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What happens when you prod a gas tank with a screwdriver?
by netizen-936824 5y ago
What happens when you prod a gas tank with a screwdriver?
- pkulak 5y agoI'll never know. :(
- pvaldes 5y agoThe right answer
- gregoryl 5y agoYou might damage the screwdriver I guess.
- fy20 5y agoProbably not much. Fuel tanks are usually made of plastic now, so you aren't likely to create a spark and ignite something. Petrol fuel in liquid form is hard to ignite, so if it leaks not much is going to happen other than giving your driveway a good clean (it's a solvent) - it's the gas form that is much more flammable. When petrol enters the engine combustion chamber it is mixed with air to form a flammable gas - there should be no liquid. Diesel fuel is much harder to ignite, heck, you could probably use diesel fuel in place of engine oil and it probably wouldn't ignite.
- jacquesm 5y agoDepending on the age of your vehicle, and how you hold the screwdriver anything from 'nothing' to 'foom'.