tool stuck in gas tank

[Chris Semple]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces+chris=force5auto.com at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces+chris=force5auto.com at audifans.com]On Behalf Of
> Tony Hoffman

> Won't hurt a thing. It'll just roll and rattle around a bit.
> Unless you drive VERY aggressively. Then, it will probably
> put dents in the tank, and might even cause damage to the
> pump. That is, if you have a model with the pump in the tank.
> Tony Hoffman

Nah, won't even get that far. Take a look at the layout, there's that
elephant dongle filler neck with the rollover valve built into it, winding
it's way 2.5ft down to the tank. I doubt a 3/8 extension is slipping through
there. It may rattle while hiding in the aluminum filler neck, but not so
you'll hear it over 16yr old old suspension :)  Don't sweat it.

-Cheers
Chris Semple
Concord NH
'92 S4
   '81 Vw Pickup
      '93 E350 Club w/294k
         '02 F350 DRW




> Ahmad Helal <helal.ahmad at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is the stupidest thing I have ever done....i am ashamed to even
> mention it...but I need to know the cause it will have on my car....so
> here goes the story
>
> trying to save every penny I can....I avoid getting gas at expensive
> gas stations and insist on going to the cheapest one...well one day I
> overestimated the amount of gas I had...and I ended up breaking down
> on the freeway...I called my mom to bring a gas can...well she
> happensto bring the one gas can with a broken spout...I spend 15
> minutes trying to pout in the gas but the nozzle won't reach the the
> flap in the gas tank to open it...so the gas just fills up in that
> little overflow thing and spills on the ground...I knew I had to
> somehow get the flap open...so I grab the only long skinny thing i can
> find..which happens to be a socket extension for my ratchet...so I sit
> there holding the flap open while my mother pours the gasoline into
> the car...all is well..UNTIL...my fingers got pinched in between the
> gas can and the car and the extension fell into the gas tank..my
> question is..will this cause harm? if so what can I do?