I'm pretty sure I heard someone mention a pressure relief valve. From the video it looked like the tank vented a small amount of propane sporadically, indicating the tank pressure was too high. Vent some gas, valve closes, gets hotter, vents again, etc.. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of neil n Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:06 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: another youtube video of a vanagon westy on fire On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:03 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> Or does a tank like that not blow up even when > heated up with flames? Or more to the point: Does LP in an RV tank ever cause the tank to explode when tank exposed to extreme heat for a period of time?
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engine s |
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