ORIGINAL: rjm1982
"You should file a claim" <--- BAD BAD BAD
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Here's the deal, we voluntarily play with *very* flamable fuels and electrics with and around each other...therefore we accept responsibility when something breaks...perfect example of life in an overly litigious society.... LET IT GO
No, here's the deal. We should accept responsibility if WE do something wrong. If the manufacturer messes up and makes a dangerous product then
THEY should be held accountable.
Explain to me how the importer is to blame? or the person that sold it? or even the manufactuerer....do we blame the pump people or the hose people (the host failed, not the pump), or the gas people...or the ones who made the fire extinguisher that didnt suit this application?
A pump that is
prone to catch on fire in the presence of the fuel it's supposed to handle
is faulty and dangerous. It should be designed in a manner that fuel cannot get to a place where it will ignite. This is a really simple concept.
The person who encountered this problem owes it to himself and everyone else to report it to the importer. First so he can be compensated for the things he lost due to the faulty product. Note, I'm not advocating pain and suffering, just replacement of the stuff he lost due to the faulty product. And second (if the importer has any ethics), so the importer is aware that there's a problem with the product.
People need to realize that crap happens, and most of the time...nobody is a fault...
That's fine, if nobody's at faulty, end of story. That's not the case here. There's an unsafe product that exposes people to danger. Sweeping it under the carpet is not the answer.
I was talking to a gentleman just 3 days ago that has lost his HOUSE AND CARS to pay for a lawsuit because a kid climbed an 8ft fence and drowned in his pool when he wasnt home....another great example....
No, a completely different example.
Madman, you seem to have the right attitude..."stuff happens" and your right...it sucks that it killed your TX...but i think that anyone would understand that Nitromethane might act up if you expose it to an open spark (turn on one of those pumps in the dark, you can see the light from the sparks in the motors), and its good that your not moneyhungry or overzealous about finding a single entity to blame, and have not forgone placing a little blame on yourself, good man....
What you just described is scary.
Open sparking in the presence of fuel is an accident waiting to happen. Open sparking is acceptable on a water pump, but not a fuel pump. If these pumps are really that bad, they should be taken off the market. This isn't a case of being money hungry, as it seems you are hinting, it's forcing manufacturers to be responsible, holding them accountable for unsafe products, and taking the steps necessary to get unsafe products off the market so other people don't have to suffer losses from them.