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2. Fuel gauge - Wikipedia

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   In most automotive fuel gauges such resistors are on the inward side of the gauge, i.e., inside the fuel tank. Sending current through such a resistor has a fire hazard and an explosion risk associated with it. These resistance sensors are also showing an increased failure rate with the incremental additions of alcohol in automotive gasoline ...

3. Fuel tank - Wikipedia

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   Fuel tank. A fuel tank (also called a petrol tank or gas tank) is a safe container for flammable fluids, often gasoline or diesel fuel. Though any storage tank for fuel may be so called, the term is typically applied to part of an engine system in which the fuel is stored and propelled ( fuel pump) or released (pressurized gas) into an engine ...

4. Fuel pump - Wikipedia

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   Fuel pump. A fuel pump is a component used in many liquid-fuelled engines (such as petrol/gasoline or diesel engines) to transfer the fuel from the fuel tank to the device where it is mixed with the intake air (such as the carburetor or fuel injector ). Carbureted engines often use low-pressure mechanical pumps that are mounted on the engine.

5. Filling station - Wikipedia

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   Filling station. A filling station (also known as a gas station [ US] or petrol station [ UK ]) is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold in the 2010s were gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel . Fuel dispensers are used to pump gasoline, diesel, compressed natural gas, compressed hydrogen ...

6. Gasoline pump - Wikipedia

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   Gasoline pump. A pump, manufactured by Dresser Wayne, in Greece. A dispenser being used at a BP gas station in Wisconsin. [ 1] A gasoline pump or fuel dispenser is a machine at a filling station that is used to pump gasoline (petrol), diesel, or other types of liquid fuel into vehicles. Gasoline pumps are also known as bowsers or petrol bowsers ...

7. Aircraft fuel tank - Wikipedia

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   Fuel tanks have been implicated in aviation disasters, being the cause of the accident or worsening it (fuel tank explosion). The official explanation for the explosion and subsequent crash of TWA Flight 800 is that an explosive fuel/air mixture was created in one of the aircraft's fuel tanks.