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Old 2013-04-30, 02:45 PM   #70
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Originally Posted by sybir View Post
Eh, carb fires are counterintuitive - and that wasn't a carb fire, that was "gas all over the place lit up". That's not going to be sucked back in.

I can tell you that I'd have been thinking about the fuel source next to the open flame a lot earlier than he was......

And, you know, had an extinguisher next to me when test firing out of a gas tank. What's the worst that could happen? I blame Steve for my constant attention to that detail.
This.

The first step of dealing with a carb fire is recognizing the difference between the fuel in the carb burning, and fuel that's been sprayed all over the garage burning.
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