It may be drawing too much current and that would need diagnosing before repairing the wire .
SOURCE: Electrical low-beam headlight wire on 02 Chevy Trailblazer burnt
Get yourself to a junkyard and pack yourself a light lunch while you're at it. Take a leisurely stroll through the junk that closely resembles the one you need parts for. Go to the closest wiring harness to the headlight assembly, take your time and don't go trying to **** it, and unplug it from the bulbs up front. Make a simple and straight forward swap and do take the time to stop and smell the junkers, it's quite relaxing! Then, you should seriously make sure your new wiring harness is properly grounded (!), which I suspect to have been a contribing factor to your problem of overheating the bulb socket. Do take the time to go over the stuff that should be grounded and make it so. Th e job is quite simple and well worth you taking the time to do it yourself.
SOURCE: 1994 BMW 740iA electrical fire under hood. Cannot
Check out this link. It is to RealOEM and will provide you the BMW product codes and descriptions you need to find the replacement harness, http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=GF63&mospid=47526&btnr=12_0585&hg=12&fg=28
Also, the link below is to provide you schematics for your engine wiring harnesses. You did not indicate which engine you had (diesel or gas). The link provides access to schematics for both engines. http://www.bmw-planet.com/diagrams/release/en/e38old/index.htm From the main menu, select: Drive, then your engine and then select engine electrical system. As far as the cause, you didn't mention what the source of the fire was. Check online for recall notices for your specific model. A google search will yield several links to sites that list recalls for yyour vehicle. It will let you know if there are any known issues regarding engine compartment fires for your model....
SOURCE: 1997 nissan pickup stopped running with smell of
Those wires need to be replaced or repaired. They probably were rubbing together and shorted out, not uncommon in older vehicles. If you do it yourself, make sure you replace them with the same gauge (size) wire and use heat shrink tube on your joints. Do them one at a time so you get them hooked up right.
Once you get them repaired you may find other electrical problems that have occured because of it, it all depends on where they went.Hope this helps.
SOURCE: I have a 1996 Honda Accord that ran hot, plug wire tips melted
it is really not good to run that hot, metal temper fails...
your description sounds like you will need to replace the wires, do it one at a time and that is the easiest way to not mix anything up..
After you get it going, measure how many quarts of oil you burn in how many miles, you may have killed the engine..
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Testimonial: "I have tried to replace the wires but the tip of 2 of them has melted onto the plug, how do I get them out?"
SOURCE: Starter and wiring
maybe burning smell is comes from the starter,i think the magnetic field of the starter is burned,check it
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