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hinkleyyesterday at 10:20 PM1 replyview on HN

Some old cars had mechanically powered fuel pumps so if the engine is moving the pump is going. Mine just had a little shaft buried behind the mounting bracket.

Probably safer not to introduce electricity to gasoline…


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mikestewyesterday at 11:24 PM

Probably safer not to introduce electricity to gasoline…

Ooookay. I've never even heard third-hand stories of an electric fuel pump lighting the gasoline on fire, if that's what you're getting at, and I was a professional mechanic at one point.