92KK 84WW Olaf

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Never heard of it happening and may cars use a similar arrangement. You need an arc short aross a gap, like a spark plug, in fuel vapour, to get a big bang. So always disconnect battery and power off when working in tank....even if you pull the tank plug connector.
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