OMG Replace your fuel filters at 100K!!!
08-07-10, 12:09 AM
#21
If you really want to test this theory, go fill up a cup of gasoline outside the garage on a cement driveway or something, and have a fan blowing towards it. It will be difficult to light that cup on fire. Also, when gasoline burns it's not the liquid that is burning. It's the evaporated gasoline or the vapors that ignite. The fan blowing diluting the vapors with air is what reduces the likelihood of ignition
08-07-10, 12:30 AM
#22
It's not that bad. I've left the gas tank open for a week before while I was building a custom fuel pump hanger and it didn't do anything besides make the garage smell like fuel. If you're really concerned, just have a fan blowing towards the top part of the gas tank that is open/exposed. Gasoline only ignites under optimal conditions, or proper air fuel ratio mixture. Having the fan blowing away the fumes and diluting the concentration in the surrounding air will lean out the mixture enough that you can have a lit lighter in the vicinity and not cause an explosion, although I still wouldn't recommend doing it lol. If you get it too close to the fuel tank(within a few inches) away from the diluted zone of air blowing, it will ignite the gasoline.
If you really want to test this theory, go fill up a cup of gasoline outside the garage on a cement driveway or something, and have a fan blowing towards it. It will be difficult to light that cup on fire. Also, when gasoline burns it's not the liquid that is burning. It's the evaporated gasoline or the vapors that ignite. The fan blowing diluting the vapors with air is what reduces the likelihood of ignition
If you really want to test this theory, go fill up a cup of gasoline outside the garage on a cement driveway or something, and have a fan blowing towards it. It will be difficult to light that cup on fire. Also, when gasoline burns it's not the liquid that is burning. It's the evaporated gasoline or the vapors that ignite. The fan blowing diluting the vapors with air is what reduces the likelihood of ignition
08-07-10, 02:44 PM
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08-07-10, 03:03 PM
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I changed mine, but didnt notice any performance gain. Which is fine by me because I just do it for the upkeep. If you changed your fuel filter and you noticed your vehicle come to life, it was probably really dirty or clogged to begin with. I havent cut my old one open yet, but through the little hole I can see the filter media being a bit darker than the new clean white one.