Gas vs PSD
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Joined: Jul 2002
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From: Long Island USA
Real men don't use hand lotion, they don't eat quiche (my wife's is quite good actually), and they ALWAYS keep their van running by pouring gas down the carb while driving on the highway using an open pail of gas and a water bottle. Try THAT with diesel 
Fleet Owner
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Blue Hill Township
Yup, it can cause them to die and run crap when hot. It can also cause a no-start condition. The PIP in the dizzy also can be an issue. I haven't heard of them causing fires at all though.
Fleet Owner
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From: Blue Hill Township
Call me a sissy but I use a lot of latex gloves in the winter when working with oils and whatnot because they are so dry.
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From: Stevens Point, WI
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From: Long Island USA
The blue "nitrile" gloves are much stronger, do not cause latex allergies, have NO POWDER IN THEM (important when working on engines and other things with tight tolerances that powder would cause problems in), but they still wrinkle up and rip when you get solvents on them.
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Modular motor junkie
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From: Texas
They are both just as bad smelling. One washes off in the gas station bathroom. The other stays on your hands for days.
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Modular motor junkie
Joined: May 2009
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From: Texas
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 507px; HEIGHT: 885px" id=post105836 class=tborder border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 align=center><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: rgb(209,209,225) 1px solid" id=td_post_105836 class=alt1>BELLEVUE, Wash. -- An open gas container and a Jerry-rigged system of putting gas into the car while driving is the root cause of the explosion that left two men and a woman burned in Bellevue Wednesday afternoon, Bellevue police said Thursday.
The woman told investigators Thursday they were having trouble keeping their Ford Econoline van running, so they went to a Factoria gas station to get gas. They didn't have a gas can, instead filling an open bucket with two gallons of gas.
Police say the three had removed the engine cowling between the two front seats of the van and used a water bottle to transfer gas from the bucket directly into the carburetor in order to keep the engine running as they drove east on Kamber Road, said police spokeswoman Carla Iafrate.
By now, the van was full of gas fumes, Iafrate said, and the van stalled again just before 145th Place SE. As they tried to restart it, the van exploded.
The van became fully engulfed in flames and began to roll backwards.
"The whole van... was engulfed in red flames," said witness Julie Sarchet. "The people were saying, 'Honey, I love you! Are you OK? Stay calm.' "
Other witnesses told police the woman jumped out the back of the van and fell to the ground on fire, and the van rolled over her leg. The two men jumped out in flames and ran toward the Chevron station on the corner desperate to get their fires out. One man made it into the gas station and tried to douse himself with water.
Firefighters were able to get the van fire out within minutes and medics took the three victims to Harborview Medical Center. They are still there Thursday but their conditions are not known. Wednesday, police said two were seriously burned and third suffered minor burns.
Iafrate said the three victims were all from Bellevue but did not release their identities.
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The woman told investigators Thursday they were having trouble keeping their Ford Econoline van running, so they went to a Factoria gas station to get gas. They didn't have a gas can, instead filling an open bucket with two gallons of gas.
Police say the three had removed the engine cowling between the two front seats of the van and used a water bottle to transfer gas from the bucket directly into the carburetor in order to keep the engine running as they drove east on Kamber Road, said police spokeswoman Carla Iafrate.
By now, the van was full of gas fumes, Iafrate said, and the van stalled again just before 145th Place SE. As they tried to restart it, the van exploded.
The van became fully engulfed in flames and began to roll backwards.
"The whole van... was engulfed in red flames," said witness Julie Sarchet. "The people were saying, 'Honey, I love you! Are you OK? Stay calm.' "
Other witnesses told police the woman jumped out the back of the van and fell to the ground on fire, and the van rolled over her leg. The two men jumped out in flames and ran toward the Chevron station on the corner desperate to get their fires out. One man made it into the gas station and tried to douse himself with water.
Firefighters were able to get the van fire out within minutes and medics took the three victims to Harborview Medical Center. They are still there Thursday but their conditions are not known. Wednesday, police said two were seriously burned and third suffered minor burns.
Iafrate said the three victims were all from Bellevue but did not release their identities.
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I mean, REALLY?
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Rogersville, TN
Mine never had a stalling issue. It never died the first time once it was running. It just wouldn't restart. Mine may have been one of the few that caught on fire, but I do know that is what caused it. Ford sent me a letter saying what the problem was and that it had caused fires in other models as well and gave me a check for less than 100 dollars to cover it. I currently have 6 vehicles with the tfi module and haven't had the first problem out of any of the others(and a couple with the faulty cruise switch that caused fires too). But I assure you, they can cause a fire.
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Joined: May 2005
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From: Stevens Point, WI
I can't believe someone with enough knowledge to take the doghouse off, air cleaner, and dribble gas down the carb to keep the motor running couldn't figure out a way to get the gas from the pail (lol) into the gas tank.