You said: "I've never heard of a DeLorean's gas tank exploding due to gas being trapped above the fuel pump,....." I too have never heard of this happening but keep in mind that gas fumes + spark= EXPLOSION! Whenever we diagnose this common problem we ALWAYS instruct the owner not to drive the car until this situation is corrected. DMC Joe DeLorean Help dmchelp@xxxx www.dmc.tv http://shopping.oraclesmallbusiness.com/dsvstore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Williams" <delorean@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:30 PM Subject: RE: [DML] A thank you to the fine Senator > ***** Moderator's Note ***** > Regardless of the likelihood of a spark from the fuel pump, > a leaking fuel system is ALWAYS a hazard. > ***** > > Can the wires that connect to the fuel pump produce a spark? I really do > need to know how serious this is since the DeLorean is my daily car. I've > never heard of a DeLorean's gas tank exploding due to gas being trapped > above the fuel pump, so I'm guessing that this is just a case of something > that looks scary. > > Thanks in advance. > > -Christian >