This thread is for financially-limited amateurs who choose to mess with pressurized fuel systems for some reason. Professionals: please add some replies: we don't want any NICO members to be BBQ. My #1 suggestion is to read up all you can about what it is you're planning to do. Even when the car is off, the fuel system is still under pressure. I got the idea for this thread when I replaced my fuel injectors. If you touch the fuel injectors or even the connectors leading to them you are LIKELY to cause some fuel to squirt past the injector seals; especially if they're old. These seals really should be replaced unless they're brand new but whatever. Fuel doesn't actually burn, only fuel vapor and even then it only burns at certain consentrations with air. The trick to doing this safely is to not let fuel vapor build up in the air. Lots of ventilation is absolutely required, do it outside. Never do anything that may cause the fuel to squirt out continuously, this will clearly cause fuel vapor to build up to dangerous levels. Heat, spark, or even static can ignite a fire and they're all present under the hood of a car at all times. If any fuel leaks out, be certain it is not still leaking and then wait for it to evaporate completely before continuing. This is tricky because you can't rely on visual inspection because fuel can puddle up in out of sight places under the hood and you can't rely on smell because of olfactory fatigue: you get used to smells quickly and can't tell how strong the odor is. (this is why stinky people don't realize that they stink so bad) You must rely on judgment. (or complicated mathematics I suppose) Wear some kind of glasses for your eyes and secure your flamable hair. Put on some wet clothing made of cotton or other natural fiber with long sleeves and a hat. Synthetic fibers are all made out of hydrocarbons, lol. They will melt and stick to your skin and even add fuel to the fire. Moist natural fibers are quite fire proof actually, prove it to yourself first before you trust it. Be realistic about your physical capabilities: you need to be able to jerk your body out of harm's way real quick if you see any fuel. Obviously, you can't get out of harm's way if you're underneath the car: DO NOT mess with fuel while pinned under a car. I know a pharmacist in Raleigh NC that BBQ'd himself working underneath his Jensen Heally in his garage and burned half his house down. His skin looks like Thanksgiving turkey now, lol. To prepare for a fire on the car: Steal a fire extinguisher to keep nearby for this operation, you can find dozens of them at any public building and they're not locked up, just return it when you're done. Think about what you will do if you catch on fire. Don't panic, it actually doesn't even hurt as long as you are quick to put it out. Just smother it with your damp clothes as quickly as you can.

5/10/2007 10:35:49 PM

as long as we are giving obvious advice remember: righty tighty... lefty loosey

5/10/2007 10:39:17 PM

definitely not reading all of that. learn what a paragraph is.

5/10/2007 10:41:07 PM

i didnt read any of this thread, but its time for the obligatory daryll setting the maxima on fire joke

5/10/2007 10:43:14 PM

oh, I'm sorry, did you know polyester overalls is like soaking your clothes in napalm? Did you already think of stealing a fire extinguisher? Did you already know fuel doesn't burn?

5/10/2007 10:44:29 PM

doesnt make any god damned sense

5/10/2007 10:45:29 PM

...and polyester overalOls

[Edited on May 10, 2007 at 10:48 PM. Reason : .]

5/10/2007 10:47:06 PM

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"definitely not reading all of that. learn what a paragraph is."

5/10/2007 10:47:23 PM

lock, ban, execute

5/10/2007 10:47:42 PM

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"oh, I'm sorry, did you know polyester overalls is like soaking your clothes in napalm? Did you already think of stealing a fire extinguisher? Did you already know fuel doesn't burn? "

um, you think some people dont know any of this? even if you some how missed any of it as common knowledge growing up it is covered as basic lab safety for various classes throughout high school and college.

5/10/2007 10:50:39 PM

I'm really hopin this thread is a joke, but it's a bad one.

5/10/2007 10:52:10 PM

I originally posted this at NICO for ppl working on busted-ass old cars, not for you fancy-ass momma's boys. And yes, It is flavored with two scoops dry humor. fuel system safety + amateur = funny, I mean really.

5/10/2007 11:47:32 PM

noob + tww = shut the fuck up. i mean really

5/10/2007 11:53:37 PM

I concur, pretty gay

5/11/2007 12:10:58 AM

And another thing, at least I'm throwing something out there. I couldn't find anything on the topic so I acted. The hidden adjenda is to discourage this particular DIY task without belittling like you jack-asses would or discouraging industriousness in general. You self-serving masturbators couldn't give two shits about that tho. Oh wait, maybe it is just beyond you; I apologize. Maybe I could do something underhanded to get you to think beyond yourselves... hmm (hint: that's why I posted it where all I'd get was shit-talking)

5/11/2007 12:26:36 AM

I don't really see where he's goin with this shit

5/11/2007 12:29:07 AM

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"You self-serving masturbators "

Ain't that kinda redundant? I mean, who the hell am I serving when I'm whacking off?

Surely not the little old lady two doors down or your 14 year old sister. Not unless they got some splurf fetish.

I ain't whackin' fer nobody but ME.

5/11/2007 12:31:52 AM

The proper response is to contribute something useful.

5/11/2007 12:32:34 AM

Well, somebody might like the end result of that whole whackin' off thing...

5/11/2007 12:33:06 AM

lol, yea it is redundant. I was thinking about fixin that but I got distracted by having to go chill in the hottub so I just hit enter.

5/11/2007 12:34:18 AM

MDK

5/11/2007 12:35:17 AM

still haven't read it. something about fuel systems.

5/11/2007 1:32:07 AM

that's as far as I got too...

5/11/2007 1:46:49 AM

he must prefer circle jerks

5/11/2007 9:19:58 AM