my car lit on FIRE!! HELP

[FarFromStockC70]

i have a 2000 Plymouth Neon.. with i think it might be a bad head Gasket... the oil was low in my car so i put some oil in it and then the exhaust Manifold caught on fire.. can anyone help... my friend saw that there was Oil caked on the Manifold.. and thats what would cause it to light on fire... when i put cold oil into a hot motor please someone please help me thanks


Joe

[bubblelip]

yeah it can be a head gasket but you have to watch out with the oil same thing happened to me it was my head gasket i changed my head gasket and it was fixed

[ozzy1]

maybe valve cover gasket

[Josiah]

head gasket is my first guess, neons are infamous for leaking oil at the rear drivers side oil passage(well 95 and 96 neons anyway, but I have seen it on later neons as well, either due to head warpage or just a bad MLS gasket)