Date:         Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:13:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@CYBERTRAILS.COM>
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From:         Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@CYBERTRAILS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Smell gas...
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BJ Feddish wrote:

>This one is driving me nuts. I can smell gas when I come towards the van,
>especially near the sliding door.  I've been from one end to the other
>inspecting the gas lines and I've check the hoses and expansion tanks on
>both sides. Everything looks dry.
>

Gas evaporates pretty quickly so a small leak may look dry, OTOH even a
small amount has a very prevasive smell.

I test for small leaks using some of those cheap brown paper towels that
some gas stations have.  The blue kind work okay too.  Those brown
towels will show even a little bit of wetness as a dark brown spot.
Holding them against suspect hoses & connections may reveal the leak.

Geo



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