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Old 02-19-09, 02:52 PM
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LOL... this is my day. I filled up my car 80% full...then I purchased a car wash. Went into the washer and guess what... yeah, I didn't close the lid and didn't put the gas cap on.

Anyone knows what'll happen?
Old 02-19-09, 02:58 PM
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Kaboom!!! lol nah idk cant be good tho prob going to pre detonate
Old 02-19-09, 03:10 PM
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You should probably drain your tank before you drive it anymore. Did you fuel guage go up any?
Old 02-19-09, 03:11 PM
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You probably didn't get a massive amount in, but put in 3 bottles of Drygas and you should be able to let it run through. I would put them in and take a nice drive.

http://drygas.com/

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Old 02-19-09, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by LeXaNoMicS
Kaboom!!! lol nah idk cant be good tho prob going to pre detonate
hahah....too bad you didn't pour wine or beer in it....
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Originally Posted by Big Mack
You probably didn't get a massive amount in, but put in 3 bottles of Drygas and you should be able to let it run through. I would put them in and take a nice drive.

http://drygas.com/

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I'll check to see if my local brick and mortar have something like this. I don't think too much went in *cross fingers* because I believe the water jet sprayed the cover closed.

Plus, I'm sure lexus didn't put the gas pump at the bottom where the water will settle.
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hahah....too bad you didn't pour wine or beer in it....
Accedently trip and dump a bottle of red in that ***** neck time hahaha
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Originally Posted by sam430
I'll check to see if my local brick and mortar have something like this. I don't think too much went in *cross fingers* because I believe the water jet sprayed the cover closed.

Plus, I'm sure lexus didn't put the gas pump at the bottom where the water will settle.
The syphon that is built in goes to the bottom...how else would it pump the gas? Check your local parts places, I'm sure they have it. If not, get a new parts place.

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Old 02-19-09, 03:28 PM
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your gas is probably 10% ethanol already and i doubt much water really got in there... just as some dry gas and give it a go...
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Not at the very bottom. That would syphon all kinds of icky stuff. If that's the case, the water will be out by now since water is heavier than liquid gas.
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hmmm.... I noticed that the lexus gas spout don't have one of those pressure plate thingy...you know, when you fill your gas, you have to push gas nozzle in to open the plate?
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Not at the very bottom. That would syphon all kinds of icky stuff. If that's the case, the water will be out by now since water is heavier than liquid gas.
The water will mix with the gas. And yes, the pickup for the syphon is almost to the very bottom of your tank. If your tank has sediment in it, something is wrong - you only get that if you leave gas in a tank for an extremely long period of time, and the newer vehicles with the plastic tanks are much less susceptible to it. Let us know how it works out, though.

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Originally Posted by broken_tsi
You should probably drain your tank before you drive it anymore. Did you fuel guage go up any?
I filled the tank up...I wouldn't know. Plus, I think it would require a lot of water for the fuel gauage to go up. At 80% full, the guage goes to the max already.
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I doubt a large amount of water got in, just go to Autozone or something and pick up some moisture remover. I can't think of any brands from the top of my head, but there are plenty...
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Originally Posted by JoelGs
hahah....too bad you didn't pour wine or beer in it....
i got something you can pour some wine/beer in.........




its called my mouth! ! it is Friday, for all of us working stiffs its drink night (except unlucky SOB's like me who have to work tomorrow morning) at least i only work 2 sats a month and ONLY from 8am-12pm


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