You missed the main #1 reason for car fires. Being upside down in a car you owe payments on that needs an expensive repair that has great full coverage insurance. I believe that's why there are so many BMW and Mercedes car fires around here. This can also be a reason that people forget to put there car in park on a hill beside a lake as well.

Your mad ex can also set your car on fire. That reason wasn’t covered here. lol

This channel is amazing. I saved $600 on a timing belt and waterpump job from one of its very old how to videos.

EricTheCarGuy of Southern California. Keep on keeping on! Love this channel. The best explanations on automotive AC systems.

These dry leaves in your engine bay can easily catch fire. Maybe keeping the engine bay clean can also help preventing car fire.

Glad to see you're ok brotha! Great video as always

Love all your vids watched mostly all of them!

Great stuff. I subscribed and clicked bell after watching the first video. Keep it up. Lots of love from Jamaica in the Caribbean ❤️👍🏽

Bro glad you're back!

Friday afternoon here where I live, we had massive lightening and thunder storms roll through. Our local news shared a picture of a car parked in the driveway infront of a house that had a bolt of lightening hit the front windshield, broke through , melted the dash, and started a fire with the air bag deployed!! Noone in the car, owner was gone on vacation. I thought a car was safe when lightening hit but this confirms that is not true. Couldn't believe that this could happen, just sharing... have a blessed day.

Interesting topic. In my area last months two cars burned on the side of the HWY cost grass fire as well. Thanks for the video.

Hey RandW great video i watch your videos all the time lot of good info.thank you

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Hey Mister, I wish to really "thank" you for your video's that you make and have for us to watch and learn from . I very much "VALUE" watching you, as do I watch "Scotty" and "Car Wizard", your guys info, and experience is just great for us, thank you so much! Madman29

Dude! Where have ya been? Glad you are uploading again

I'm glad i subscribe. Always interesting. Thank you .

I like your content! Keeep it up yo :)

Thanks for sharing what can and will in time happen if not prevented , fire . Great video today .

A rare video. Good to see you. 👍

So unless you have a stuck radiator cap for some odd reason, the coolant cannot build more that 17psi in the cooling system. That's why the cap is there, it's spring loaded and anything over it's rated maximum pressure is going to get releived in the overflow tank, which is not under pressure... So if the overflow becomes overfilled, coolant will just leak out onto the ground. If it leaks close to an exhaust manifold I guess there is a chance but it is going to be difficult to get coolant to burn as it is made in large part of water.

Great info first saw you in the 01-05 Civic head gasket change series! Had no idea coolant could ignite-sources show it's flash point to be only 650 deg F. In my Civic at least, the crimp near the outlet spout securing the aluminum radiator fins to the plastic top piece blows coolant everywhere in summer (definite design flaw) , right onto the exhaust manifold. Lucky it didn't ignite on me lol. Fixed that leak by putting epoxy over the whole area after going through 3 radiators.

Thank goodness. I've been waiting for ages for this video 👍

I am about to tow a trailer from LA to Reno, so these are good reminders for me, thanks.

Great video. My power steering fluid is leaking from high pressure hose into floor. There is also a crack in 2nd rubber hose. There was little bit of smoke coming out of engine after few minutes drive. I am going to have both hoses replaced, better be safe than leaking steering mineral oil catching fire.

Thank you, good information.

Felicitaciones desde Chile . Explicas los problemas y sus causas como pocos . Gran metodología de enseñanza .

Nice video. My 74 bug caught on fire. I then started to notice other bugs with the same burn scar on the engine cover. The oil pressure sender wire touched the distributor condenser wire and shorted out, igniting the insulation, which ignited the fuel line. A Volkswagen design flaw, I suppose.

Thank you for sharing such critical information here regarding various reasons which could cause an over heated auto to catch fire. Today I witnessed a car on fire in just two minutes while the owner was having lunch. Not one person had been prepared with FIRE EXTINGUISHER. NOT ONE. I FELT SO HELPLESS. Thank you for sharing such critical information. Happy Holidays

Good vids mate. Just one more risk of fire (not sure if it was mentioned) is a power steering leak.. Excessive amounts or any amount of power steering fluid leaking can come in contact with exhaust manifold and quickly ignite. Last week I had a p/s hose blow, Pretty sure due to using rubber hose for a repair which wasn't P/s fluid resistant. My bad! But a bulk load of fluid sprayed straight onto my extractors. I'd only just started the car so didn't have much heat in the extractor pipes luckily and I was able to turn the car off before there was enough heat for it to ignite. Over n out cheers.

I saw a car catch fire once on the expressway--it went to FULLY engulfed VERY quickly! I was thanking God that the driver was already out & there was no one else in car! Happened SO fast! 🤯

Nice to see a new video.

