WENT TO START CAR AND INTAKE BLEW UP, CAUSING A LARGE FIRE AND PIECES OF THE BURNING PLASTIC HIT MY SON WHICH WAS STANDING BY CAR. THE HOOD WAS UP AT THE TIME AND WE DID GET THE FIRE OUT. IT APPEARS THIS WAS A FUEL REGULATOR ISSUE AND I DO NOT SHOW IT AS BEING DUE FOR MY CAR. IT MUST OF BEEN DONE ALREADY BUT THIS ISSUE STILL HAPPENS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. I WAS LUCKY IT WAS NOT WORSE. *TR