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  1. fuelstat

    Refueling fires Why?

    Warnings are going up on the pumps if there not already there, and a public awarness program is under way , good luck
  2. fuelstat

    Refueling fires Why?

    They are aware of it , See SAE J1645
  3. fuelstat

    Refueling fires Why?

    Rod , I have documentation on problems in Europe and Australia ..... It's a shared problem. To much thinking about clean air and not enough thinking on safety. It also doesn't help that Detroit has remained silent on this issue.
  4. fuelstat

    Refueling fires Why?

    Drwebb , I do not think your flippant ,And I don't want you to think that I am implicating the gasoline. I happen to think it's the best stuff dollar for dollar one can use to propel their transportation. I am pointing out that the Idiots at EPA who tell the refiners how to blend fuel need to...
  5. fuelstat

    Refueling fires Why?

    Blacksmith , Your point regarding carelessnes is well taken , but fuel policy with respect to fuel formulation and who is filling the cars needs to be taken into account . EPA needs to be taken to task on their fuel policies. They are not very well thought out...
  6. fuelstat

    Refueling fires Why?

    Ivymike , Your point on tires is very good , But that is only part of the problem , A further point is there was prior reporting on this in 1988 . The CAS Center for Automotive Safety , Clerance Ditlow's group put of D.C. published a document on the need to control gasoline/Alcohol blend...
  7. fuelstat

    Refueling fires Why?

    I was hoping to get a more informative dialog going here? This problem has been on the increase since 1995. What changed in 1995? Could it be that EPA fuel policy could be wrong? How will ethanol affect this problem? Warning people with dramatic news stories via television may help a little?But...
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    Refueling fires Why?

    Has anyone seen the news on refueling fires? Does anyone have any ideas on what solid measures can be taken to mitigate this problem? and Why isn't anyone asking " What's wrong with the gasoline?" http://www.esdjournal.com/static/refuelfr.htm
  9. fuelstat

    Fuel injection return fuel line.

    To Innovator RE Foul Fuel and fuel line damage: May I suggest you get a copy of SAE J1645. The fuel line damage if your not using E-10 or other oxgenated fuel comes from a small physics problem called Charge Separation/Static electricity generated in the flowing fuel. Both Ford and Ricardo have...
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