[TR] SU carb fuel bowl

[Dave1massey at cs.com]

I've heard the same thing.  Gasoline will flash into vapor well below its 
self-ignition point.  Oil, on the other hand, will stay in contact with the 
manifold and smolder.

But maybe just urban myths.

Dave

In a message dated 6/4/2012 12:05:09 PM Central Daylight Time, 
auprichard at uprichard.net writes: 
> "the gas will drip/run onto your very hot exhaust manifold with dire
> consequence" raises an interesting question.  Having just last week 
> cremated
> a lawnmower/tractor which had a leaking valve cover gasket, I know that 
> oil
> will spontaneously ignite when hot.  But I thought that the same was not
> true for gas.  Everyone shudders at the thought of gas dripping on a
> manifold, but my understanding was that, unless there was a source of
> ignition, the gas would not burn.