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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner => Topic started by: Trossman on 02 November 2011, 01:02:56 pm
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Yo Bros
I have just finished repraying my 2008 Fazer 1000, during the course of which I removed the fuel pump/fuel gauge sender from the bottom of the fuel tank.
Whilst re-assembling the same I noticed that there are bare electrical connections to the pump/gauge sender, which, when the tank is filled with petrol, will be below the top level of the petrol (worst case) or above the fuel level in a volume full of fuel vapour.
Can anyone re-assure me that this is how they are supposed to be, or have I lost some part/cover during the respray process?
Yours truly
Male Biker afraid of blowing his bollocks off
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At normal temperatures, so long as there is some liquid fuel present, the ratio of petrol vapour to air will be much too high to burn. It's a bit counter-intuitive, but very low temperatures, just above the flash point (-46ºC) are when you could potentially have an explosive mixture. Of course, you'd need the electrical bits to be arcing too to provide an ignition source.
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Yo Bros
Oh please....
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It is far simpler to accept that they are all like that than wonder wtf is going on...I imagine the technos will tell you that the electrics are 'Instrinsically safe'