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SoCalKen · 09-15-2009, 06:34 AM

So you're thinking the dipstick touched the live wire on the starter and something else, shorted out and started the fire? the hot wire on the starter is probably the only one large enough to carry the amperage to to do this.
ken

09-15-2009, 06:34 AM	#4
SoCalKen Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Escondido, CA Posts: 89	So you're thinking the dipstick touched the live wire on the starter and something else, shorted out and started the fire? the hot wire on the starter is probably the only one large enough to carry the amperage to to do this. ken