Little Lesson from an FJ Owner
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Little Lesson from an FJ Owner
Guy left an "acetylene bottle" in his new FJ Cruiser.
Next morning the garage and car smelt full of gas, so he opened the garage
door and rode the car out. As he pushed the electric window button....boom! He only suffered hearing damage---. and his IQ increased substantially concerning gasses
From T4R forum..
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http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-ge...-fj-owner.html
Next morning the garage and car smelt full of gas, so he opened the garage
door and rode the car out. As he pushed the electric window button....boom! He only suffered hearing damage---. and his IQ increased substantially concerning gasses
From T4R forum..
Pics on link
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-ge...-fj-owner.html
I just read his side of a story. An accident that could've costed him his life.:shakehead
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From same link
So here's the full story in his own words that he posted on CT4WD:
"Im a journeyman plumber by trade and a 5 cubic foot 'B' tank of acetylene is an extremely common tool within the trade. At the end of the day the tank gets put in the back of the truck like everything else and forgotten about. Well it was moving around and bumped the key that shuts the main valve off. It slowly leaked overnight. i walked into the garage i could smell the gas, i opened the big door to air it out, then i opened the truck and wow it was overwhelming. i aired the truck out for 5 minutes and when i felt the truck was cleared out enough i fired it up and drove it out to the alley. i wanted to roll the pass window down to get a breeze for the way to work. the instant i touched the window button, everything went orange and i was pinned to the seat by the airbags.
It was the fuel within the doors and fenders and under the console that didnt get aired out before that i didnt think about. Acetylene is much heavier than air and has a flammability % of 2.5 to 82%. by comparison natural gas is 5 to 15%.
i lost my hearing in my right ear and got a bump on the back of my melon. im very grateful to be alive, and the lesson learned is to NEVER be complacent about the little stuff.
Tie your bottles up correctly for transport, and do not store them overnight in an enclosed area.
Im not embarrassed or mad about the issue or story getting around, quite the opposite actually. I hope someone sees this and learns about the dangers of flammable gasses in an enclosed space.
As far as the fj goes I settled already with the insurance and am in the process of ordering a 2012 TT 6M. There are only going to be 125 TT total for canada, 15 manuals only. im going to have one."
So here's the full story in his own words that he posted on CT4WD:
"Im a journeyman plumber by trade and a 5 cubic foot 'B' tank of acetylene is an extremely common tool within the trade. At the end of the day the tank gets put in the back of the truck like everything else and forgotten about. Well it was moving around and bumped the key that shuts the main valve off. It slowly leaked overnight. i walked into the garage i could smell the gas, i opened the big door to air it out, then i opened the truck and wow it was overwhelming. i aired the truck out for 5 minutes and when i felt the truck was cleared out enough i fired it up and drove it out to the alley. i wanted to roll the pass window down to get a breeze for the way to work. the instant i touched the window button, everything went orange and i was pinned to the seat by the airbags.
It was the fuel within the doors and fenders and under the console that didnt get aired out before that i didnt think about. Acetylene is much heavier than air and has a flammability % of 2.5 to 82%. by comparison natural gas is 5 to 15%.
i lost my hearing in my right ear and got a bump on the back of my melon. im very grateful to be alive, and the lesson learned is to NEVER be complacent about the little stuff.
Tie your bottles up correctly for transport, and do not store them overnight in an enclosed area.
Im not embarrassed or mad about the issue or story getting around, quite the opposite actually. I hope someone sees this and learns about the dangers of flammable gasses in an enclosed space.
As far as the fj goes I settled already with the insurance and am in the process of ordering a 2012 TT 6M. There are only going to be 125 TT total for canada, 15 manuals only. im going to have one."
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We always advise to transport flammable cylinders in the bed of a pick up truck. It's recommended to never transport in the trunk of a car. When you use the remote trunk release it most likely will create a spark and boom.
A good portion of acetylene cylinders do leak from time to time.
This is a good reason to never store acetylene in your garage attached to your house.
A good portion of acetylene cylinders do leak from time to time.
This is a good reason to never store acetylene in your garage attached to your house.
Whats scary is he did what we all would have done, he aired his car out for 5 min thought it was safe, never even thought about what could have been trapped behind the panels. dude is lucky to be alive. glad he wasn't injured severely.
Holy moly! He gave himself a gangster movie special. It's good to see that he understands how lucky he is to be alive and how he is sharing this with the world. Seriously, like The Dougler said, any of us would have done pretty much the same thing he did to air out our vehicle.
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