if this is a common fault with the manufacture of the vehicle there will be class action against the company. contact legal advice to find out if such an action is pending and join it.
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First you have to prove it is a spontaneous combustion, then why and where the fire started and then start to sue, knowing they have better lawyers than you can afford.
I don't know how the lay works in your country, but where I live we don't have a chance to get anything when a car caught fire, unless it was insured for that.
back firing is form combustion fire coming back past an inlet valve into the inlet manifold
It is from valves held open, weak valve springs at high revs, hot spots in the cylinder and head , timing, HT leads touching each other, lean mixture (spontaneous combustion)
It has a reason but it may be difficult to find as it is a random problem
pinning ( detonation) is caused from a combination of air/fuel mixture octane rating and timing. IT is the spontaneous combustion ( without timed spark) and occurs when the air/fuel mixture is too lean and the mixture is fired by hot points in the combustion chamber Run fault codes to check for faulty o2 sensors /MAP/MAF sensors . Try a tank of higher rated octane fuel to see it that fixes the problem. If you are using an E mix fuel then it is not as good in some cars as claimed.
run fault codes and look for faulty knock sensors. I suspect detonation ( uncontrolled spontaneous combustion ) is the rattle as it is slamming the pistons on the cylinder walls. It is from incorrect air/fuel/ timing
Glow plugs do not "fire". You may be confusing the function of glow plugs as analagous to spark plugs in a gasoline engine; the purpose of glow plugs is to heat the air-fuel mixture to a temperature that will support the diesel auto-combustion process. The diesel process is not one in which the air-fuel mixture is ignited via spark like a gas engine; rather, the air-fuel mixture undergoes much higher compression and spontaneously explodes, generating the combustion in a self-sustaining manner. High compression produces much higher heat, but before it can begin, heat must be introduced into the system to get it started.
If you're having sluggish engine performance from your diesel engine, you may have fuel system issues such as fuel pump failure or fuel line restrictions (including fuel filter or strainer clogging), etc. At the "worst" end of the spectrum, one of more of your fuel injectors may have a problem - the fuel injectors on the Powerstrokes not only inject the fuel into the combustion chamber, but are also cooled and lubricated by the fuel - if the vehicle has ever been run out of fuel, the injectors may have been damaged and will need to be inspected for replacement.
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