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re: So turning off your vehicle so it won't explode when you pump some gas.....
Posted on 6/17/17 at 10:51 pm to Sentrius
Posted on 6/17/17 at 10:51 pm to Sentrius
I rarely turn my truck off when I get gas. I use my truck for work so I'm in it all day going from jobsite to jobsite and doing paperwork, etc... if I turned my truck off every time I jump out of it I'd go through a starter once a year.
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Posted on 6/17/17 at 10:52 pm to dukesilver72
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Been leaving mine run for as long as I can remember. No explosions to date.
This
Posted on 6/17/17 at 11:02 pm to Sentrius
Do they turn off their cars in NASCAR while refueling? Didn't think so
Posted on 6/17/17 at 11:07 pm to Martini
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Well this is what I know. When I was about 12 I was in the folks barn at about 5 am and an old guy that helped with the cattle took a long pull on his Lucky Strike while sitting on a tractor, flicked it towards a 5 gallon gas can sitting on the floor which promptly caught fire and burned my parents barn to the ground along with all of the equipment stored inside it.
Most likely something around the can was gas soaked, that is far more likely than the gas itself igniting from a cig.
Posted on 6/17/17 at 11:50 pm to Martini
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Again my serial stalker right on time.
That fricking fat arse piece of shite stalks me too.
fricking loser. 
Posted on 6/17/17 at 11:51 pm to Sentrius
If there's enough gasoline fumes in the air around you to ignite from just a spark then you have bigger problems.
Posted on 6/17/17 at 11:53 pm to USMCTiger03
I leave it running in the summer...I let the A/C run to keep it cool--car is black and I am usually in a suit.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:23 am to Mac
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Same with smoking at the pump.
Not actually a big deal.
Now lighting up at the pump is rolling the dice.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:37 am to Sentrius
I do it always have.
This post was edited on 6/18/17 at 3:39 am
Posted on 6/18/17 at 3:47 am to Sentrius
Leave your car running. Be on the phone and smoking. Crazy how hard it is to blow yourself up unless you are muslim.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 5:51 am to X123F45
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Now lighting up at the pump is rolling the dice.
There would be no doubt if gas was within it's explosive/flammable range (1.4 and 7.6 percent of air) any more or less will not ignite, the scent would be overpowering.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 5:57 am to Sentrius
GA has some type of rule, not law regarding it. LEOs will get on you. Walking inside while you leave the head in the tank clicked and pumping (with engine off) is against the law here and will get you a ticket. Not sure what the ticket accuses one of.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 5:59 am to cave canem
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Most likely something around the can was gas soaked, that is far more likely than the gas itself igniting from a cig.
A lot like breaking someone's neck to kill them, it's only in the movies.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 6:05 am to muttenstein
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I always assumed it was dangerous to keep the car on during refueling because of what I had been told as a youngster.
The negative here is that it is possible to mess with the compression in the tank if you have the gas cap off and the engine running.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 6:16 am to Sentrius
Used to fly with this old pilot who had snuck into Canada to enlist and had flown spitfires in the early days of WW2.
He used to lean on the leading edge of the wing while the lineman pumped fuel into the plane.
He died of cancer at 93.
He used to lean on the leading edge of the wing while the lineman pumped fuel into the plane.
He died of cancer at 93.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 6:26 am to Sentrius
I used to fill up helicopters while they were running. At night you could see the static electricity in the tank.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 6:51 am to Goalman34
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Not turning your car off is the opitimy of lazy
Wrong
Posted on 6/18/17 at 7:54 am to Huey Lewis
is related
What correlation
Things thAt cause spArks some times
500 prior events 100% prove no spark ever happens near fumes.
No cig ever ignited fumes.
What correlation
Things thAt cause spArks some times
500 prior events 100% prove no spark ever happens near fumes.
No cig ever ignited fumes.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 8:08 am to ksayetiger
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Or use a lighter while starting their bbq?
Well, I have done this quite a bit. But I'm not using gasoline to light the grill.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 8:09 am to DrEdgeLSU
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But I'm not using gasoline to light the grill.
You should start. Makes things interesting
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