Years ago, I tried to light various types of engine oil and coolant on fire (in a controlled environment with multiple fire extinguishers at arms reach) and none of it would burn. However I was able to get some used engine oil to burn briefly. I think what happens is, over time fuel can mix with these liquids and make them flammable. But I'm confident they are definitely not flammable in their normal state.

Nicely and well explained

Good to see your post again. Too bad about the mower. The only thing left was the sticker that stated "Craftsman". Good information, thanks.

The catastrophic converter 😂😂 good video man.

Muy Buena la I formacion, thanks....

Welcome back bro

Very nice video sir keep it up 👍❤🌹

I wish you did more how-to videos instead of top 5 or top10 videos. Good information through.

Hey how is it going? Quick question for you. Can a bad o2 sensor cause a hard start?

The best videos on KZfaq a honest helping machianic who is not all about MONEY MONEY MONEY unlike 80 percent of machianics

Hi! Where have you been? Glad to se that you're back...

Good stuff man 👍 @4:05 😂

Very good video . Have cut the timing belt of a TJet engine but haven't marks . How can replace the timing belt after cutting it so the valve will be ok

In Europe there is a requirement to carry a fire extinguisher (as well as a first aid kit, a reflective triangle, etc) in your car. Is that actually going to work to put out fire with a small fire extinguisher?

Great 👍 información 💁‍♂️

I’m surprised at the number of burned out hulks on Randy’s Copart videos. Thanks for the information.

great idea to include the riding mower. who knew that could happen??

That's crazy, I had a dream our shop was starting to catch on fire last night, and now a video this morning of car catching on fire

my Nissan sentra caught fire while driving on the highway. I suspect it was the battery blew up.. I hit a hump in the road and heard a bang under the hood then tons of smoke immediately and headlights were flashing. could this be a vibration issue.. the car was on stiffer lowering springs and had a big sound system...

smoke was coming out a little thin white & whispy. No change in heat/temp gauge at all. Stopped car to pay toll & oil pressure gauge went from fine to super low but temp gauge was still fine. Saw thin whispy smoke. Pulled into gas station to get some oil. In 30 seconds, thin white smoke became thick brown smoke. Another 30 seconds & flames were coimng out the hood + flaming debris falling onto the ground below the engine. Then my car burned to death in about 2 minutes or less :(

Great video. I got an old car recently (assigned to me) and it started to smoke. I did pull over in time. Radiator problem.

Hello men my 2007 Honda Odyssey fuse box get fired when I put key in ignition to diagnose by my OBD SCANNER What case could be reason I appreciate for your answer

Oooo wallet fire. The worst!!! Thanks R and W.

When you showed that 'car' at 0:35, all I can remember was that the '09 had a recall, about the engine catching fire in the trunk area.

At work, a BMW decided to park off of the pavement. The hot catalytic converter started the dry grass on fire totaling the beemer.

One more tip: ALWAYS keep a fire extinguisher in your vehicle.

Dear brother,glad you made a video but I have made an enormous research on this topic and am fighting for the ban of the Hotspark ignition system and the MPFi system which works hand in hand and reintroduce the carburettor system.These modern day cars have a tendency of catching fire.Manufacturers say if everything is perfect such things won't happen but truth which nobody sees is even if everything goes wrong a car shouldn't catch fire .They never happened in the 60's, 70's and 80's when the carburettor system was there. These modern day cars that use the MpFi system requires 50 to 60 psi pressure from an electronic or electric fuel pump unlike the cam driven mechanical fuel pump which requires only 12 to 15 psi.This high pressure fuel supply is yet another provider of fuel in a car fire and for fuel being sprayed on to the wiring through holes such as rat bites or broken down lines.The complicated wiring diagram with so many sensors all under the control of the ECM is also a reason for cars catching fire.manufactures keep saying that ECM cannot take overload of anysort but the sad truth is that it's even not able to bear the load it's supposed to bear at all times.whether fuel comes in contact with this wiring or short circuit sparks come in contact with leaking on non leaking high pressure fuel lines it's only going to be disaster. If governments all across the globe are obsessed with safety rather than pollution control and have these unsafe modern day cars it would save lives.There so many who are dead, so many who are going to die.someday it can be you. How can a woman or a child or an elderly parent run for life in such car fires that too in the present day traffic conditions. The unburnt fuel in the exhaust which was the sole reason why those safe carburettor system was banned could have been overcome by connecting to a simple device like a turbo or super charger which sends more air into the suction manifold during acceleration as per demand. All that is required is correct compression, appropriate CFA ( centrifugal advance) sufficient air into the suction manifold, why then won't the secondary winding of the ignition coil where the 12 volt battery current is amplified to 20 thousand times be able to burn all the intake mixture in the cylinder and why will there be unburnt fuel in the exhaust.. Think think think, fight this stubbornness of heart. Failure is not falling down but it's refusal to get up. I am very good in identifying a problem and in bringing the problem and the solution together but I am unable to succeed in getting this problem solved because the real problem is these governments are not willing to take advice and they're obsessed with pollution control than safety.

