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Old 12-13-2010, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by rodneym View Post
I'm afraid the trunk got gas in it at one time. I keep the trunk open all the time, it's been 6 mos now. It's not that fresh smell. It's that "fuel has been here smell" but I still wonder about the vapor valve.
I think I'll get some fuel dye and and take a trip to Spencer gifts and get a black light and Grateful Dead poster.
Even if it was soaked through and through, after six months the smell should be gone. I bet that ultraviolet dye shows a "spritz" here and there....
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