08-05-2020, 10:49 AM
No rumour 39Jet, it was definitely a thing. Not just hoses either, but also (mechanical) petrol pump diaphragms.
Could get real messy with the alternative fuel (LPG/CNG) conversions, where the liquid fuel could be merrily leaking all over the engine bay while the blissfully unaware owner was driving on the alternative fuel.
My recollection is that the issue was with the make up of the product where the fuel was being sourced, from (?) Indonesia I think, rather than what was added.
Even smelt different.
Re the benzine/benzene thing, benzene is the carcinogenic chemical, benzine is a motor fuel.
Benzine/petrol seems to be an age thing, in my family circle everyone born before say 1930 called it benzine, everyone born after called it 'petrol', or 'gas'. I've always thought it was because in the early days "Petrol" was an exclusive trade name of a particular brand of Motor Spirit marketed by a particular company and later became the generic name.
Could get real messy with the alternative fuel (LPG/CNG) conversions, where the liquid fuel could be merrily leaking all over the engine bay while the blissfully unaware owner was driving on the alternative fuel.
My recollection is that the issue was with the make up of the product where the fuel was being sourced, from (?) Indonesia I think, rather than what was added.
Even smelt different.
Re the benzine/benzene thing, benzene is the carcinogenic chemical, benzine is a motor fuel.
Benzine/petrol seems to be an age thing, in my family circle everyone born before say 1930 called it benzine, everyone born after called it 'petrol', or 'gas'. I've always thought it was because in the early days "Petrol" was an exclusive trade name of a particular brand of Motor Spirit marketed by a particular company and later became the generic name.