Spilled Gas Inside Explorer

[Brock94]

I had to pick up some gas for the snowblower yesterday, so I filled a 5 gallon gas can and put it on the floor behind the driver's seat (left plenty of air space above the gas and thought I closed the container tightly.) After I started to drive, I smelled gas, so I pulled over, took a look and gas was pouring out of the top of the container onto the floor. I took the container out of the car and stopped the leak, but a good amount of gas already leaked onto the floor, so I put the container back in and drove home with my fingers crossed and my windows open.

At home, I used a ton of soapy water and a shop vac to soak and clean the carpet several times. This seems to have gotten much of the smell out, but this morning there is still a strong enough smell to really bother me (and make me worry).

Does anyone know of a way to completely eliminate the gas smell (other than just tossing a match back there)? Will it just evaporate away over time?

 

[BeauJ]

My experiences in my old X (plenty of them) with spilled gas is the clean the hell out of it and let it air out. It took a few days and it was gone

 

[Brock94]

Thanks! That makes me feel much better-- just have to drive around with the windows cracked open for a few days.

 

[country boy]

hey man u need open a can of coffie grounds and put it in ur x or u can dump it in there but it might stain if u dump but ittl get rid of smell regaurless

 

[MONMIX]

light a candle

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

wow that sucks big time brock sorry to hear bout the gas spill inside ur x

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

well man I am not to sure but I was saying like Fa Breeze or some **** like that cause my friend one time had a cooler in his trunk and it had a strong odor in the trunk so he sprayed Fa Breeze and the smell went away.

I hope that helped you but see what others say to I might be wrong.

 

[jarv]

the 3rd week my mom had her 2004 Volvo S80 T6 car we went out to get gas for the lawn mower and she let me drive it around after we got home...i forgot about the gas until i smelled it ....she loved the new car smell too.

 

[xxScapegoat]

if your fortune cookie says

"you will die a firery death",

call a cab.