Giovanni

Hi everyone. I am a little bit concerned.
I was driving my car tonight and I noticed a spark in my rear view mirror, looks like when someone throws a cigarette out of the window, but I was the only car on the road.
A few minutes later I noticed the same thing. I pulled over and nothing was dragging from the bottom. Then it did it again when I was in 5th spd and I was going faster.
Please if anyone has had a problem like that, let me know. I have heard too many "burning cars" on the local radio channel, and I don't want to be the next one.
Thanks,
Giovanni.

Badaxxima

Check to see if you have a nail or something in your tire. What is the frequency of the sparks? It might possibly be a pulley or something in your engine bay grinding and sparking.

Ride B Red

maybe your tires are down to the steel bead, thats always fun to watch.

Bman

How's your exhaust system? (condition, sound, rust?) Maybe it's hot bits of packing/metal mesh thrown out the back?

Giovanni

I did find a nail in the rear driverside tire. Also my muffler is rusted through (noise level still normal ;-). I am going to switch the rear tires. It that doesn't cure the problem I will replace the muffler. If not then it means it probably comes from the engine bay. Scary!!
Thanks for the replys,
GC.