Lamborghini Gallardo catches fire

[Try5t]

Not sure if anyone has seen this in the wail today .. the usual well researched journalism in relation to car values but .. deepest sympathies to the owner though..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018589/Go...


On a plus - it should help to restrict availability further pushing prices up if my old economics teacher was right!

[XXVIII]

‎... service 'agents' failing to route cables and tubes properly yet again??? ...

[voicey]

Holy cr@P - that fire had some heat! In the first pic it you can see it is a coupe but in the last photo the roof has dissapeared.

[ChrisFitz]

XXVIII said:

‎... service 'agents' failing to route cables and tubes properly yet again??? ...

One would put money on it. I take it this was rectified in 06 cars then as the spontaneous combustable Gallardo's always seem to be pre-06 versions....

[XXVIII]

ChrisFitz said:

XXVIII said:

‎... service 'agents' failing to route cables and tubes properly yet again??? ...

One would put money on it. I take it this was rectified in 06 cars then as the spontaneous combustable Gallardo's always seem to be pre-06 versions....

... even the best laid plans of Sant'Agata and the most diligent of technicians anywhere can't make allowances for an idiot attack or NotProperAction by somebody or some company for whatever reason - so, maybe the later cars have better means of preventing this sort of fireball but sometimes, possibly not

[andrew]

XXVIII said:

ChrisFitz said:

XXVIII said:

‎... service 'agents' failing to route cables and tubes properly yet again??? ...

One would put money on it. I take it this was rectified in 06 cars then as the spontaneous combustable Gallardo's always seem to be pre-06 versions....

... even the best laid plans of Sant'Agata and the most diligent of technicians anywhere can't make allowances for an idiot attack or NotProperAction by somebody or some company for whatever reason - so, maybe the later cars have better means of preventing this sort of fireball but sometimes, possibly not

word on the street was some casual routing of the fuel piping on early cars, all of which should by now have been recalled, or maybe not

[70proof]

i blame the casseopia alloys!!

[Caelum Blue]

andrew said:

word on the street was some casual routing of the fuel piping on early cars, all of which should by now have been recalled, or maybe not

I thought it was hydraulic/oil fluid which was the problem, having had an old transit van which had a fuel leak that would allow petrol to sit in the v between the Heads (Zephyr V6 Fitted to it), the fuel would happily sit there and boil without a care. No spark and it wouldn't go up. But back then (not sure about now) brake fluid would spontaneously combust on a manifold (low flash point). I was told it is an hydraulic/oil pipe the runs across the bulkhead that needs to be checked.

[simonspider]

Caelum Blue said:

I thought it was hydraulic/oil fluid which was the problem, having had an old transit van which had a fuel leak that would allow petrol to sit in the v between the Heads (Zephyr V6 Fitted to it), the fuel would happily sit there and boil without a care. No spark and it wouldn't go up. But back then (not sure about now) brake fluid would spontaneously combust on a manifold (low flash point). I was told it is an hydraulic/oil pipe the runs across the bulkhead that needs to be checked.

Correct

[Craig]

I think it's the power steering supply pipe that's the problem as Simonspider can attest

[ChrisFitz]

Caelum Blue said:

I thought it was hydraulic/oil fluid which was the problem, having had an old transit van which had a fuel leak that would allow petrol to sit in the v between the Heads (Zephyr V6 Fitted to it), the fuel would happily sit there and boil without a care. No spark and it wouldn't go up. But back then (not sure about now) brake fluid would spontaneously combust on a manifold (low flash point). I was told it is an hydraulic/oil pipe the runs across the bulkhead that needs to be checked.

So seems strange that they are still going up, if a) Lambo corrected this in the 06 revision and b) recalled the previous cars and rerouted the pipes.

[bertie]

I was pretty sure it was routing of hydraulic pipes on e-gear cars catching on drive shafts?

All cars should have been done by now but then if they go somewhere for work that dont know about the service action campagn it could get undone or some cars might have slipped through the net.