David Baine dropped his speedster off today around noon for some work, I parked in the lower level garage until I could move it to the shop tomorrow afternoon. Eight hours later there is a super heavy gas smell throughout the house to the point where I didn't want to turn anything electrical either on or off. I go down into the garage (the source) but can't see anything . Manually opened the garage door and pushed out David's speedster out then drove it onto the shop lift....found no leak. I go back into the garage the heavy gas smell still in the air, checked the BMW, mower, weeder and gas cans ..nothing. *&^$* Over in the corner sat my snowblower with a lake around it......fuel line. Snow blower, carpenter wooden tool box, plywood pieces, yard tools, etc are all spending the night out under the start lit skies. Imagine if I wasn't at home......poof ~
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A victim to ethanol gas?
could be old decrepit fuel lines that shrink over time, loose fitting, etc...any of my tools not being used in the next 3 months I drain the fuel and run it till it dies, i.e. chainsaw, weedeater, woodsplitter
Line dried out...= ethanol !!!
Whoa - had me scared!
War against Ethanol- Part I and II
http://www.automobilemag.com/n...inst-ethanol-part-1/
http://www.automobilemag.com/n...874ADB18452905241313
Oh, that's just great!
I walk out into the garage this morning and smell raw gas.
You'se guys jinxed me, I'm sure of it.
I'm hoping it's just because I filled it last evening, 'cuz I haven't gotten the snow blower out yet.
I woke up this morning and let out some gas...and boy did it smell!
Ok so I did a couple of errands in the almost-drizzle we had this morning, and burnt up an estimated gallon of gas. Parked it and two hours later.........Bupka. No smell even after a few hours.
Crisis averted. Back to my beer.