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On my way to school today a 5 gallon gas can fell over and leaked a half gallon of gas. I've had the cargo door open all day and the window craked, but the smell is this present. Is there any way to rid the smell of fuel or is my only open time?
Thanks Collin!
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Our fleet:
1960 Morris Minor Pick up (right hand drive)
The Tartus: 95 Disco with a full wilderness roof rack, 4 PIA lights on the rack, brush guard, with 2 fog lights, rear tail light guard, 2in Todco lift, Rhino Painted the cargo area, 5 Pro Comp 33in Mud Terrain Tires %75 tread, diff skid plate, and I'm only 18 ....
Bipolar: 2000 p38 Range Rover Brush guard, rear lamp guard, new grill, coil suspension.
You will need to remove the carpet and the under pads, cleaning them both wand leaving them out in the sun for a few day, even then there will be some smell left for awhile.
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Retired service manager. Member of the Solihull Society, NCLR club, SCLR and Santa Barbara 4 Wheelers.
99 D2, 3" lift, CDL with a Detroit and T.T. lockers, H.D. axles, 4:11 gears, Custom front and rear bumpers, sliders, Warn winch, and 5 HID's.
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This happened to a friend of mine several years ago with his Suburban, they had to remove the seats and carpet and all the insulation and replace it all.
The insurance company wanted to total it but he wouldn't let them.
But he spilled 5 gal of has not half a gal.
Thank for all the help! I'm going to try some frebreeze and hope for the best... If worst comes to worst I'll strip the carpet and padding, let it air out...
5 gallons??? god that must have sucked, I would be sick to my stomach not because of the smell, but because of the money wasted!
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Our fleet:
1960 Morris Minor Pick up (right hand drive)
The Tartus: 95 Disco with a full wilderness roof rack, 4 PIA lights on the rack, brush guard, with 2 fog lights, rear tail light guard, 2in Todco lift, Rhino Painted the cargo area, 5 Pro Comp 33in Mud Terrain Tires %75 tread, diff skid plate, and I'm only 18 ....
Bipolar: 2000 p38 Range Rover Brush guard, rear lamp guard, new grill, coil suspension.
You ask for help, and 6 days later you haven't done what was suggested, don't be surprised when your gas smell doesn't go away. By now the gas smell is soaked in and dried and you won't get it out of the pads much less the carpet.
Next time don't wait for it to go away on it's own cause it doesn't happen that way.
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Mike
Retired service manager. Member of the Solihull Society, NCLR club, SCLR and Santa Barbara 4 Wheelers.
99 D2, 3" lift, CDL with a Detroit and T.T. lockers, H.D. axles, 4:11 gears, Custom front and rear bumpers, sliders, Warn winch, and 5 HID's.
Need Parts? paulgrant@mac.com, or 203-770-1699 willtillery@roverguy.com, or 434-251-9331
Paul PTSchram 260-804-0458
PM Marty(Drillbit)[url]http://www.landroversonly.com/forums...o=newpm&u=5940
British Parts of Utah, http://www.bputah.com/
Lucky8, http://lucky8llc.com/
Originally Posted by tornado_735I keep motivating myself saying that some poor bastard had to do the very same thing during the Camel Trophy and that I'm no different from him.
How to rid the smell of gas
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