Coil on plug problem Need advice

Um, this might be a dumb question but, did you change the coil pack that caught on fire?

Did you check the spark plug? If the coil is heating up (ill assume its a new coil) then its more then likely the tip of the plug is touching the tipand grounding out.

Change the sparkplug then re test.

Can anyone tell me what happened? I have the same problem.

Does polarity matter when swapping plugs? Just a thought

Excessive dwell COP engine fire

Please review the following post. Esp # 6. It is an exact match for your problem.

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-for...l-rpms-stay-high-after-letting-off-pedal.html

Do not continue to drive this car. Please see below for someone that ignored this advice. There is a great write-up with the aftermath of the engine fire.

2v gt 2000 . 1 coil keeps blowin help!??

i'm currently working on a 2000 mustang gt and it started skipping. i changed the plugs, no help. engine code says number one misfire. changed coil, worked fine. for about 30 miles, then the thing caught on fire. i replaced the coil again, same problem, caught on fire. turns out the fuel rail right over the coil has a bracket that is spot welded in place. two welds broke allowing the bracket to hit the top of the coil and cracking it, causing an internal short resulting in the fire. this is only possible on number one and eight(the other two brackets have plenty of clearance). the way to test is to install coil and make sure you have about 20 thousandths clearance between coil and fuel rail(those of you without feeler gauges can use the equivalent of the thickness of a match book cover). i actually seen the difference with my own eyes, but the clincher was seeing the top of the coil was cracked. hope this helps because i have changed almost 100 of those things in the past 10 years and i have never seen this happen before. i bet you i'll never forget it, i also made a note in the service manual, good luck.