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Default OK to use wet-dry vac to siphon gas?

On Nov 15, 10:09 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Evidently not. Who knew?

"A man using a vacuum cleaner to suck gasoline out of a vehicle was burned
and his house damaged when the fuel exploded, the Albuquerque Fire
Department said."

http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/nov...lbuquerque-man...


Well, there was an episode of "Mythbusters" were they *tried* to get a
vacuum cleaner (wet/dry) to blowup using this method and nothing
happened.