>I am not sure if this was the reason for your gas spill, but the use
>of ReFormulated Gasoline (RFG) in the US is known to destroy rubber
>fuel lines manufactured before 1991. This topic has probably been
>beaten to death on this list, but if you do not know that the rubber
>gas lines in your car (ANY car) has not been replaced using the newer
>lines available since 1991, then do so now.
Last year I had the "oppertunity" to remove some ends of a couple of fuel
lines I had installed new two years previously. My two year old lines
had already hardened and tended to crack when i bent them. I ended up
replacing all the lines again.
Nasty stuff, the California fuel formulation, and VERY hard on fuel hose.
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