I was driving to work and had just gotten off the highway, and my radio starts turning off and on. I think- hmm must be a loose wire. Just then, I see thick white smoke come out from under the hood. My first reaction, naturally, was to look at the temp gauge, but it was happy as can be. Then I smell it- definately electrical. I pull into a parking lot and shut it off, and pull the hood release. I open the hood and can't even see the engine through all the smoke, let alone whats burning. I grab a towel and fan the smoke away, and when it clears, I see the 8 gauge power lead to my amplifier is now just a bare, roasted mess! I try to pull the lead out of the positive battery terminal, but it's too tight. I jump back in the car and grab an alltrade tool, and cut the wire right at it's base. The smoke clears up, and I see that the cable is charred all the way around the engine compartment, to where it leads into the cabin by the ecu harness. I think what had happened was that the cable was loose near the firewall, and it came into contact with the downpipe, causing the wire to short. Once it did, the insulation burned off all the way around the compartment, and it was shorted everywhere. I cut and peeled it all out, but wherever this cable was lying on another group of wires, those wires are looking a bit melted as well. So now I have to go in and conduct damage control, and see what else needs replacing. The smoke was inside as well, telling me that the damned amp wire burned up possibly all the way back to the amp itself! Oh well, it could have been MUCH worse.
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