I tried starting my 02 Mustang this evening and the engine shut itself off about 5 to 10 seconds after I started the car. I tried restarting it and the engine shut itself off again for a second time. I looked at my gas guage and I realized that it was empty and that there was no gasoline in the tank.
I ended up pouring about 1/2 gallon of regular gasoline in the tank that I had sitting inside a plastic gasoline reserve canister in the garage. While pouring the gasoline into the tank, quite a bit of gas leaked out from the base of the canister's nozzle screw-in cap and on to the exterior paint of my car. I would say that about 1/3 of a gallon of gasoline spilled on the quarter panel and on the side of the rear bumper on my car. The right rear quarter panel and the side of the rear bumper really got "SOAKED" with gasoline.
I hosed down the areas that were soaked with the gasoline with cold water from my garden hose and I then gently wiped down the quarter panel and side of the rear bumper with a soft cotton undershirt. The car was dirty and it was almost dark out, but I was able to clean off most of the greasy gasoline off the paint.
It was very cold out and I didn't use any soap or anything like that to clean the area where the gasoline spilled. I only used cold water from the garden hose and a soft cotton undershirt to wash up and wipe down the areas where the gasoline spilled. I just got the entire rear bumper repainted about 2 months ago. The quarter panel still has the original factory paint on it.
I would like to know whether or not the gasoline that was spilled all over the quarter panel and on the entire side of the right rear bumper will pose any threat to the paint? Do you think that the paint on the quarter panel and on the bumper will deteriorate or crack from the gasoline spilling on it even though I wiped down the areas as best as I could? How much damage did I really do to the paint from all the 1/3 of a gallon of gasoline that was accidently spilled on the quarter panel and on the side of the rear bumper from filling my tank?
I ended up pouring about 1/2 gallon of regular gasoline in the tank that I had sitting inside a plastic gasoline reserve canister in the garage. While pouring the gasoline into the tank, quite a bit of gas leaked out from the base of the canister's nozzle screw-in cap and on to the exterior paint of my car. I would say that about 1/3 of a gallon of gasoline spilled on the quarter panel and on the side of the rear bumper on my car. The right rear quarter panel and the side of the rear bumper really got "SOAKED" with gasoline.
I hosed down the areas that were soaked with the gasoline with cold water from my garden hose and I then gently wiped down the quarter panel and side of the rear bumper with a soft cotton undershirt. The car was dirty and it was almost dark out, but I was able to clean off most of the greasy gasoline off the paint.
It was very cold out and I didn't use any soap or anything like that to clean the area where the gasoline spilled. I only used cold water from the garden hose and a soft cotton undershirt to wash up and wipe down the areas where the gasoline spilled. I just got the entire rear bumper repainted about 2 months ago. The quarter panel still has the original factory paint on it.
I would like to know whether or not the gasoline that was spilled all over the quarter panel and on the entire side of the right rear bumper will pose any threat to the paint? Do you think that the paint on the quarter panel and on the bumper will deteriorate or crack from the gasoline spilling on it even though I wiped down the areas as best as I could? How much damage did I really do to the paint from all the 1/3 of a gallon of gasoline that was accidently spilled on the quarter panel and on the side of the rear bumper from filling my tank?