Karl,
Was that a plastic gas can? Or a metal one?
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Karl F. Bloss <bloss@ENTER.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: Gas Can Carrier

>I know I've told this story before, but in short, I put a 1-gallon gas can
in
>the spare tire.  In Smuggler's Notch, Vermont, the radiator was working
>overtime from the climb and the gas tank most likely shifted so that it
touched
>a coolant line.
>
>The rupture disk on the cap burst with an audible pop, sending a nice spray
of
>fuel (actually 18:1 2-cycle mix) all over the spare and surrounding areas.
I
>quickly pulled over and mopped stuff up, but it could have been
catastrophic
>with an ignition source (e.g. the cycling radiator fan).  Spare tire was
clean
>and nicely lubed, BTW.  :-)
>
>I ain't doing it again.  Muir: "You can go to hell in your own way."
>
>-Karl
>
>> > I think your idea of putting a can of gas inside the spare is
>> > ingenious... BUT it does occur to me that if the container's seal is
>> > compromised... and this doesn't have to be a leak; just gasoline vapor
>> > rising and being trapped under the van... and there is a spark from one
>> > of the nearby wires... or the fan shorts out and burns up... the
results
>> > could be catastrophic...
>Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA
>'87 Westfalia Weekender  "Beverley" - 196K miles
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>