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Old 12-17-2020, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by cobrakiwi View Post
Morris
I understand why your grounding the fuel thank but why the cap?
That car is a aluminum body right?
The filler neck needs to be grounded, because while it is not grounded it is a point of static electricity conduction. Placing a fuel hose into the neck creates the loop, and we have fuel vapour right at the point of the spark path.

All late model cars with plastic tanks have a ground strap at the filler neck.

Some cars I have worked on needed to have a strap added as a rework.

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