You are reading a single comment by @Dooks-Fatberg and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
lynx
@Dooks-Fatberg
fuckinghell. had a fuel leak from my little fiat. noticed the smell first, which gradually got stronger every time I went in to the garage over the last week or two. I looked under the car but couldn't really see much in the way of an obvious leak so i drove it to a local garage (via dropping the wife off in town). The guy calls me back on monday to tell me rather than the suspected loose hose or whatever there was an actual hole in the tank. following day i went back to my garage to get my bike and the stench of petrol in there was still almost overpowering. It was only on returning the bike that evening that my lights picked out the tidemark at the edge of the spill. It was right up to, and out of the garage door. The reason I couldn't see the spot where the fuel was leaking was because the entire garage floor was stained with leaking fuel. On closer inspection it had actually run out from under the door, soaked into (and up) the walls and into all the boxes and furniture in there. I'm amazed i didn't go up in ball of flames the last time I started it up and drove out of there. Thank fuck I gave up smoking.