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To: OA5599

“ The fuel quantity measuring system on that 100 model did not have intrinsically safe barriers. It was built in 1971.”

Every car built since the mid 1990’s has an electric fuel pump sitting in the bottom of the tank with 12vdc and a 20-30 amp fuse going to it. Often there are cracks in the insulation or sometimes chunks missing yet how many car fires do we see that begin in the tank?

Gasoline is a lot more volatile than Jet-A.


63 posted on 07/18/2026 7:59:23 AM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: Clay Moore

So you’re saying that because it doesn’t happen frequently then it can’t happen at all? Is that what you’re going with?


72 posted on 07/18/2026 8:18:36 AM PDT by OA5599
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