And I see a guy working on his Chevy van. Side is jacked up and the fuel tank is out. He is working on the fuel tank and smoking a cig.... Really...
And I see a guy working on his Chevy van. Side is jacked up and the fuel tank is out. He is working on the fuel tank and smoking a cig.... Really...
A lit cigarette will not ignite gasoline nor its vapors.
You can thank Hollywood for that one.
In reply to Swank Force One:
What about the spark, when he lights up another one?
RealMiniDriver wrote: In reply to Swank Force One: What about the spark, when he lights up another one?
The open flame very well could do it. 
I wouldn't hang around to see how the experiment works out. 
That's not a gas tank. That's a detachable flame thrower.
I was walking across the Target parking lot and saw two Mormons working on converting a guy.
SAMMY JOHNS
"Chevy Van"
I gave a girl a ride in my wagon
She crawled in and took control
She was tired 'cause her mind was a-draggin'
I said, get some sleep and dream of rock and roll
'Cause like a princess she was layin' there
Moonlight dancin' off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
She's gonna love me in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me
Her young face was like that of an angel
Her long legs were tanned and brown
Better keep your eyes on the road, son
Better slow this vehicle down
'Cause like a princess she was layin' there
Moonlight dancin' off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
We made love in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me
I put her out in a town that was so small
You could throw a rock from end to end
A dirt-road main street, she walked off in bare feet
It's a shame I won't be passin' through again....
I used to watch an old farmer flick his cigs butts and matches into a pail of Gasoline.
In reply to Grtechguy:
I doubt it ever caught on fire either......
Years ago I saw a guy doing a rattle can paint job on a car parked on a busy street. There were no cars or buildings nearby just an empty dirt lot. He didn't even bother masking the windows...
that's something that could easily happen in my county... prolly has 
No jack stands would be a bigger problem.
Was the Walmart lot full?
Jerry wrote: Was the Walmart lot full?
they don't like it when you work on cars in the Autozone parking lot.
In reply to novaderrik:
It's actually against city ordinance in some places.
Could have been worse...
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/3230126-post26.html
novaderrik wrote:Jerry wrote: Was the Walmart lot full?they don't like it when you work on cars in the Autozone parking lot.
people do it all the time here ... at all the parts places
Swank Force One wrote: A lit cigarette will not ignite gasoline nor its vapors.
That's not true.
The temperature of a lit cigarette is about 1100 deg F latent, and nearly 1300 deg F when drawing. The flash point of gasoline is about 500 deg F. A cigarette is plenty hot enough to ignite gasoline.
Plus, he was pulling a fuel tank- no concentration of fumes? In the tank? In the lines? In contained spaces under the car?
Who says he wouldn't light a second one after he survived the first? The flame of a lighter, or the spark of the flint is plenty enough to ignite gasoline fumes.
It's stupid to smoke while working with gasoline, with or without Hollywood.
Mythbusters says it won't happen. The lighter absolutely, though.
well I've actually lit a puddle of gasoline with a flipped cigarette ... another time it failed to light ... but there was a bit of a wind blowing, which makes me think that the fumes were dissipated and the liquid actually put the cigarette out before it could cause the flash ....
not scientific ... just my best guess
Travis_K wrote:
Wow.
I have no idea of the physics involved with lit cigarettes and gasoline and honestly don't care if Mythbusters says it won't happen. All I know is I don't mix hot burning stuff of any kind and gasoline. I had a customer who refilled his lawnmower in the garage then yanked the cord, fumes pooled around the floor mower etc ignited and the resulting flashburns required skin grafts on his feet and lower legs. berkeley that.
When I was living in Baton Rouge, I walked out of a bar/restaurant and saw a guy working under the hood of a van. My friends and I walked over to see if he needed help. Turns out it was Rob VanWinkle AKA Vanilla Ice. This was in the early 2000's after his fall from stardom and he was touring with his band in a really old, E36 M3ty van. That's my Chevy van in a parking lot story.
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