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Doesn't make sense to me either, perhaps that was the vapor pressure point? I have seen many small stations with above ground tanks, they would be unable to keep anything in them in the summer, it would all boil out the vents! Stephen J. Jackson Commissioning Engineer, Petron Industries, Inc. SJackson@petronworld.com -----Original Message----- From: Keith Park [mailto:topnotch@nycap.rr.com] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 7:16 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: RE: [T3] Wish me luck! Ok, How come then, when I park my car in the hot sun all day when its 95F out, isn't the gas boiling in the tank when I go to drive home? Keith Here's the MSDS I quoted: http://hazard.com/msds/f2/bvg/bvgzs.html Boiling Pt. is 77F, 25C If you peruse other MSDSes on this site, you'll find gasolines with even lower boiling points. It's fairly surprising that gasoline has such a low boiling point, huh? It does explain a lot when you consider problems such as vapor lock or this FI-specific problem. Your engine compartment doesn't necessarily need to be too hot to get the boiling off of liquid. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~