verslagen1 wrote on 05/30/09 at 07:38:59:Hot exhaust isn't enough to lite a pool of gas. Takes a spark or an open flame. If gas spills out all over your engine, cap the tank, tip it to shake off any pools and push it off to the side. Wait for any residue to evaporate and you're good to go.
You can throw a lit cig into a pool of gas and it will extinguish. I think that was a mythbuster.
did the cig into a puddle of gas thing to calm down a station jockey that thought my smoldering butt on the apron was a hazard.... jumped out of his skin when i picked up the butt and tossed it into the puddle (previous customer had overpumped, and the jockey was "speedidry"-ing the apron...). then i told him about the old timer that used to drop his butts in a bucket of gas to get us to crap our pants when i was a kid... he laughed and told me it may be god to follow tradition, but it gets in the way if it requires underwear changes mid-shift... dont try this with laquer thinner.... unless of course, you really love the sound "FOOMP".... rofl
Yep, my great uncle used to tell us about putting out his cigs the same way. My main reasons for not wanting to overfill are damaging the paint, and damaging the family jewels when it somes blowing back at highway speeds!
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