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Rangerover 2.8 TD caught fire....

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simon15:
Only had it a day took it out round some local lanes and lost all electrics and the engine would not shut off so had to stall it.

opened bonnet which was filled with smoke and the accel cable has melted and optima Red top battery caught fire and has melted.

any ideas on what this could be and how to fix/repair it??

Also the gearbox was hissing after towing it for a couple of miles? and smelt of burning..

sounds like a large bill coming my way  :(  :(

gtomo2:
yea sounds like a big bill first thing i would do is have a good look at the wiring and do a full rewire on it. then have a look at the acclarator cable and see how its routed you may find its been rubbing on a wire somewere and shorted it out to ground which has shorted and over heated your battery which would course it ti melt and catch fire. did you have the tranfer (hi/low) box in netruel when you towed it if not you may of seen your transfer boxx off as well.

thermidorthelobster:
Could the Optima have been discharging through the accelerator cable for some reason?  Anything else significantly damaged?

What's the engine from, out of interest?

gtomo2:
or thinking about it could a bad earth course the acclarator cable to become a earth and melt as its not really designed to do that

simon15:
exactly what a few fellow lane users suggested it could be the earth.

ill get the accel cable off tomorrow and have a good look round.


Its a 2.8 Isuzu TD.

Any ideas how many earth straps there should be or where they should be attached.

hopefully a new earth a new cable and a new battery it may be back on the road then. most probably after replacing a few fuses no doubt.

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