Gasoline ignites because gasoline is flammable. (simple answer)
A more detailed answer would be.
Gasoline produces flammable vapors at a much lower temperature than almost any other 'common' chemical. It is the vapors that ignite rather than the chemical itself. Also Gasoline vapors are heavier than air.
Any 'Flammable' chemical will ignite in the presence of an open flame or spark if there are sufficient fumes.
Typically the lowest temperature that gasoline will produce enough vapors to ignite at is -40 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Because a spark could potentially ignite gasoline, and cause a catastrophic explosion.
It is harder to ignite higher octane gasoline - the octane rating expresses the compound's resistance to pre-ignition (often called "ping") Low octane fuels tend to 'ping' more than high octane fuels because they ignite more easily.
Gasoline doesn't go in a radiator. Radiator is used to cool a 200+ degree engine block. If mixed the better question is at what temperature does gasoline ignite.
Yes. All the gasoline needs is a source of ignition like a wayward spark from a spark plug wire.
Pour 5 gallons of gasoline in engine bay. Strike match and ignite gasoline. Presto! All fixed!
Petrol engines use a spark plug to ignite the gasoline. Diesels on the other hand use compression to ignite the fuel. Diesel engines have a very high compression ratio that causes the fuel to ignite under pressure. Gasoline engine do not run near the compression as a diesel. Put diesel in a gasoline engine and it simply will not run. Reason being is that diesel fuel has a much higher flash point. Gasoline contains 4 to 12 carbon atoms, diesel has 10 to 20 carbon atoms and is much heavier than gasoline.
Because of the fumes. Technically if you threw a match at a gallon of gasoline and could get it past the fumes the match would go out when it hit the liquid. But the match will pass through the fumes and ignite and then the gasoline will ignite and burn or explode. So an empty barrel is all fumes and therefore an explosive environment exists in the drum.
diesel vapors due not ignite like gasoline does. Also diesel has a totally different smell.
The fuel injector on that cylinder is probably leaking and if so, there is be more fuel than the spark can ignite.
It won't run, that's for sure. Diesel is ignited by compression pressure, not by spark. And the compression in a gasoline engine is not sufficient to ignite the diesel.