Help!!

[Giggsy3]

I just went top up petrol and accidentally overfilled the tank, saw petrol flowed out of my tank and flowed down my car body to my tyre then onto the ground....

I supposed now my car body has traces of petrol on it?? Scare if got spark will explode??!!! What am I supposed to do??!!!

[Nemesis]

I supposed now my car body has traces of petrol on it?? Scare if got spark will explode??!!! What am I supposed to do??!!!

 

Only thing to advise is to quick clean off the trace of petrol as I know the paint of your car will react with the petrol and will start to have slight discoloration

[Giggsy3]

think I'll go for a carwash 1st thing tomorrow morning......

[Cogitare18]

You should wash off the petrol ASAP. If not will damage your paint... but petrol quite volatile. I think it will vapourise quickly ....

[Nemesis]

I think carwash is a good idea

 

But better go downstair and use soap to give it a rough clean or else >8 hrs later how such how the paint and the petrol will react.

 

My $0.02

 

Cheers

[Giggsy3]

I just went to with a pail of water and give it a rinse, is that good enough??

[Protege]

Bro,

 

That should be ok. I experience the same thing as you before 1-2 times. What you should do is to rinse off the petrol immediately with water that the petrol station have. Paintwork is sensitive to petrol, so is yout tyres. So rinse it off properly. Water is good enough. After it dry, there should not be residue as petrol has a low flash point and should evaporate very quickly.

 

Cheers!!

[Nemesis]

More than enough

 

Don't worry 2 much have a good nite rest and head to your car wash tomorrow morning

 

Cheers

[Giggsy3]

thanks brothers!!

[Nemesis]

 

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