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Re: Static electricity causes fire!
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 3/10/1999

Many of todays cars have plastic fuel tanks, and also plastic filler tubes. These can create static electricity during refueling if the grounding of them is lost. Ford Escort had just that problem when they were new, as well as the EXP. We had a campaign where... Login to read more.