Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 22:15:16 GMT From: Jason Stefanovich <stefanjnopsamnet> Subject: Re: Fuel pump - disturbing discovery....what now?
SimonJ wrote: > "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. No, the pump is completely inside the tank and the short occured inside the tank. I'm apt to believe that it is the lack of oxygen that prevents ignition.
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