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Originally Posted by cobrakiwi
Is this the vehicle you have seen many fires in because of no fuel neck ground strap?
I see that this vehicle had a call back for a possible fire hazzard due to a faulty alternator wire etc.
I did a Google on it but coming up with nothing, would you have a link to a news report or something backing your claims?
Thanks much.
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It took a few complaint instances for Holden to work out what was happening.
Then the rework techline came out to add the ground strap to affected vehicles.
Unfortunately, I can't locate the techline copy right now. I could have a hard copy of it to scan, but I need to did some old books for that.
Suffice to say, if you google "fuel filler pipe ground", you will see many instances of what can happen without the ground strap connected.
As Patrick has said, the strap is to ensure the filler neck flange (this is the point of contact by hand and fuel bowser nozzle) is held at the same potential as the rest of the metalwork.