993GT

WTF!?
Great drive until...

993GT

Oil blowing onto headers caught fire, luckily caught it real quick with extinguisher and no damage beyond the massive hole in the cam carrier...

Tom M'Guinn

Ouch, sorry to see that. Probably left a screw in there, or one backed out, and it got caught between the tower and a lobe, with the tower losing fight. Did you spin the cam to see if the lobes have any damage?

993GT

That's what I'm betting at this point too, car still runs fine so will probably just find a new carrier and replace, could have been MUCH worse day!

Dougs951

Not in person but on the forums a while back. cam tower bolt came out and shot out the top of the cam cover.

Check your oil for metal flakes.

993GT

interesting, will definitely be looking for signs of damage, so far seems 100% beside the hole/oil spill/tow ride...

V2Rocket

hooooooly crap

Tom M'Guinn

Check to make sure the belt didn't jump on impact before running that motor much more. Cam towers are a dime a dozen, but be sure to check the valve train and cam for signs of damage too.

993GT

Will do for sure, belt has to come off anyway so will definitely check the timing/belt condition, cam looks good so far too, didn't feel or hear anything just smelt a bit of burnt oil and started to see some smoke, pull over quick and grab fire extinguisher..

eman930

Its things like this that make me carry a fire extinguisher in my car lol

michaelmount123

Good save.

Rinse that dry chemical powder off of everything ASAP. It's horribly corrosive!

reno808

Actually i know one other person. He lerks around. Got an engine built by a person here.

reno808

sorry to hear

Oddjob

Yep, have seen it happen and also caused a fire. Cam tower bolt floating around.