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Some fuel, use gasoline is vaporized in the engine and is ignited (burned) in the cylinders. Usually a spark is provided electrically thru the tip of the spark plug to start the fuel burning. This burning is very rapid, like an enclosed explosion.

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How many spark plugs are in a 4 cylinder engine?

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Yes, gas fumes can definitely ignite in a garage. This is especially true if your garage is packed with different appliances and tools.


Can a leaky car battery ignite gas?

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you have a V8, which has 8 pistons and needs 8 sparkplugs to ignite the gas inside that the piston pumpsAnother answerThe 2.3 L engine is a 4-cylinder engine that takes 8 spark plugs. Four are used on the intake side to ignite the fuel, and four are used on the exhaust side to iginte the vapors before they are released as exhaust fumes.


On a gasoline powered boats when should the blower be operated?

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How can a spark from a microwave oven ignite gas fumes?

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When you do not ventilate your boat after fueling what happens to the gas fumes?

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What is a example of gasoline in an automobile engineer?

Well I suppose that if the automobile engineer were to breath in gasoline fumes, that would be an example.


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On gasoline powered boats when should the blower be operated?

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