Engine fire..

[mike1450]

Hey Guys,

My father in law's 2001 Speedster had an engine fire on the weekend. The voltage regulator/rectifier blew up, and burned until I doused it with a few buckets of water... and luckily there was no real damage other than a thoroughly melted regulator.

Long story short, I put a new one in and it's running again, but anyone know if this is a normal problem, this kind of catastrophic failure, or does anyone know if there's something else I should be replacing?

It's actually fixed the rough idle and engine judder... I think it's been on it's way out since last summer.

 

[rookie101]

Yours is the first I've heard off, so I don't think it's too common. The only thing that would tend to be hard on the regulator is if he is killing the battery all the time, and making it work too hard.

Aaron:cheers:

 

[mike1450]

thanks for the reply...

Well, he's a real stickler for turning the power off at the back when not in use, so I can't imagine that he's running the battery down... makes me think that maybe some of those wires are going...

hmmmmmm....

 

[rookie101]

Sorry, one other thing. Loose connections. Check for any loose connections or corroded terminals. Nothing causes heat faster than high resistance caused by a bad connection.

Aaron:cheers:

 

[mike1450]

thanks again... i didn't see anything obvious, but I'd better give it a once over the next time I'm there...