TLontheDL Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 i filled up gas for my sisters accord last night and then went straight to the grocery store to pick up some food. woke up this morning to see that i forgot to close the frickin gas cap last night! it was still hooked onto the thingy on the door (you know how you slide the cap onto that piece thats on the door?). anyway, this morning, the cap was still hooked onto the door but the door was halfway closed due to the wind pushing it in as i drove off from the gas station. now my question is, did water get into the hole? i ran my fingers around the hole to see if it was wet and yes...it was wet. oh i forgot to mention, it rained all last night! it was raining as i was filling up gas this morning and continued to rain until early this morning around 6am. i dont want to risk telling my sis to just drive it since the cap was kinda covering the hole due to the wind pushing in the door with the cap still on the hook. any water in the engine isn't good, that i know! have any of you experienced this? what did you do? im thinking of going to an autopart store and ask them if they have a tube so i can maybe cyphin the gas out but im sure its not going to cyphin out 100% of the gas. has anyone done a gas flush before?? ive seen it done on tv...on a gsr but it looks hard. help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR17 Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 i flushed outta boat once.. i mean boat as in a huge ass car.. you know those huge V8s back in the days.."BOAT with the tailfins"? well anyways i got that car for 100dollars, and if was filled with gas already.. but that gas was so old, it was 4 years old, it did take me a while to do since that car weighed like over 5000lbs.. so i took it to the shop and i did it my self(saving money when your a poor ass).. but i dont have exsperence on hondas yet.. im sure it easyier the boats!! GL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trepid Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 well like you said, you just filled up the tank so it shouldn't be an issue, the water will get diluted into the gas... I've heard that arco gas actually has a water based additive they use to keep the gas from evaporating in storage, so I refuse to fill up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..SSR.. Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 Thast weird, a lot of cars won't start if the gas tank isn't sealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragongyrl18 Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 Listen I dont know if this would work but try putting in the gas treatment. I used it once on my accord 89 and everything seemed to go fine. I mean just make sure you read the bottle and it says that it will help evaporate or get rid of any water particals in the gas tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psicoazn Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 i know water in ur gas tank isn't good... if you wanna play it safe might wanna try flushing it out... and since it did rain.. im guessing theres a pretty good chance water did get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted February 22, 2003 Author Share Posted February 22, 2003 thanks guys.. yes, i agree the most safest way to handle this is to flush it out completely. i really want to flush it myself but i also dont trust myself either. hondachicka18: GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE! earlier, i went out and purchased the gas treatment by STP. on the back, it says: STP GAS TREATMENT USED REGULARLY HELPS, 1. saves gas by keeping fuel intake system clean 2. boost cleaning performance of gas 3. fight fuel line freeze by removing water so i went out and purchased 2 bottles for .99 each at auto zone. a friend also told me to buy this crap so i did.. i trust him b/c he builds import race cars. by the way, he'll be in florida soon. look out for a turbo charged lexus and a turbo charged rx7 if you go. anyway, heres the bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddySol Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 well like you said, you just filled up the tank so it shouldn't be an issue, the water will get diluted into the gas... I've heard that arco gas actually has a water based additive they use to keep the gas from evaporating in storage, so I refuse to fill up there Yes...ARCO is the crappiest gas ever. We always joked about ARCO gas just being alcohol and water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragongyrl18 Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 Hey I may be a girl but I still know some details on what to do and what not to do. Well those two bottles should do the job but one was enough I should say. I mean it wouldn't hurt if you drove the car around and tried to use that gas up wit the treatment in the tank and then put in another treatment and fill up with fresh gas and remember to close the tank this time. LOL I used to work at an autoparts and this happened alot. So I kinda got the hang of it on what to do and what not to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragongyrl18 Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 so Mark what was the whole outcome of the situation. You forgot to keep us updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicwagovan Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 id go with adding some water remover to the tank then filling it up with premium and maybee some injector cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted March 9, 2003 Author Share Posted March 9, 2003 sorry, as i mentioned before, i poured a bottle of that STP gas treatment and left it at that. now it drives okay so far...no sign of engine failure or anything? *knock on wood* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROFILES2000 Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 well isnt it sealed? meaning it would take force to unseal it like a gas pump? so i wouldnt worry about it to much i doubt any water got in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragongyrl18 Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Well if everything is fine now than that is it. You ain't going to have any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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