RE: [alfa] Total Loss?

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

> The day before yesterday,  me and my '91 Spider Vel. were tooling down
> the road with no problems. I had an errand to take care of.   We were
> waiting for another car to pull out of its space so I could
> take it. All of a sudden,  white smoke and steam poured out
> from under the hood. A man standing on the street said "Man,
> your car is on fire".  I turned the car off and got out.
> When I got enough courage to look under the hood,  I popped
> it open to find the coil and several wires were fried. One of
> the radiator hoses was popped also and antifreeze was
> leaking.  A few other hoses were crackled.  All I can tell is
> that the damage is contained to the passenger side of the
> engine compartment and only the wires and a couple of hoses.
> The hood is smoked and blistered and maybe a little warped
> (it is very slight if it is).  I never saw flames.  All this
> and no warning.
>
> I had to have it towed home.  It was almost 5 p.m. and no
> where else to take it.
>
> I called the insurance man and he started a claim.  An
> adjuster came out to look at it today.  He said "I have to
> tell you that it is totalled". "Wires going to the firewall
> are burned up and when that happens....It
> is a total loss".
>
> Does this sound reasonable?  It just doesn't look like that
> kind of loss.

Sounds like a wire shorted under the hood.

I don't know why it would be a total loss, unless somebody sprayed something
under the hood to put the fire out that might have gotten into the motor.

You need an engine bay wiring harness, some paint, and some hoses.

bs
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