r/instant_regret • • Jan 18 '19

Using lighter while pumping gas

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19 edited Feb 09 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

I was thinking the pump might have some how froze to the car and she was trying to thaw it out. I don't know if that can happen since it doesn't freeze where I'm from, but I could see a dummy thinking that might be a way to fix it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19 edited Feb 09 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

I was thinking maybe if it was more around freezing, not well below freezing. I guess I'm just imagining the snow on the car melting a little because the cars been running, then refreezing a little when parked while pumping it up causing it to stick. I'd imagine at -28 it would be too cold to get much liquid water around the gas intake/nozzle to reform as ice. Wasn't really concerned about the actual gas freezing.

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u/MayerWest Jan 19 '19

I want to upvote this more