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Shant here is some food for thought,
number 1 when you just buy a vehicle drive it around for awhile before you take it offroad, to make sure it's reliable and all it's faults in regards to brakes, steering and how it runs are taken care of.
For 1 after it stalled it should have had atleast 2 brake applications with assist, so it should not have rolled away ( kinda handy to make sure that the parking brakes work and hold the vehicle on a hill also)
Would be nice to avoid vehicle fires, when it does happen, you did a good job of putting it out. You didn't freak, just cracked the hood and extinguished the fire through the crack of the hood. Now the important thing is to figure out what was the root cause of the fire.
I would look at the transmission in your case. The coolant did not stink so the engine did not severely overheat. Was not a serious electrical short either since it still started and ran afterwards.
Point is check a new to you vehicle thoroughly before you take it offroad and carry a fire extinguisher in it, also preferably drive it around in all kinds of traffic for a couple of weeks so you know what needs attention before you head out to the sticks. Would have been a major bummer to cause a wild fire
number 1 when you just buy a vehicle drive it around for awhile before you take it offroad, to make sure it's reliable and all it's faults in regards to brakes, steering and how it runs are taken care of.
For 1 after it stalled it should have had atleast 2 brake applications with assist, so it should not have rolled away ( kinda handy to make sure that the parking brakes work and hold the vehicle on a hill also)
Would be nice to avoid vehicle fires, when it does happen, you did a good job of putting it out. You didn't freak, just cracked the hood and extinguished the fire through the crack of the hood. Now the important thing is to figure out what was the root cause of the fire.
I would look at the transmission in your case. The coolant did not stink so the engine did not severely overheat. Was not a serious electrical short either since it still started and ran afterwards.
Point is check a new to you vehicle thoroughly before you take it offroad and carry a fire extinguisher in it, also preferably drive it around in all kinds of traffic for a couple of weeks so you know what needs attention before you head out to the sticks. Would have been a major bummer to cause a wild fire
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