Hey there, ive Honda Amaze 1.2 ltr petrol 2018 model(India).Few days back,its fuel pump got overheated and stoped operating while driving. It was replaced by the honda.But my concern is,before the fuel pump change i was getting 23 km/ltr fuel economy on highways,but after the change,it shows just 18 or 19 kmpl on my cars MID. What could be wrong??????????????????????

Thanks bro. Fuse blow for a reason. Dnt change Fuse amp

I know the old mid 90’s Ford Aerostar vans were notorious to burn do to their alternators.

I use to drive a corolla 2012 a south african model, it caught fire cause of the ABS thats common in Nigeria for that model.

Plot twist his dogs actual name is Butthead. For real tho what type of dog hes gorgeous!! Also very informative video as well . Thanks :)

If I got my first car which would be the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban Z71, I would put a fire extinguisher in it just in case if there is a fire in the Suburban

@2:28 6th reason: dry leaves inside engine compartment can also catch fire ahahaha

My family got lucky, VERY lucky. We’ve been driving our minivan with a failed fuel rail for a FULL YEAR. We’ve smelled gas coming through our HVAC vents but wasn’t sure where it was coming from. When the radiator failed, it was time to visit the mechanic. Yep, they found the problem. I wonder if they knew we were driving the van like that for a full year. Very dumb luck. *The engine design saved our lives. That 3.8L V6 was designed so that the spark plugs and wires were FAR away from the fuel rail. Fuel rail at the top, spark plugs and wires below the valve cover to the sides.

I really hope my 07 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo w 170k really catches on fire so my insurance could pay the whole dam thing off🤞🏽

Missed you bud

Thanx

I once had a leaky radiator that leaked straight on to my exhaust (2 stroke) im glad it didn't catch fire.

Brake fluid is now one of the reason for car fires, it does not smoke when put on a hot exhaust but bursts into flames. I believe they are now trying to put brake master cylinders shielded from the engine bay as it is so inflammable.

Does a car ignite or spark causing fire even if its in stationary and the engine is off?

i just clicked on this video randomly. And you literally told me everything wrong with my car in 5mins. overheating issue changed radiator hoses, radiator. Heater hose was leaking. hose kept on melting at the clamp. then would shoot out Small holes.

Hey shopping for new sedan for under $10000. Any ideas for the best purchases?

Hey there! Yes, you! I need some tips and tricks on the best approach to primer and repaint a panel on my car that someone hit and removed all the paint. I would really like to do it myself because it's too expensive to take it to a professional. What is the best approach?

Hey buddy. Can you make a video for the 2nd generation dodge owners that have the NO BUS on the dashboard with crank no start issues.

Can you do an opinion/review on whether someone should buy a vw touareg?

Honorable mention should go to missing exhaust heat shields. Fasteners rot off causing rattles, people rip them off instead of reattaching them, then the fun begins

You could have taken your lawn mower back to Sears for a full unconditional guarantee which they had on tools, but of course Sears is no longer in business. Thanks for making this video.

My brother’s flatulence caused his Monte Carlo SS to catch fire in 1987 💨 🔥

Parking in top of leaves is by far the most common cause in my area!

I keep a extinguisher in my toolbox for my safety and if I ever see a person on the side of the road thats in need 💯 id hate to watch my new truck burn wanting on the dept to come

When you referenced your truck, was that a jeep Cherokee... just curious it looked like one..

I've never seen coolant catch fire....??? At what temperature does coolant burn?

I wonder what happened with recent model Hyundai/ Kia cars.. I heard there was an engine fire hazard on some Sonatas and Optimas

This happened to some random person on the highway and My dad saw that fire leaked from the car and he accelerated so fast that my phone came out of my hand and luckily We were both safe from the explosion

Smokers have caused some car fires. They have caused some house fires too.

Can you do a video about Automatic Transmission ?

The Hyundai Sonata’s has a serious problem with engine fires, they even had a recall for it.

Can a catalytic converter cause a misfire?

Hey another great video, just one thing though, a concentration of 4 to 75 percent hydrogen in air will cause an explosion

I do a diy channel as well. Never had a fire. How’d that happen!!!

Can the evap system catch fire also?

It's a good job you are riding lawn mower caught fire. We got a video out of it!

What about wiring a sound system? Can that cause a fire?

You should make a video about How To Fix or prevent that white or blue stuff on ur battery. Plus its leaking acid. Please fix it. 👍

Over the counter freon is flammable.

I missed you man. Please make a video on a good starter mechanic tool set. I don't want to buy a harbor freight one and end up screwed.

I got an oil/coolant leak from the dealership-had an oil change, car was 2 years old! Then, the air conditioner went out! Done on purpose. Been driving for 30 and NEVER had a dealership vandalize my car!!!

Brake fluid or Transmission fluid can cause fires if it leaks on a hot exhaust system too.