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Date:         Thu, 20 Apr 2000 17:37:20 -0700
Reply-To:     Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: gasoline!!! :)
Comments: To: Joel Walker <jwalker@URONRAMP.NET>
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Thanks Joel, You done good. I think that makes the issue of gasoline pretty clear... both the dangers and leaving an air space when filling a can. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Joel Walker <jwalker@URONRAMP.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 5:24 PM Subject: gasoline!!! :)

>well, someone asked me whether or not to leave the air space at the >top of a container full of gasoline ... that is, is it better to fill >it completely up (leaving NO air space at all) or to leave a few >inches of air. i'd always been taught (and found it true from >experience) that you always left inches of air for expansion ... that >liquid gasoline expands a LOT when it is warmed up. > >but i'm not always right. ;) so i decided to go looking for something >to back me up ... check out the following: > >http://www.shrinershq.org/Prevention/BurnTips/gasoline.html > >http://www.api.org/consumer/handlefuel.htm > >http://www.chevron.com/prodserv/bulletin/product_safety.html >(way down in Filling Procedure) > >anyway, you get the idea: gasoline is powerful stuff, and can be VERY >dangerous if not handled properly. like a lot of other stuff in our >modern lives, we tend to take it for granted (like 4000 lb machines >that travel at 88 feet per second!). so be careful out there. ;) > >unca joel >


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