Roscobbc
Moderator
We regularly see reports in the press Jon about vehicle fires, often speculatively blaming electric vehicle batteries but in reality the majority of these fires will be with ICE powered vehicles.
A large and disproportional percentage seems to be large commercial articulated trucks - presumably where a diesel fuel line becomes ruptured/damaged and the vehicle structure or goods carried experience a 'wicking' effect making the fire almost as impossible to extinguish as a motive battery fire.
However the point I was going to get to (and relating to degradation of fuel lines of older petrol powered vehicles by Ethanol based fuel) was.......how long (once Ethanol content is increased even further) - when will we start to see unexplained vehicles fires caused by damaged fuel lines?
A large and disproportional percentage seems to be large commercial articulated trucks - presumably where a diesel fuel line becomes ruptured/damaged and the vehicle structure or goods carried experience a 'wicking' effect making the fire almost as impossible to extinguish as a motive battery fire.
However the point I was going to get to (and relating to degradation of fuel lines of older petrol powered vehicles by Ethanol based fuel) was.......how long (once Ethanol content is increased even further) - when will we start to see unexplained vehicles fires caused by damaged fuel lines?
