My friends TT in flames!!

[Rob.H]

Well this was fun day out!!! NOT!

This is the result of my friends Audi TT 225 Roadster, remapped by APR with a K&N Panel Filter running 265bhp.

After taking a nice drive home from work, along the A50 from Stoke to Uttoxeter, ECU Warning light flashed breifly and the engine lost all power but was still running, then instantly come back. Thought nothing of it just thought it was a small error so continued driving. 500 Yards later the ECU light came on permantly, a large bang occured, took a look in the rear view mirror to see a huge amount of black smoke, followed by the engine cutting out totally. Because he was in 6th gear, it restarted its self as he was still in gear, and then alot more smoke piled out of the car. So he instantly pulled over not knowing what was wrong. To see a large amount of smoke coming out of the engine. So he lifted the bonnet to take a quick look and noticed that there were flames around the rear of the engiine (exhaust manifold area). Shut the bonnet, walked away to watch his car within seconds become a ball of fire and here are the pics.....i think he is rather gutted!!

 

[nathanH]

wonder what caused that? OMG

 

[bendee]

feck gotta be gutted.

 

[DrR]

Wish my car would do this, insurance premium would be cheaper than the work needed, looks rather nasty though!

 

[J0sh]

Bet that would suck, watching your pride and joy go up. Scary stuff.

 

[Mike-bham]

Bloody hell! How long ago did he have the re map done?

 

[Gumby]

Poor bloke. I'd be well gutted

 

[Gary-Lew]

The way i look at things like this is
No ones hurt
Its only a car
Start again with pay out

 

[Rob.H]

The remap was done about a year ago, and the car has covered about 55k miles. So it isnt asif the remap has caused the problem.

Neither of us are mechanics so cant honestly say what we think may of happened other than tim said the Oil light flashed briefly before it going bang just after the first ecu flash but thought nothing of it...seconds later the ecu light stayed on and the car cut out....so he really hasnt got a clue. Unless the sump cracked or a gasket went, leaking oil onto the exhaust manifold and ignited as thats where the fire started???

 

[Bluebeard]

The way i look at it; One more TT not to have to look at.

*although i do feel for him, i'd cry like a newborn if that was my car*

 

[M8XY G]

oh dear.

 

[DrR]

Atleast it happened in a lay-by right next to an SOS phone.

 

[Rob.H]

The guy on the SOS phone was a waste of time, asking questions like have u called the fire brigade. So he ended up putting the phone down and calling 999 off his mobile instead.

He said SOS phones are disgraceful.

 

[Mike-bham]

Hope the mods were insured too!

 

[Phoenix]

hope he declaird the mods

 

[Renault_Boy01]

thats unlucky...hope he gets it sorted

 

[ukaskew]

Please tell me the remap and filter were insured?

 

[Guy]

not much left of the filter now

and guessing the ecu is torched.

 

[Rob.H]

Yeah they were both insured mate, gladly he is one of the sensible ones who insures any modifications to the car. Dont think that would of made much difference now though. Just hope the insurance sorts it all quickly. But he has had no end of problems with the car to be honest in the 5 years of ownership. They have been mainly electrical though.

 

[Bloooor]

I would cry so much if the only thing I could do was sit and watch my car burn!

 

[Ross M]

ach thatl t-cut out ...

 

[Alan]

Hi Ross..

 

[Ross M]

hey sexy !

 

[rctempire]

Nice, looks fine for a burnout. Least the interior never went up. Looks like it will be a cat-b maybe. Could repair it.

 

[Alan]

Nice...PMSL RC..

 

[Rob.H]

Hahaha, he didnt find me amusing when i started singing "buurn baby burrrn" at him!!

Ahh well only a car....and like ya said interiors fine so maybe a cat b repariable pmsl.

 

[rctempire]

Thought i would just enter a bit of humor. Cat-B is still repairable, just the smell will take a while to get out. Just get a bottle of OUST and your away.

 

[JD]

ach thatl t-cut out ...

dammit ross, thought i woudl be the first to say lol

s**t story mate, sos to hear, as someone said, least no one was hurt. payout here you come.

jamie

 

[tim206gti]

he has been on the insurance today, and hes been to see the car......he has fresh pics.. i would very much doubt its repairable, the engine has actually melted..lol...he now has a ford KA, he says its rapid. super

 

[A13EX F Trophy No70]

saw the mark on the road just on my way home from work wondered what caused it looked at the pic and realised it was the tt's engine!

not good at all at least you both got out of it.

 

[Fred@BTM]

vorksprungdurkfucked

 

[Brad182]

Holy s**t thats crazy!

 

[DebV6]

s**t!! I'd be gutted, hope he gets it sorted.

 

[TheCake]

Jesus!

 

[browno]

Bet your mate's gutted!

By the sound of it though, I wonder if one of his turbo oil feed pipes had bust/dropped off and sprayed oil onto the exhaust... would tie in with seeing oil warning light, then fire....

 

[Cliobcx]

why did he not have a fire exstinguisher in the car?!? 1st thing i bought for my car.

 

[Englebert]

That must be truly gutting.

 

[Nafoff]

so he can get a proper car now and let the hairdressers rest in piece......

sorry to hear this in all seriousness, must of been gutting, as for whether the mods where declaired or not, (i know they should be an his where) but really would it matter in an accident like this, would the insurance really be able to tell...lol

 

[scott_fu]

so he can get a proper car now and let the hairdressers rest in piece......

Yeh,

Hopefully he can get a ''butch'' and well built French car next with great engineering and body strength.

If the insurance pay up, he should be able to get 2 of Renault tanks.

 

[al]

Hahaha, he didnt find me amusing when i started singing "buurn baby burrrn" at him!!

Ahh well only a car....and like ya said interiors fine so maybe a cat b repariable pmsl.

FPMSL ^^

IIRC If it's a cat B it has to be broken for parts and the shell crushed.

Gutted tho!! :S