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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 > >