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Jim Adney wrote: >The leak you're seeing is quite typical for cars which have sat for >long periods and usually cures itself within this time. > > > So, just keep it wet, not necessarily pressurized. Will do. Within 1 hour, the pressure had dropped to <5 PSI, and judging from the fact that I got 3 shop-towels-in-a-box damp (not soaking wet) with gasoline, that was probably where most of my pressure went. Maybe getting gasoline to go over the o-ring at the rate it did (seriously, I could see the droplets forming and dripping off) might be the trick to resuscitate these seals. Stay tuned... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~