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Old 01-17-2017, 12:28 PM   #39
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Red face Re: 390 stumbles, misses and dies in gear

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Originally Posted by dmsfrr View Post
Yes it will work great unless the car gets into trouble. Many years ago a customers car was towed to my garage after getting hit in the right front. There was a really strong odor of raw gasoline I couldn't figure out until I looked in the trunk. There was an empty fuel tank in there, along with about 5 gallons of gasoline sloshing around loose in the trunk.
The owner/driver could have been fried alive.
There's a reason fuel tanks are mounted on the outside of vehicles.

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Could the brake lights cause a spark if there was a spill again? That was the first thing that came to mind when I found the pool back there. Second was, "well at least I know my trunk doesn't leak."
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