preventing engine fire
 

I been seeing a lot of 944's either being stripped out or trying to be sold after a engine fire. I would hate to see this happen to mine. What is the best way to prevent this from happening?

Replace all of the seals for the injectors. Replace the hoses between the steel lines and the fuel rail with the proper ones; high pressure fittings as necessary. Don't use a fuel rail that has a crack. Make sure the hose are properly supported and do not vibrate and cause the fuel rail to crack.

Due diligence.

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and be ready to open up a whole can of worms!

A friend of mine had his go up because oil was leaking from the plate on the back of the cam tower and he said by the time he got it stopped after noticing the smoke, the flames were already there. But knowing him, the smoke was probably there for a while.

thats no good to hear because I was leaking oil on my headers from my rear gasket and there was smoke sometimes.But i just replaced my rear cam housing seal where the drip was, and now i cant fit the lowere nut back in the hole? But not a lot of oil is under the seal.

Besides regular maint, I recommend installing a fire suppression system. At the first sign of problems, you can pull the handle and fill the engine compartment with halon.

-Nick