You were lucky it happened In a cool garage with the engine off,can you imagine what could have happened with a running hot engine,and a running fuel pump,with a chance of a electrical spark,and the fumes,and the fiberglass body as a fuel/burn source.It has happened countless times in the past,(I know I owned one)with Delorean owners,just cruising along,(or just idleing)and the car catches on fire,the owner never figures out why.It happens a LOT with the newer Lambos too!! --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Shannon Yocom <ssdelorean@...> wrote: > > I don't think it's that dangerous either. > > For example... > Just today I over filled the tank at the gas station because the trigger didn't > automatically click off. I then put the car in a garage. After a while the > temperature difference from the outside to the garage caused the gas to expand, > push my fuel pump & boot up off of the tank and gas leaked out all over the > floor. > > Lesson Learned = drive your car more than 1 mile after over filling your tank ;-) > > Shannon Y > > > -------------- > 5a. Re: Fuel tank vent line > Posted by: "David Teitelbaum" jtrealty@... jtrealtywebspannet > Date: Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:41 am ((PDT)) > > As dangerous as this post may make it appear, it is not all that bad. > You have to allow some way of venting excess pressure or you *could* > cause the tank or a hose to burst. All you need to do is take the vent > hose from the fuel tank, run it up to as high a point as you can and > loop it back down in a place away from any hot spots. This is what was > done on cars before vapor recovery systems. Do not try to vent it > directly into the motor. Raw gas could get in and a backfire could > cause unintended combustion! > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/