05-28-2021, 03:52 PM
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Location: Las Vegas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX4005LA, Roush 427IR
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Originally Posted by spdbrake
Tony has a point. If the fumes or gas liquid gets under the paint it will lift. Was this right after a fill-up? And was the car sitting in the sun? Gasoline volume increases 1% per 10C and what comes out of underground tanks is much colder than ambient.
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I suspect this is close to what happened... Rather than a spill, the tank was filled, topped off, and then the car parked. The gas expanded, slowly, and got past the seal on the cap and over time seeped slowly enough volume to break the bond of paint to surface. The lowest point is a "bubble" so it took a while.
How it happened is a potential mystery or a lesson (don't overfill), but that it happened is a major bummer.
Modern vehicles have the evap recovery tank that captures vapors, but that can get flooded with liquid if the tank is overfilled and is in the path to react before it hits the cap seal. Alas, not here...
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Tony
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