Dear Tom and Ray: You recently answered a question about whether it's harmful to let your gas tank run down to empty. You said it's not harmful to the car, and it won't cause any damage. Eric Peters, ...

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Oak Brook, Ill. — Plastic offers advantages over metal for automotive fuel filler pipes, the pipe that leads from the gas pump nozzle to your car's fuel tank, a Ford Motor Co. executive said at the ...

Before 1990, most car gas tanks were made of steel. By 1996 plastic had replaced steel in one out of four fuel tanks manufactured in North America. Last year plastic gas tanks had taken over an ...