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Filling
a
Portable Fuel Container
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Never fill a portable fuel container while it is in
your vehicle. Static electricity discharge from the
container can ignite the gasoline vapor. You can
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be badly burned and your vehicle damaged
if
this
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occurs.
To
help avoid injury to you and others:
Dispense gasoline only into approved
containers.
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Do not
fill
a container while
it
is inside a
vehicle, in a vehicle’s trunk, pickup bed or
on any surface other than the ground.
inside of the fill opening before operating
the nozzle. Contact should be maintained
until the filling
is
complete.
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Bring the fill nozzle in contact with the
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Don’t smoke while pumping gasoline.
Checking Things Under the
Hood
An electric fan under the hood can start up and
injure you even when the engine
is
not running.
Keep hands, clothing and tools
away
from any
underhood electric fan.
Things that burn can get on hot engine parts and
start a fire. These include liquids like gasoline,
oil, coolant, brake fluid, windshield washer and
other fluids, and plastic or rubber. You or others
could be burned. Be careful not to drop or spill
things that
will
burn onto a hot engine.
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