gas spill - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Jmonty · 07-04-2014, 10:17 AM

Bad day yesterday,,

MY chipper ran out of gas so with the wife gone in the Outback grabbed the 2 gallon gas can and off to the station in the 86, mistake

long story short 1.5 gallons of gas all over the back, rear seats, under all of the cargo/ spare tire area........wow NOT GOOD!

Stripped it all out except the fold down seat, that comes out tomorrow.

Call into insurance as all of the foam in the rear seats are soaked???
car is full of cat litter now,

anyone ever have this happen?

AVodka14 · 07-04-2014, 10:42 AM

Yikes...I would never put a gas tank in my car unless it had a plastic bin to sit in for that reason. Just let it all air dry and take it to a professional for cleaning.

bcj · 07-04-2014, 11:42 AM

Don't use a shop vac / pulse jet.

point of order kind of thing.

gramicci101 · 07-04-2014, 11:59 AM

Gasoline will eat some kinds of foam, hopefully it doesn't affect your seats.

Jmonty · 07-04-2014, 01:35 PM

The foam is just in the back of the rear seats/ hold down. And the felt lining, and the cargo cov err over the spare.

the cat litter has done a great job of neutralizing the smell.

why no shopvac to suck up the cat litter?

seats backs are in the sun with the phone showing I hope to help evaporate

has anyone ever clean this on a comprehensive insurance claim?

FRS_FIEND · 07-04-2014, 01:47 PM

youre a brave guy!! i always put a gas container in the passenger seat.

1 scoot the seat all the way forward to pin the take between the seat and glove box

2 put it in the seat and click the seatbelt to hold it in place.

sorry to hear this happening to you man hopefully nothing too bad happens.

Reaper · 07-04-2014, 01:47 PM

vacuum out the cat litter and use a rug doctor.

gramicci101 · 07-04-2014, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jmonty

why no shopvac to suck up the cat litter?

Because you don't want to take the chance of the electric motor in the shopvac arcing and igniting gas fumes. Gas fumes are much much more flammable than liquid gas is.

wrohdejr · 07-04-2014, 06:01 PM

@Jmonty if you can get your insurance to buy the Seibon Carbon rear seat delete i will trade you my rear seats. Never been sat in!!

Jmonty · 07-04-2014, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrohdejr

@Jmonty if you can get your insurance to buy the Seibon Carbon rear seat delete i will trade you my rear seats. Never been sat in!!

See what I can do, do you have a good link?

wrohdejr · 07-05-2014, 06:00 PM

@Jmonty

http://seiboncarbon.com/store/produc...ubaru-brz.html

Turbo95eg6 · 07-06-2014, 04:29 AM

Damn...

chas3wba0 · 07-06-2014, 06:01 AM

Time to sell it and get a new one... oh wait, it's a GBS!! NOOOOOO!!!!

Jmonty · 07-06-2014, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chas3wba0

Time to sell it and get a new one... oh wait, it's a GBS!! NOOOOOO!!!!

Should be good, just need the rear bottom seats replaced. See what insurance says

And yes the color is what I wanted

, so don't plan to replace

07-04-2014, 10:17 AM	#1
Jmonty Realtor/ Principal Broker Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: JRSC BRZ GBS LTD 2010 LTD Outback Location: Salem Oregon Posts: 899 Thanks: 806 Thanked 218 Times in 178 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s)	gas spill Bad day yesterday,, MY chipper ran out of gas so with the wife gone in the Outback grabbed the 2 gallon gas can and off to the station in the 86, mistake long story short 1.5 gallons of gas all over the back, rear seats, under all of the cargo/ spare tire area........wow NOT GOOD! Stripped it all out except the fold down seat, that comes out tomorrow. Call into insurance as all of the foam in the rear seats are soaked??? car is full of cat litter now, anyone ever have this happen?

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Reaper in orbe terrum non visi Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: violent Location: Mountains Posts: 1,747 Thanks: 279 Thanked 762 Times in 446 Posts Mentioned: 62 Post(s)	vacuum out the cat litter and use a rug doctor. __________________ I have E85 where there isn't E85, that's my secret. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...t=reaper+build

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chas3wba0 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: Yes Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 1,053 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 813 Times in 407 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s)	Time to sell it and get a new one... oh wait, it's a GBS!! NOOOOOO!!!! __________________ "If thy pleaſure be in Underſteere, thou art Weird." - Distraxi

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