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Originally Posted by RichC
......Gasoline, or diesel fuel leaking from your car in an accident is far more
likely to combust, than refrigerant from your ac system.
Try turning your torch on all the way before you light it.
It is very hard to light, and will usually blow a cigarette lighter out,
instead of igniting.
It takes a very precise mix of fuel and air for a substance to ignite.
That's why vehicles have carburators and injectors.
And torches have mixing nozzle.
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How old are you ?
You are mixing and matching your ' examples' to fit your needs.... not based on reality and legitimate safety concerns.
As already mentioned.... gas and fuel in cars is protected as best they can within cost factors..
BUT changing to propane and putting it at the front of the vehicle is clearly a very different and UNNECESSARY potential danger.
Lets take your gas carb example ....with manual choke... all it takes is to fully choke it.... maxing out the density of the gas-air ratio... open the throttle fully....crank the engine ... and take the choke all the way off.... what happens is that it AUTOMATICALLY starts at the point where the two ratios cross at whatever the engine is needing.. .which can vary depending on lots of conditions... but it offers all the combos automatically..... so if fuel to air ratio is what is keeping the engine from starting....that will be provided by that method.
In and accident with random sparks happening due to friction... releasing propane in the area has a huge potential for hitting that correct fuel to air ratio.... and if you are pinned in the vehicle... you are then subject to a potentially fatal and UNNECESSARY risk even if the accident was totally survivable otherwise...
Everyone should see ' The Great Waldo Pepper' with Robert Redford....