[Aurora]

If you weren't gentle enough with the throttle, they might. It was the first jet engines, they weren't reliable at all.

that fixed my problem! thanks... its just... annoying, you have to slowly crank up the speed while the enemy gets away, its a real annoyence, but better then slaming into the ground with no engines....

If you want to push up the throttle fast without having the engine bursting out in flames, then use one of the following jets:
MiG-9 (both variants)
Ta-183
MiG-13 (I-250)
LaGG-3RD
Yak-15
MiG-15bis
MiG-17F
F-86 (all variants)
F-84 (all variants)
(Tell me if I've missed something out)