Being an ex fire fighter I have seen many times people would just use a really small amount of gas, or else thats what they claimed. 

   I only used this much, was their answer after they got out of the emergency room and went home to find something of value had burned. Many times it was their house or garage or their shop but using gas is a no no. 

And women sometimes use gas in their sink to clean greasy clothes before putting them in the washer, another no no.

    Just sitting here thinking about some of the dumb things that happened while being a fire fighter. Men pouring gas down the carburetor of their car trying to get it started after over hauling the motor but forgot and didn't reinstall the air breather before turning the starter over. Many times way too much gas was used and when the motor backfired it shot out flaming gas all over and burned lots of cars and garages and the guy holding the gas can.......Or kids walking home from school down the alleys and that happens to be where the dumpsters sit.... They run in dads garage and grabs a can full of gas and goes and dumps some in the dumpster and lights it. After they got fixed up at the emergency room and got home they told us the reasons why they did things like this, the biggest reason was they like to see the fire trucks put out fires or they just like to see things burn.. Another reason was to prove to their buddy they knew how their neighbors dumpster was all warped out of shape and rusty.

    If people would just think how small of a spark close to a very small amount of gasoline it takes to make a motor run, just might keep lots of fire trucks from running up and down the streets.

Edited August 4, 20178 yr by Smallpatch

Excellent advice, Thanks!

But then that familiar American phrase will become a thing of the past.

 

"WHO'S THE DUMB "A__?

Another stupid trick, courtesy of Click and Clack : Never use a wet&dry shop vac to siphon gas.