So today I ... a fairly s**ty time ...
Had a phone call to say “ egg “
Was on fire , cue fire bridge and much fun
Cut short trip to Scotland , and trashed back home to inspect egg
Given flames was seen under the car , and huge amount of smoke , the end results are not to bad ....
It appears that the starter motor has jammed on , and got rather hot
On the plus side , The A/C pipe work , rubber hose to dyer has also popped , and very usefully put out the flames ...
For the record , all the foam sound deadening to the undertray has burned off , a rather hot lump of copper appears to have landed on the a/c pipe work , and then degased the a/c by melting a hole in it
now considering options