monday, i decided to go visit my fathers grave at the local veterans cemetary. so i am drivin alongthe highway at about 70 or so in the slow lane. then all of the sudden i feel a THUD on the floor pan which is proceeded by a loud metallic scrapin sound, then followed by the smell of raw fuel. i pull over as quickly as i can to the right shoulder, get out and find that i am dumpin a full tank of 93 octane on the ground. a piece of hollow steel tubing around 18 inches long somehow was deflected under my EJ2 and puntured the gas tank.....this is the result!!!!

P.S.- luckily no sparks occured...if they did i would not be posting this right now!!!

 

Damn! sorry to hear that.. I'm havig some **** luck too but that goes above and beyond mine!

 

You could have died if that gas/gas vapor hit the exhaust system or lots of sparks, you're on lucky guy!

 

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i hear that...

 

dude i am glad u are ok.where did that pipe come from ?

 

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no damn doubt......i guess my father was watchin over me for sure....

R.I.P. DAD 11/7/49 - 3/30/07

 

i waited about an hour and a half for a rollback....christmas eve....i know i am lucky to still be here but 3.09 a gallon for 93 octane and lost all of it...had just enuff to drive it on the rollback and into my backyard....

 

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i aint gotta clue where it came from.....

 

:flag: I salute him. He was looking out for you enen though he ins't here.

 

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x2

 

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these r 4 all the fallen active soilders and veterans!!!

 

Lucky you were safe, deff someone is watching over you!!

 

Just weld a patch over it, it'll be good to go Seriously though, that sucks, but definately fortunate she didn't go up in flames.

 

sucks

 

thats a freaky thing to have happen. looks like your going junk yard hunting.

 

Thats a freak accident... kinda odd how it happened after a visit to the cemetary. YOu wouldnt have happened to **** off any deceased loved ones, have you?

 

 

Sucks man .

Just a little FYI, that couldn't have killed you, even if it sparked.

Dumping a bucket of raw fuel on a match would drown it, not ignite it, gasoline itself will drown a fire much like water, it's the gasoline vapors that are explosive. Since it was in the bottom portion of the tank even if it did spark it would just be depressed by the liquid gasoline, at that point there wouldn't be any vapor flow yet, unless it stayed in there continuously sparking (which is kind of hard to happen).

Just a lil FYI, but good to know u didn't blow up 'n all - Sucks that that happened man, just be happy it's not that hard to change compared to some other cars, y'kno?

 

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i was on my way to the cemetary....i didnt even make it there that day....

 

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oh so fa-king lucky....

 

yeah, thats bad luck.
luckily the tank is easy to change, probably take you less than an hour.

good luck

 

Wow...you're damn lucky there wasn't a fire

 

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dunno know if i want a junk yard one or a brand new one...i know junk yard is cheaper but dont wanna take the chance of a crudy one....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Syndacate &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sucks man .

Just a little FYI, that couldn't have killed you, even if it sparked.

Dumping a bucket of raw fuel on a match would drown it, not ignite it, gasoline itself will drown a fire much like water, it's the gasoline vapors that are explosive. Since it was in the bottom portion of the tank even if it did spark it would just be depressed by the liquid gasoline, at that point there wouldn't be any vapor flow yet, unless it stayed in there continuously sparking (which is kind of hard to happen).

Just a lil FYI, but good to know u didn't blow up 'n all - Sucks that that happened man, just be happy it's not that hard to change compared to some other cars, y'kno?</TD></TR></TABLE>


i know bout other cars.....my friends 1990 firebird was a BITCH to get out....

 

Holy crap man... Glad to see you are alrite and nothing worse happened. That's horrible luck though.