Goddamn gas smell.....

[Erick]

Hey guys,

Yesterday night my friend ran out of gas.... so I helped him out by getting my gas gallon tank and taking it to his car to refill. While I waited in my car he said he only used 1/2, and that it was enough to get to the closest station and he put it in my trunk. Today I get in the car and I notice the overwhelming gas smell inside the car. I go to the trunk and I see that the cap for the gallon tank is not closed correctly and that it was leaking out gas. ( Just my luck )

Now my car has been open with windows down and the sunroof for the whole day and I dumped a can of lysol in it. Anything else I could do to get rid of that gas smell?

Thanks,
Erick

[LikeCDoos]

thats a tough smell to get out. Maybe take everything out of your trunk and spray it down a bit and clean with simple green or dishsoap?? Also get all the gas out of your trunk liner. thats probably going to be the hardest.

[Erick]

Now to come up with an explanation to people interested in my car that I don't have a gas leak and that the car is not going to blow up. :?

Let's see what I can do about this....

[LikeCDoos]

Now to come up with an explanation to people interested in my car that I don't have a gas leak and that the car is not going to blow up. :?

Let's see what I can do about this....

oh ya i totally forgot you were trying to sell it, thats going to be alot harder now with the gas smell

[Super Eta]

There is always ebay!

Yeah if go the route no one will have to know about the gas smell until they pick the car up.

Goodluck getting the smell out

[Beej '86 325es]

I had this problem when I was younger, my parents left for a while and left me with a car. I spilled about a gallon of gas in the trunk, awful smell! I shampoo'd the ENTIRE car 2 or 3 times and had every window and the trunk open for like 3 or 4 days and nothing would get rid of it. Finally, I just used some of that dry carpet sprinkle stuff and only spread it in the trunk. Let it sit for a while and vacuumed it up and the smell was totally gone.
Good luck!

[Rob]

rent the portable steam cleaner from a local drugstore, great for carpets and stuff

[Erick]

I just used some of that dry carpet sprinkle stuff

I'll make sure to be verbatim on my description to the salesman when looking for that. :P