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Re: [Mgs] First drive of the year/Fuel smells

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Subject: Re: [Mgs] First drive of the year/Fuel smells
From: Aaron Whiteman via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 07:59:24 -0700
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> On Apr 15, 2015, at 6:31 AM, Paul Root via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net> =
wrote:
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> I got my MG out a couple weeks ago, then it turned cold again, so it =
sat in the garage. Yesterday I thought about driving it to work, but the =
rear right tire was a little flat, it has a nail or something. And other =
excuses made me go to the daily driver.

With the early spring and lack of winter in the Northwest this year, =
I=E2=80=99m now on the second tank of the year. I still haven=E2=80=99t =
made any longer trips, so I haven=E2=80=99t yet gotten the chance to =
really find out what new quirks I have to fix appeared as she slumbered =
between October and February.

The only thing really wrong right now is that my trunk smells of =
gasoline. Not a lot, but it=E2=80=99s there. The tank is new (one of =
those Canadian made nickel-plated tanks), but the plumbing isn=E2=80=99t. =
I suspect the filler neck is cracked. Any other likely candidates? =
It=E2=80=99s not overwhelming, but it=E2=80=99s enough that if I leave a =
shirt in the boot overnight, it has to be aired out for a while before I =
can stand to wear it.=

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Apr 15, 2015, at 6:31 AM, Paul Root via Mgs &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"; class=3D"">mgs@autox.team.net</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: =
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline =
!important;" class=3D"">I got my MG out a couple weeks ago, then it =
turned cold again, so it sat in the garage. Yesterday I thought about =
driving it to work, but the rear right tire was a little flat, it has a =
nail or something. And other excuses made me go to the daily =
driver.</span><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; =
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: =
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" =
class=3D""></div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">With =
the early spring and lack of winter in the Northwest this year, I=E2=80=99=
m now on the second tank of the year. I still haven=E2=80=99t made any =
longer trips, so I haven=E2=80=99t yet gotten the chance to really find =
out what new quirks I have to fix appeared as she slumbered between =
October and February.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">The only thing really wrong right now is that my trunk smells =
of gasoline. Not a lot, but it=E2=80=99s there. The tank is new (one of =
those Canadian made nickel-plated tanks), but the plumbing isn=E2=80=99t. =
I suspect the filler neck is cracked. Any other likely candidates? =
It=E2=80=99s not overwhelming, but it=E2=80=99s enough that if I leave a =
shirt in the boot overnight, it has to be aired out for a while before I =
can stand to wear it.</div></body></html>=

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