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Thread: DANG! Gas stained rub rail.
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05-04-2009, 10:12 AM #1
DANG! Gas stained rub rail.
Beautiful weekend in the ATL and went to get the Moomba out on the water. Boat sits on a lift, so hopped on the swim platform and started to pull cover off and noticed a strong smell of gas. Looked in engine compartment, saw nothing, but heard dripping noise. Gas was coming out from the gas cap!
I filled the boat at the gas station when getting it out of storage when it was much cooler. It has certainly heated up since then and all I can figure is this created the issue due to expansion. Any other thoughts?
Also, looks like it had been leaking out for some time and the white section of the rub rail, under the stainless, looks to be stained a bit. Kinda a brown color. Tried to wax it out, but no luck. Any ideas on if/how I might be able to get this out?
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05-04-2009, 10:23 AM #2
Maybe try some rubbing compound.
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05-04-2009, 03:11 PM #3
Think petroleum distillates man - Simple green will take care of the stain. Good luck.
Lance Saville
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05-04-2009, 05:24 PM #4
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05-04-2009, 05:28 PM #5
Cool. Yep it SHOULD break down the leftover PD's from the gas and take it right off there. If not, something like dawn dish soap would be my next best guess, cuts the grease. good luck!
Lance Saville
2009 Mobius LSV
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05-04-2009, 06:49 PM #6
You know reading this makes me wonder.
Are the Boat gas caps simular to cars? I mean say if you lose one can you just by a car style? Also i noticed the gas caps arnt Vented like cars and im wondering if thats why yours expanded and leaked.
I have only had to fill my boat up 2x and the first time was when i bought it and i did notice when fueling it that the auto shutoff on the gas pumps doesnt work as well with the boat. When the boat filled it srpayed raw fuel all over my boat side. So now i pump gas < well the teanent does because i live in a stupid you cant pump your own gas state > on low so it auto shuts off.Malo <--- Means--Evil or Mean One. This explains a lot.
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05-04-2009, 07:58 PM #7
mm, caps are different but it should have leash on it to keep from falling overboard when filling at marina fuel dock.
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05-04-2009, 10:52 PM #8Senior Member
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You are going to need to Acetone to get that stain out. Acetone is great for getting all kinds of stains and scuffs out of the gel coat and the rail. I'll give you an example, my father bought a new Cobalt 222 last year and was out one evening after dust and he might have been a little errr "HAPPY" while driving. The entire front of the boat is yelling to turn because a buoy is rapidly getting closer to the boat. Well it is a glancing blow and the only damage is a big white mark in the black gelcoat. I was'nt there but the family tried to cover up the incident because I'm strongly against driving while "HAPPY". The dealership said to use acetone and I could'nt find where the mark had been so Im sold.
You will have to rewax the area but thats no big deal.
Acetone.....use it, love it. And don't drink and drive people, it make you do stupid stuff!
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05-04-2009, 11:10 PM #9Senior Member
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05-05-2009, 07:03 PM #10
Awesome Jester thanks man. I prefer to pump it myself. It was a big adjustment for me when i moved here from AZ because they would get all anal on me when i would grab the pump and start pumping, i was like what the hell man, its my car lol. Plus i hate waiting for 5 other cars when there's only 1 tenant running around.
So this brings up another question, i was wake boarding the other day < or my attempt anyhow and when i was done my buddy thought it was necessary to drag me back to the boat with the rope < grr > this caused the wake board to just barely hit the side of the boat but today when out in the garage i noticed a dull spot in my white finish and after looking closer its from the wake board touching the boat, wax should fix this? or do i have to get rubbing compound? any recommendations on rubbing compound ive never used that stuff. I know at Moomba when i took delivery i was seeing all kinds of blemishes on the boat and they were running around it with acetone and compound fixing it all LOL.Malo <--- Means--Evil or Mean One. This explains a lot.
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