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Engine fire while on the highway. We recently had a disaster in our motor home.a fire broke out in the engine compartment while on the highway (oct 2015 near asheville nc).what i discovered was a seal had failed on the hydraulic motor that drives the fan. (this unit has a side radiator) when the seal failed it sprayed oil on the fan blades thus spreading oil over the turbo and exhaust manifold of the engine. Have seen 3 other coaches in flames with the same problem. Looked on the web at many coaches in salvage yards and almost always the fire starts in this same location. This is a potential life threatening situation. By the time i had the coach stopped it had completely filled with thick black smoke and i had problems getting my wife out the door, also a very expensive problem.i think a shield around the motor to keep oil from getting on the fan blades or a double seal on the motor shaft with a drain tube between seals would be an easy fix and not too expensive.the coach we lost was on a spartan chassis the last one i saw burn was on a freight liner chassis. I think all the coaches with side radiator have this same issue.i sincerely hope you will look at this issue.
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