I have heard of fuel injected cars w/fuel pumps in the gas tank starting to
overheat when they start to go bad and the getting really hot w/several
fires reported.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <laurahoey@myself.com>
To: Datsun <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 7:46 PM
Subject: Beware of boiling gas! <OT>
> OK, so there's no roadster content here but I thought it would be a story
worth repeating.
>
> I was telling my brother about my roadside experience and just as big
brothers do he had to one up me. He and his family were traveling home from
Glacier National Park (big chevy van and trailor) when the he started to get
get an occasional whiff of gas. He pulled over, checked everything out under
the car and there were no leaks. He pulled the gas cap off and saw a few
very small bubbbles popping off that he attributed to the fact that he had
topped off the gas tank about 20 miles earlier and maybe the change in
altitude was causing the gas to expand some(?). Everything seemed ok so he
hopped in and continued on his merry way.
>
> About 20 miles further down the road he started to smell something burning
and he realized the jute under the carpet in the back of the van was
smoking. Ok, pulls off again, pops off the gas cap and MY GOD the gas is
boiling!!! Everybody out of the van now!!
>
> Long story short it turned out there was a hole in the muffler the size of
a mans fist (he knew there was a small dime size hole but this one you
couldn't see) that was heating up the gas tank and catching the jute on
fire. Scarry stuff!
>
> ~Laura Hoey
> '70 2000
>
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