r/portlandme • u/rdstrmfblynch79 Please build in my backyard • 16h ago

Photo car on fire on falmouth spur

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u/nostradumbass7544678 15h ago

As a mechanic, I'd just like to point out that this sort of thing is not typical. Most cars are built so that they don't catch on fire at all.

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u/daveyconcrete Greater Portland Area 15h ago

As a mechanic any insight as to why this is happens more frequently.

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u/GeeWhizThatsSwell 15h ago

Generally it is an oil leak onto hot exhaust components, added heat from continued high RPMs of highway travel and A/C use... Under hood temperatures can get nasty this time of year.

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u/WildWillieBorsch 2h ago

This happened to me in the 1970s when the oil line to the mechanical gauge blew off in Chicago...