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Re: gas leak


Do you live in California? If you do the higher MTBE content of 
reformulated premium gas could be eating the nitrile rubber gas lines.  
It's just a guess...

On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Wojciech Dawicki wrote:

> Hi Volks
> 
> I have made a curios observation and I wonder if it is just a coincidence
> or is it real. A couple weeks ago I filled up my 72 SB with high octane
> gas, a day later i noticed a bad gas leak. I replaced some of the gasline
> filled up with regular unleaded gas, the leak was gone and I was happy.
> Two days ago I filled up with high octane gas from the same company as the
> original high octane gas. As you might have guessed, yesterday gas was
> dripping from my car. The gas leaks when the car is runing or just after it
> has stopped. Can this leak be linked to high octane gas, or some kind of
> additive that the gas company is putting in their gas.
> 
> Wojtek
> 
> 72 SB  
> 
> 


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