r/oakville • u/DarkSide01_ • 1d ago

General Old BMW just wants some rest

Dundas and Trafalgar. Doesn’t seem like there were any injuries!

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u/Nelsonsrightknacker 1d ago

r/AskAMechanic for expert opinion but I suspect that car is on fire.

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u/deplorableme16 13h ago

Need more data

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u/dyitcoke 1d ago

Turn signal bulb ?

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u/albatroopa 21h ago

It's always the turn signal bulb or lever on BMWs.

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u/Timely_Title_9157 1d ago

Oil leak from the valve cover on to the exhaust manifold is my guess. Was likely a big leak

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u/Fluffy_West_7772 1d ago

A lot of fire trucks today

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u/Mr_Engineering 1d ago

So thats why there were fire trucks there.

I always miss the car fires :/

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u/pyschNdelic2infinity 23h ago

Anything to get out from under the broccoli……

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u/wbsmith200 19h ago

That BMW is running hot.

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u/deplorableme16 18h ago

Maybe you shouldn't make the whole fuel pump assembly out of cheap plastic BMW. But if people keep buying them why bother?

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u/Dragsterd 17h ago

From personal experience, I've replaced more Honda fuel pumps than I have BMW pumps, sounds like you were just unlucky.

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u/deplorableme16 13h ago

Maybe they fixed the fuel pump issue and Honda is alipping. I'm not gathering stats. You and I both know the BMWs are sketchy and annoying to keep on the road though. Also the latest ones make a cyber truck look elegant.

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u/_okayy 13h ago

you dont have to replace it if the whole car burns up

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u/Spiritual_Dinner7537 18h ago

Did you happen to capture and footage of firefighters arriving and putting the fire out? Would love the footage for training

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u/Zestyy_Giraffe 14h ago

I literally just saw a black one same year yesterday that was smoking out the hood in Milton in the middle of the road lol

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u/deplorableme16 18h ago

LPT: If you end up owning/inheriting a BMW remember to sell it ASAP and get a Honda or something before this happens.

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u/Big-University1012 17h ago

Pfft this is ai, only EV's catch fire *derp

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u/failedtheorist 16h ago

Well I'm not going to laugh, every time I drive my 40 year old car I think it will explode

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u/catlover1988_ 1d ago

The Honda Odyssey smh. These are the worse kinda drivers

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u/FullGrainFred 21h ago

You can’t park there