Can a car explode?

Question

Say you are driving along and your gas tank begins to leak a bit. Suddenly a spark is created somehow that catches to the leak. Could your entire car explode along with you in it? Or is there not enough gas in the tank or enough safety features to prevent a total explosion?

Answer 1

yes..it can research the Pontiac Fiero

Answer 2

Yes, it can if there is not enough ventilation to prevent it from doing so.
There is a by-law in my town that won't let you pump your own gas because someone was smoking while they were filling up their tank. That made the fumes blow up the car and the gas station, so whatever you do don't smoke or let any one smoke around your car. It would be best to have it towed away.

Answer 3

Most likely catch fire and burn to the ground. Explosions are so Hollywood. After the fire gets going tires explode. Trick here if you smell gasoline get the leak fixed. People do not carry fire extinguishers but I do. Heat spark air fuel that is all it takes in the right amounts to have fire.

Answer 4

Sure. But it would more prone to explode with an almost-empty tank rather than a full one. Fumes are more combustible than the actual liquid.

Answer 5

Safety features are in place to prevent this from happening, but much like Three Mile Island, safety features can fail. When that happens... boom.

Answer 6

gas is not what will explodes the gas fumes is what will couses the car to explode the gas is what makes it burn

Answer 7

If you don't know that it can explode then you don't need to be driving.

Answer 8

maybe