I understand your doubt, but I assure you that I did not come onto the internet to lie today. After I saw this I pulled him aside and asked to take a look at h

I understand your doubt, but I assure you that I did not come onto the internet to lie today. After I saw this I pulled him aside and asked to take a look at his engine and there was a thick layer of baked on oil on the side with the oil filler, and that oil was contaminated with thick clumps of dust and dirt from a general lack of maintenance, which in retrospect might have acted like a wick. It took a full can of degreaser spray and a lot of vigorous wiping to remove the majority of it, and after doing that along with the exhortation to use a funnel when adding oil, the car engine did not burst into flame again. (He had become very capable in quickly detecting and extinguishing engine fires before they caused enough damage to the vehicle to disable it) That car lasted a good two years before he wrecked and totaled it.