unless the spark can get through the injectors and into the fuel tank, i dont' see how this can be dangerous at all.

 

It's just always a good idea to turn off the engine but many a time I've been zoned out and I gased up with the engine still running and I'm still here with no explosions.

 

It's probably like when they tell you not to use cell phones. It might not actually cause an acident but if it did they would be more liable.

 

Hrm, I dunno either when I went to thailand they smoke and pump gas while the car is running. I've never seen a problem. Who knows we have a lot of rules for the what ifs.

 

lol vinai, smoking near gas is dangerous that is one thing not to do, but idk y it is dangerous to pump gas in the car while it is running, but why would you do that?

 

maybe b/c the motor is running 1: someone can jump in your car and boom type R up up and away - no more teggy. 2. maybe the gas will spill and go under the motor and a spark will happen from the j dam 4-1 tr header scraping cus car is sooo dummmppped and then booooooom - no more gas station. otherwise i cannot see any reason besides company liability or a mechanical error. the gas is stored 12 ft under ground going threw a non-conductive rubber tube

 

why would you tho?

 

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Pumping gasoline is not dangerous because of what is going into the tank.

It is dangerous because there is a molar concentration of gasoline vapors around you and the car while you are pumping it, and no amount of recovery devices and safety equipment can seem to remove absolutely all vapors from the atmosphere around you.

You also have the potentially cataclysmic situation of the nozzle's falling out or getting knocked out of the car while it is locked on and pumping.

So turn your car off, don't smoke, and don't have an active wireless device on you.

 

i think it's more about pollution than anything.

regardless, i always leave my car running. no explosion yet.

f- that if i'm going to wear out my engine with unnecessary restarts.

 

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Myth and proven so on Mythbusters. Cell phones etc aren't going to ignite vapors. However they did show that when you are pumping gas and then go sit in the car that you can build static electricity up and if you dont touch the metal of the car when your getting back out to finish pumping you could let off a small charge when you touch the car/nozzle.

 

Also another reason to shut your car down when your pumping gas is because you could throw a code in the ECU as some cars check for correct pressure in tank which is why you sometimes get a light if the cap is not on tight. Same system will test for pressure when your pumping and throw on the light.

 

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best asnwer, ya u r right it can be causes because on the gas may spell and go near something hot and booom the gas station is blown up and so is ur5 car. they do this for safty issuesi guess

 

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This happens to women more than a lot of people realize. Why? They are more likely to get back in a car while at the station because they get cold. A static discharge will cause all those vapors to ignite. I have seen the videos of it happening. Not cool.

Originally the rule for turning off the engine was for older cars that would backfire. But it is still around since it would not be hard for some fuel to drip down the side of the car and contact the exhaust. If it is hot enough, then guess what will happen.

 

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It doesn't "wear out" your engine to shut it off at the gas pump (or at any other time).

I don't know where people get some of the ridiculous notions they post here...

 

Un-related but I pulled up to a gas station at like 2am last night, there was an SUV full of drunk girls screaming their *** off inside the truck while the gas was pumping, I walked in front of their truck to go into the store and the stupid bitches just drove away with the pump still attached, I got sprayed with gas, I was soo pissed. I kind thought the metal part of the pump striking the concrete could of caused the necessary spark for a fire.

 

It could have.

I was standing at the pumps one day (sunny day) and this old geezer tried to pull into the next aisle over in his Caddy. He took out all 3 nozzles on the side of the pump and overshot the pump. By the time he put it in reverse I was out of there!

 

the engine could also built up static charges i mean a major component of the vehicle is a Charging system that is grounded to the frame/body

 

I heard it wasn't good for the fuel pump...

 

on a somewhat related note, a lit cigarette is not hot enough to light gasoline, so says the Mythbusters

 

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I am going to try this later I didnt think it was but maybe the cherry can ignite the fumes.

 

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I am going to try this later I didnt think it was but maybe the cherry can ignite the fumes.</TD></TR></TABLE>

the cherry cant ignite the fumes, ive tried it on the ground, the only way it worked is when i put the cigarette out in a big puddle of it and it only worked once out of 4 tries

 

Yea but that was west coast crap, this is east coast 93 buddy

 

Dually noted.
Good thread

 

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It isn't it doesn't ahve a high enough pressure to light up..
Match however

 

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Yeah whatever. Haven't you seen Zoolander?