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Originally Posted by MikeUCFL
Hopefully it's not a bad ground or frayed wire! Flammable liquid and electricity, doesn't seem like a good combination.
I'm going to try to keep it parked as much as possible until Tuesday.
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Unless the bad wiring (assuming that's what it actually is) is inside the tank (all that's in there is the sensor/pump and you have a new one) or you have a hole in the tank (you'd probably smell it if so), the chance of explosion and/or gasoline fire should not be not any greater than normal. There could be a greater chance of a wiring-initiated fire (eg, under the carpet), but the fuse
should blow before things get too hot. But, yeah, since gasoline
could be involved, it would probably be a good idea to limit how much your drive until you find out what the problem is, just to be safe.
Good luck finding/fixing the problem and let us know what you find out.
Edit: Keep in mind that I'm just making a (educated) guess about the problem being a high-resistance circuit and the risk of fire/explosion may be much greater or much less than I portray above. It's
probably not a safety issue, but better safe than sorry.