No one was injured, correct? This is sad to see (it could honestly happen to anyone - when working around fuel one must be EXTREMELY cautious) and I hope the owner of the property is able to recover their losses. It is a good lesson to all of us work work on our own cars, to be careful when working around gasoline.
Have my own gas story, thankfully not nearly as bad as this one. A couple of summers ago I was doing the same job (changing the SINGLE fuel filter on my 560SEC) in my own garage shop, with my head tilted to the side, when I got a nice shot of gas straight from a fuel line down into my ear canal. Immediate pain. Intense pain.
I was so unhinged & incapacitated that I could not walk, but I managed to crawl the 40 feet from the garage to my backyard swimming pool, where I laid down on the pool deck with my head under water for a full 10 minutes to flush it out. Then went into the kitchen (stumbling, but now on my feet at least) to flush it out more. Ear was in decreasing pain for the next 5-6 days. It's similar-level pain as getting kicked in the 'nads.
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Originally Posted by Jim B.
Those 560 SEL/SEC models have TWO fuel filters, not far from the right rear wheel.
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I must correct this misinformation, despite the regrettable content of this thread.
The late gasoline W126 models with M116 and M117 engines only have a single fuel filter, located directly above the dual fuel pumps in the rear. There is also a separate, cylindrical fuel accumulator also as part of the bundle of fuel-related equipment in this area of the car.
Please post CORRECT technical information in the future.
Cheers,
Gerry