Wire next to fuel filler neck...

["Gus Schlachter" <gus@xxxx>]

You know, I have never heard of a Delorean (or any other car for that
matter) exploding for lack of a good ground, but there was a rash of gas-can
explosions a few years back. A plastic bed-liner in a pickup can isolate
the gas can from ground, allowing a static charge to build, and BOOM. I
think the bedliners now come with a warning about setting gas cans on the
ground to fill them.

In any case, please do keep the filler neck grounded. I plan to
double-check mine now that the subject has come up.

Gus Schlachter
Austin, TX
VIN# 4695



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vin#5462 [mailto:dmc12@xxxx]
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 4:31 PM
> Subject: [DML] RE Help! Wire next to fuel filler neck! DMC Joe?
>
>
> It is probably an earth strap to stop static build up around the
> filler neck