[Rhodes22-list] Gasoline spill under the floor

[Michael Meltzer]

The issue I would be worried about the gas, did is wick itself into the foam, I would be very temped to kitten core plugers(you know 
the ones that make fancy shapes in water watermelons) and pull a few plugs low where the gas was against it, smell and take a match 
to the core, The problem you have is water and I assume gas can pass from the Lasserret to the cabin, their might still be some 
under the foam. no Expert here but you going to need something to "flood" the area an neutralize it.

MJM

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>   After a sail on Pyramid Lake. (60 mi. N. of Reno) I was cleaning and detailing our 76 model R-22. It was the end of a perfact 
> day. After flushing the Yamaha 9.9 I decided to disconnect the fuel line, when the phone rang. The call generated a couple more 
> calls and I dropped the disconnected fuel line in the deep opening at the aft end of the cockpit. I did not know the connector had 
> a bad o-ring. Overnight it siphoned 4 gallons of gas under the cabin floor.
>   Up to now what I have done is wash with a fiberglass friendly degresser and 20 gal of water and go for a drive to slosh the 
> liquid around. Then using a syarange to evacuate all the liquid and clean it up as best I could. I have done this twice with very 
> good results. BUT there is still a slight smell that is not plessant.
>   I am looking for remedy for aftersmell. Ther is no more fire danger so I might use a small 6" fan and draw air out of underspace 
> via the 5" inspection  hole in the center of the cabin. Any other ideas. I cannot wait for all the match jokes, flamming r-22 
> jokes and usual jabs and pokes. Hit me Rummy I deserve it.  Barry
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