--- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 12:00:42PM -0700, Brendan
> MacRae wrote:
> > 
> > --- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > > As a matter of fact, those aren't fumes - it's
> > > clear-air turbulence caused by the heat rising
> > > from the engines.
> > > 
> > 
> > Ahh, gotcha. Like heat rising from asphalt on a
> hot
> > day. I was thrown by the guy refuling the car.
> 
> It's an extremely common mistake.  But the last
> thing
> you want around a hot engine... 
> ...is fuel, or fuel vapour.

Yeah, that would be bad. I mean it's dangerous enough
for a pit crew without explosive vapors to contend
with.

So I take it the fuel intake has some specialized
vacuum seal to prevent such a thing? What's the tank
like? Is it similar to standard fuel cell?

-Brendan

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