Filling a Portable Fuel Container
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Never fill a portable fuel container
1
ile
it
is
in
your vehicle. Static electricity discharge from
the container can ignite the gasoline vapor.
You can be badly burned and your vehicle
damaged if this occurs.
To
help avoid injury to
you and others:
containers.
Dispense gasoline only into approved
CAUTION: (Continued)
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Do not fill a container
...
1ile
it
is
:a
vehicle, in a vehicle’s trunk, pickup bed or
on any surface other than the ground.
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Bring the fill nozzle
in
contact with the
inside of the fill opening before operating
the nozzle. Contact should be maintained
until the filling
is
complete.
Don’t smoke while pumping gasoline.
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