a blow to the L67 children

[SappySE107]

I gotta go to some more yards when the weather is nicer and the ground resembling dirt instead of water.

[geldartb]

yeah it wasnt bad today at the yard it was actually solid somewhat. when i went monday or last week i think it was pretty muddy could have used a 4x4 truck to get through the yard.

[Sidewinder]

Oddly enough I have yet to find a single Grand Prix in a junkyard that hasn't been destroyed by fire. Well, I guess its not that odd.

[geldartb]

these fire babies just started showing up this year.before that they were mostly 3100 or anything other than a 3800 grand prix.
alot of them still have leather thats in good condition still.

[Euro]

GOD JUST STOP MAKING THAT POS ENGINE ALREADY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED!!!

Yeah...that engine is so shitty. I'd rather have mine than a 60*

[gpse3400]

Yeah...that engine is so shitty. I'd rather have mine than a 60*

Make sure you take a fire extingusher with you.

[pocket-rocket]

these fire babies just started showing up this year.before that they were mostly 3100 or anything other than a 3800 grand prix.
alot of them still have leather thats in good condition still.

There was one in our local yard a year or two ago. If I dig around enough, I might actually find a pic of it. I laughed so hard when I saw it. It truly made my day

[SHOoff]

DUDE, sweet. My GTP has already been on fire once.

These vehicles may experience an under hood fire. The fires may be caused by drops of engine oil being deposited on the exhaust manifold through hard braking.

^^ That's exactly where it started. On top of the front exhaust manifold. Problem is also made a lot worse when you have a blown valve cover gasket BTW.

I got the fire out, and did repairs to the car enough to get it running. So when I get that recall notice in the mail someone in the world is going to be pissed off. I'm willing to bet that in addition to all the recall parts, they're going to be changing the engine wire harness too. 100% gaurantee that my fuel injector harness is trashed and a good portion of the main harness is messed up. The only reason the car runs is because I had a 660 harness laying around, and I used some injector plugs and wires so that the 660 could give life to the L67 again. Muahahahaha. At either rate, my guess is that my 97 GTP is going to be down at the dealership for a while.

By the way, they say they know of 267 Vehicle fires. They don't know about mine since it wasn't claimed on/fixed by insurance. So make it 268.

Funny part, it talks about a burning smell.... even though I replaced that front valve cover gasket and all, I still get a burning smell. Could be from the wiring that's burned up.

Make sure you take a fire extingusher with you.

That's not funny. I'll have to get pics of my wire harness in the engine and front valve cover, but then grab a picture of my trunk. Sitting next to my box and speakers... guess what the big round red thing is.

[1994KlrWhaleOlds]

I have fire extinguishers in both of my cars more out of common sense than just because they tend to catch on fires. I've seen many 60 degree fires as well.

[Superdave]

I spent the day fixing a friends '00 L67.. i guess i never realised that they've been using the same valve covers on them since the 80's.

[gpse3400]

thatss about all they kept the same. Damn near every year of that silly engine has been changed for one thing or another. Its pita as far as parts is concerned.

The series 2 sounds like a zombie....

[toms92gp]

Yeah, I had to use an extiquisher on my 92 but it was because the rear caliper siezed and the pad caught on fire. My wifes 01 gtp has an extingisher in the trunk, our z71 has one in the tool box and my 92 has on in the trunk. Alot of cars could be saved if people carried an extinguisher in the trunk of their car. My friend would have lost his show winning mustang if he didn't have an extingiusher with him, his sub caught on fire in his trunk.

[3100 MPFI]

hmmmm

<getting ideas about installing the foam fire supression system like the 1988 Cutlass Supreme PACE CAR had.

[SHOoff]

At least on the bright side. GM told me that the dealership will do the recall AND replace the parts that were previously damaged in the fire. Which is probably going to come down to the engine harness, fuel injector harness, the little plastic track that the L67 has for the spark plug wires. And maybe the exhaust manifold heat shield..... and maybe anything else. I guess I should go hunting deep down inside the GTP's engine bay to make absolutely sure I get down everything that's messed up.