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Grinding near your fuel tanks.

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Grinding near your fuel tanks.

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Is it safe to grind a jamed bolt off which is right beside my fuel tank?
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vehicle repairers have been doing it forever!
its a sealed prociprecal!
chances are you might encounter a flash fire,but who knows really?
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Jam a wet towel around it if your worried.
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or even better remove it!
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if its not leaking there will be no issue, grind away
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Post by DR Frankenstine »

Fill the tank with petrol. Petrol doesnt burn, Just the vapour. Keep an extinguisher handy but you will be 100% fine
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DR Frankenstine wrote:Fill the tank with petrol. Petrol doesnt burn, Just the vapour. Keep an extinguisher handy but you will be 100% fine
lol full tank is safer than an empty!
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Post by AFeral »

Just don't concentrate your grinder sparks in one area maybe enough to heat the tank up enough to cause BANG. Probally an obvious point to make.
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shortyq wrote:
DR Frankenstine wrote:Fill the tank with petrol. Petrol doesnt burn, Just the vapour. Keep an extinguisher handy but you will be 100% fine
lol full tank is safer than an empty!
Yea it is. As stated fuel doesnt burn or explode. If there is no empty space in the tank above the fuel there is no vapour to ignite inside the tank. Tanks explode due to the vapour inside igniting causing expansion and a split tank then fuel everywhere vapourising then chain reaction BOOM
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DR Frankenstine wrote:
shortyq wrote:
DR Frankenstine wrote:Fill the tank with petrol. Petrol doesnt burn, Just the vapour. Keep an extinguisher handy but you will be 100% fine
lol full tank is safer than an empty!
Yea it is. As stated fuel doesnt burn or explode. If there is no empty space in the tank above the fuel there is no vapour to ignite inside the tank. Tanks explode due to the vapour inside igniting causing expansion and a split tank then fuel everywhere vapourising then chain reaction BOOM
oh no riddles about it!i agree!
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Post by bakerboy »

AFeral wrote:Just don't concentrate your grinder sparks in one area maybe enough to heat the tank up enough to cause BANG. Probally an obvious point to make.
:rofl: pull the other one will ya

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