Read this and decide if we could potentially have problems. Remember the Crossfire gas tank that was crushed due to the negative pressure in it?

 

I would LOVE to explain that claim to an adjuster.

I don't think there is anyway in the world a web could block the lines tight enough to hold that kind of pressure. I would think it would take .5 bar (1/2 atmospheric pressure/7.4 psia) to start collapsing the tank. Do you? You're an engineer. Whadda' ya' think? I just work with vacuum systems alot.

Enough of a plug to throw a code? maybe, yeah?

 

True enough but suppose some other part collapses first, like a rubber hose. The physically weakest part is the first to go in scenarios like this, causing a chain reaction at times.
Can a fuel pump suck the chrome of a trailer hitch?

 

Well, that would depend on the fuel pump and the hitch, no?

LOL!

Aren't our gas caps vented? Or hermetically sealed? I suppose that the issue of the "loose" caps throwing the EGR code, sealed would be my guess.

Keep a can of Raid in the Bug Out Bag next to the Instant Detailer?

 

They are vented through the charcoal canister and keep a slightly lower pressure in the tank when the cap is on to prevent as much pollution escaping as possible.The gases in the tank go out through the engine. There is a valve that operates at times to release the gases. Something like that anyway, I have forgot most of what I read at one time.:
This is not your dads gas tank.

 

Yep. And Nope. I guess I knew how it worked-if I had the energy to think about it.

 

Thinking at my age hurts so I try to avoid it as much as I can.
I think I was once smarter than I am now but maybe that's just an illusion.

 

Just my 2 cents, not a spider. A wasp with a mud plug could be a better chance at high negative pressure. Id think that 1/2 Bar negative would deform the tank but that is a bunch for a pump to do and it would require running the fuel out in a short time, not over days. Wdy

 

Here is a blast from the past, a collapsed gas tank in a Crossfire, although no insects are blamed here.
Marvel at the price of a new gas tank from Chrysler, I'll take two and keep one as a spare.
No insects just leaches.

 

I knew a girl...

 

Can spiders cause problems..... Only if they are crawling up your leg or face while your driving