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re: I'm not a car guy but I have a question
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:16 pm to cajuncarguy
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:16 pm to cajuncarguy
Fair.
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Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:21 pm to anc
The music is far more dangerous and inconsiderate than leaving the engine running!
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:22 pm to BHM
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So to be really safe, we should turn off the ignition and coast in for the last 50 feet?
You and the other guy would probably make us all safer if you just rode bicycles if you don't get the concept of fresh gasoline fumes. It's no skin off my nose either way. I'm just hoping you only immolate yourself.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:24 pm to X123F45
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I'm not killing my bulldog because you don't understand physics.
Your bulldog will survive for 5 minutes.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:26 pm to troyt37
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You and the other guy would probably make us all safer if you just rode bicycles if you don't get the concept of fresh gasoline fumes. It's no skin off my nose either way. I'm just hoping you only immolate yourself.
You think exhaust fumes can ignite gasoline. You really may want to stop trying the condescending bit.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:30 pm to SG_Geaux
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Your bulldog will survive for 5 minutes.
He's dead now.
So... That's unlikely.
He had heat stroke as a puppy in Utah and was extremely heat sensitive for his entire life.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:31 pm to mdomingue
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The tailpipe and exhaust coming from it are going to be significantly less than that. The hottest point in the exhaust is at the catalytic converter, which is actually hotter than the exhaust manifold in many vehicles.
From the exhaust manifold to the cat, you're talking about fire, carbon deposits, and exhaust temperatures capable of igniting gas fumes.
And I'm not talking about an explosion, but I am saying if you've ever had a good amount of gasoline combust near you, you'll think it's a bomb.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:32 pm to troyt37
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It's no skin off my nose either way. I'm just hoping you only immolate yourself.
The cat will stop the sparks. So gas fumes aren't the big deal you think it is.
I had a fuel line come off and literally spray gas onto headers.
No fire.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:32 pm to troyt37
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and exhaust temperatures capable of igniting gas fumes.
Why is it google provides nothing when one searches "gasoline ignited by exhaust fumes?"
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:33 pm to X123F45
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The cat will stop the sparks. So gas fumes aren't the big deal you think it is.
I had a fuel line come off and literally spray gas onto headers.
No fire
This guy is a retard. I think we're falling for a troll honestly
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:35 pm to anc
Just details to supplmenet the visual. If all I got was hot body blonde in a Ford wearing scrubs and big sunglasses, I would find myself wanting to know what kind of music she is into.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:35 pm to LNCHBOX
I have had 30 gallons or so of gasoline vapor ignite and cause a lighter to explode in my hand.
I understand the temperatures they burn at.
I also understand that I touch a metal portion of the pump before pumping gas and do not enter/exit the vehicle while it is running.
I understand the temperatures they burn at.
I also understand that I touch a metal portion of the pump before pumping gas and do not enter/exit the vehicle while it is running.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:38 pm to X123F45
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I also understand that I touch a metal portion of the pump before pumping gas and do not enter/exit the vehicle while it is running.
I think most of us understand the ways fuel can be ignited while pumping gas, and none of those are increased solely because the vehicle is running.
It certainly doesn't hurt to turn off the vehicle while refueling, but to act like it increases the chances of a fire is incorrect.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:40 pm to LNCHBOX
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You think exhaust fumes can ignite gasoline. You really may want to stop trying the condescending bit.
I don't think it, I know it. I've seen it happen. If you think exhaust fumes begin at the tailpipe, maybe you should find another thread. Exhaust fumes begin in the combustion chamber, exit the head into the exhaust manifold (with connections at each port) into the exhaust pipe (connection) into the catalytic converter (connection) out of the catalytic converter (connection) into the muffler (connection) and out of the muffler (connection). A leak of any significance at any of these connections in the presence of fresh gas fumes, and the potential for fire is greater.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:50 pm to troyt37
Jesus dude
Maybe you should just let your husband pump your gas.
Maybe you should just let your husband pump your gas.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:57 pm to LNCHBOX
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Jesus dude Maybe you should just let your husband pump your gas.
Just trying to get people to understand what should be common sense. I saw a 16 year old kid nearly burn up in the pits of a drag strip when he drove over the top of fuel that had been spilled on front of him with open headers. I've seen lots of fires start this way. Certainly not the same scenario as a passenger car, but the potential is there.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:01 pm to anc
I don't know if it makes any difference whether you turn your ignition off when pumping gas but I always do.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:09 pm to troyt37
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Just trying to get people to understand what should be common sense. I saw a 16 year old kid nearly burn up in the pits of a drag strip when he drove over the top of fuel that had been spilled on front of him with open headers. I've seen lots of fires start this way. Certainly not the same scenario as a passenger car, but the potential is there.
I love that you provide a completely unrelated example, admit it is completely unrelated, and then act like we should still consider your example.
This post was edited on 8/14/17 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:29 pm to X123F45
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I love that you provide a completely unrelated example, admit it is completely unrelated, and then act like we should still consider your example.
It's not completely unrelated, and I didn't say it was completely unrelated, genius. Just because you don't have open headers, doesn't mean that fire, red hot carbon, and exhaust temperatures capable of igniting fumes aren't there, thus the posts about the connections, and therefore the possibility of leaks of those things. You're reading the words, but you aren't comprehending.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 1:36 pm to anc
Since getting my first car when I was 17, I have never once turned off my vehicle to pump gas. Waste of time.
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