Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 18:13:00 +0100 From: "SimonJ" <menopsam.com> Subject: Re: Fuel pump - disturbing discovery....what now?
"VIKINGMAN" <saabnopsamlixnet._nospam_dk> wrote in message news:4cIm7.8600$sk1.270953nopsam010.worldonline.dk... > "Johannes H Andersen" <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse > news:1ec6845d.0109090108.4f72c3acnopsaming.google.com... > > > Your tanker tank may be much more solid and will dissipate the heat. > > Oh no, the tanks are made of aluminum, so they don't react very well to > heat - compared to steel. The tank will very quickly melt. > > I'm aware about the escaping gas-fume problem, but I'm talking about the > fuelpump being inside of the tank, where the gas/air mixture will be waaaaay > to thick to ignite, also if the tank is almost empty... > > Cheers! > > But the fuel pump in not completely inside the tank, the wiring is on the outside, so if the heat from the short circuit caused a hole to melt, you would have fuel, air and a spark all at the same time, in the same place.