[Rhodes22-list] Gasoline spill under the floor

[brad haslett]

Barry,

MJM brought up something I hadn't thought of.
Floatation foam. Underground gasoline storage tanks
are made of fiberglass, it will be OK.  You need an
emulsifier to break down the gasoline and get it to
let go of its surface tension hold on the hull, and to
flush it with the pumped out bilge water.  So what's
left to hold it in place?  The floatation foam.  The
worst case situation would be to replace the foam. 
Try the bilge flushes first.  If there is any residual
gasoline left, you'll smell it.  The vapors are the
enemy.

Brad


--- Michael Meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:
> 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
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <b.ivers at att.net>
> To: <Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:36 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Gasoline spill under the
> floor
> 
> 
> >   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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