening at the same time.
I once had that happen with a bost and know how you must feel.

Good luck on your search for the new S.


-jazzman

 

Dude I would cry.