Syphoning fuel

Jamie_Carter

vaio wrote: »

I know you aren't a great one for following links so I'll quote the relevant bit from the jeepforum thread



I'm guessing that the bit about being scared because of "the sparking in the fuel tank" tells you the damaged terminal is inside the tank (as they are on many (most?) cars

So you don't know, and you are just going by the wording in a forum?

Spade connectors in a fuel tank would be shorted out by the fuel.

tedted

i have changed plenty of fuel pumps on various cars and they all mostly use normal spade connectors,a few are bolted on but not many.petrol is non conductive of electrical current as is oil and diesel

Jamie_Carter

tedted wrote: »

i have changed plenty of fuel pumps on various cars and they all mostly use normal spade connectors,a few are bolted on but not many.petrol is non conductive of electrical current as is oil and diesel

That's ok if there is no moisture in the fuel tank.

Besides petrol has a very low conductivity, that doesn't mean that it won't conduct at all.

tedted

moisture in a fuel tank is more of a problem for the running of the vehicle than conducting electricity.how many explosions that you know of in vehicles have been caused by the connectors on the pumps

Jamie_Carter

tedted wrote: »

moisture in a fuel tank is more of a problem for the running of the vehicle than conducting electricity.how many explosions that you know of in vehicles have been caused by the connectors on the pumps

They aren't, which is the point I am making.

I think we have gone too far off topic in this thread now.