# Surprised something did not ignite the gasoline fumes **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 27, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800 "2024-10-27T15:14:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/1 "2024-10-27T15:14:42Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/4/d400804a19a8df11ff87710be9e8e8706b3bfbd0.jpeg "A great use of self-defense! What would you have done in this situation? Comment below!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukQoB78Yri0) The fumes did not get to the door light switch in time. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/2 "2024-10-27T15:32:57Z")
Gasoline is much harder to ignite than you think. It is one of tbe reasons we use it as fuel. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/3 "2024-10-27T17:35:19Z")
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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/4 "2024-10-27T18:37:21Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Gasoline is much harder to ignite than you think Not if you atomize it and put it under 147 psi compression. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/5 "2024-10-27T18:40:01Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Not if you atomize it and put it under 147 psi compression And get it mixed with air in a ratio of between about 11.5:1 and 16:1… 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/6 "2024-10-27T20:37:35Z")
Older video, seen this a while back, it was all over social media… Yeah as a kid I took a bottle of gas, shoved a rag in it, sat it on the dead end road, nothing for 500 yards or more, and lit it and ran, very anticlimactic, just shot flames up… Boring!!! lol ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/7 "2024-10-27T22:07:21Z")
Yeah I saw that a while back. I guess in a pinch you just use what you have. They should remember that some folks are armed and that leaves a mark, not just stings and smells. Yeah I remember dropping a match in gas, and the match went out. It’s the vapors. Don’t do that with Coleman fuel though. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/8 "2024-10-27T22:34:22Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > Yeah as a kid I took a bottle of gas, shoved a rag in it, sat it on the dead end road, nothing for 500 yards or more, and lit it and ran, very anticlimactic, just shot flames up… Boring!!! lol A Molotov cocktail is always made with a glass bottle. The bottle is a delivery vehicle for a flammable substance. The wick is lit, the bottle thrown, and it breaks on impact. This spreads the flammable substance and the fire over a large area. Napalm is a more technologically advanced weapon, but still basically a Molotov cocktail. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/9 "2024-10-27T23:22:18Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Don’t do that with Coleman fuel though. Coleman fuel is known as white gas. It is gasoline without the additives we use in cars. Lubricants, octane boosters and ethanol. Many of the very early cars in the museum I vounteer for run on that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/10 "2024-10-27T23:32:29Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > A Molotov cocktail is always made with a glass bottle. Just saw a show about how Finland defended itself in WWII against Russia. They invented the Molotov cocktail to spray burning glass over the air intake of the Russian tanks. Turned out to be very effective, and very cheap. Named for the Russian minister who claimed the bombings of Finnish cities was actually the delivery of ‘humanitarian supplies’. ---
**Author:** ![Rainflurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cab0a1/32.png) [@Rainflurry](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rainflurry)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/11 "2024-10-28T01:08:45Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Gasoline is much harder to ignite than you think. It is one of tbe reasons we use it as fuel. My dad used to like to show off and put out his cigarette by quickly submerging it in a cup of gasoline. One of the many reasons I never even tried smoking. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/12 "2024-10-28T03:44:08Z")
Yep, like I said, I was a kid, probable 12/13yo and no internet… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/surprised-something-did-not-ignite-the-gasoline-fumes/197800/13 "2024-10-28T05:12:20Z")
I told the story about singing the hair on my arms underneath my jacket lighting a campfire. Be careful with white gas. Kinda like lo.