not sure where to post this . so i think this is correct place . i had my rs on my nephews lift changing fuel filter ( always a fun job ) . as always you get fuel running down your arm , armpit , and side . my nephew said , uncle tom you better get home and get a shower or that gas will burn you . i told him no problem , wiped down my arm and side with a rag . i then picked up bottle of WD-40 and used it like right guard , ( yes i did left side also ) then wiped it off with a towel . takes the gas off and does not hurt you . my nephew is a 40 yr. old gearhead and said he had never heard of that . all you guy's close to my age may already know this , but some of the younger men may not . before anyone laughs and says no way , remember WD-40 is fish oil base . you may smell like a sardine till you shower but it works . hope this helps , IT DOES WORK !!! any old pharts out there to back me up ???

it's a lot easier to just not spill any on yourself but, thats definetly something i'll try next time i univitably get it on me. I hate gas smell it lingers on with u for days....

Oddly, gas doesn't bother me too much. I'd rather deal with that than brake fluid.

car craft says it gets grease stains out of clothes too

That's a good use for it! I'm slightly allergic to gasoline so I'll keep this in mind.

yeah, had that happen when i did my fuel filter, it didnt click that gas on the skin would eventually start to burn but it did lol, i did something similar but not, i used vaseline on my arm instead (horrible mess to clean off) but it served the same purpose, nice to know wd40 is my new skin product though

For fun:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/wd-40.asp

JamesC

Good idea. or just tie rags to your fore arms so the gas don't run down that far.

well i didnt know if anyone here really knew what WD-40 was made for....I forget the years but when it was made they got the 40 cause it was the 40th attempt to make it and the WD stands for water displacement, it was actually made for the goverenment to spary on there missles so they would not rust.....little history lesson.

Good stuff but nothin beats PB Blaster for removing rusty nuts and bolts.

yeah pb blaster is awesome

gas is fine.......brake fluid is the most vile substance ever created

lol got my laugh for the day. Thats how I feel about radiator fluid.

ya it feels kinda similar on your skin........brake fluid is just disgusting.....

its probably the grossest non-organic liquid known to man

What about used rear end fluid? FOUL!

WD 40 is fish oil. It won't hurt you, but you might attract fly's...

According to snopes.com it is NOT fish oil.

Also, Im goig to vote for brake fluid being satan's urine... I do NOT like messing with taht stuff...

According to the Discovery Channel WD-40 is made from fish oil.

A little edited for formatting, but it's from the snopes article

in my travels to nantucket in the summer, I met the kid who's grandfather invented wd40........they have ALOT of money lol.....cool people though, he's an old (like 60's) saab enthusiast.

Another use for it I've had good luck with is removing gum from someone's hair. My daughter got some in her hair and just a squirt of wd40 dissolved it into a soupy slime that I mopped up with a rag. Took about 2 minutes total.
Then my wife called me a dumbass and said peanut butter does the same thing, but hey, I'm a guy, we just think different. But anyway if you are allergic to peanut butter my way won't kill you.

only thing better I know of is gm heat valve lube/ penitrant (sp?) anyway that stuff is like pb blaster on steroids

I hope your talking about rear differential fluid...

try the stuff in the differential on an old, large truck........absolutely rancid

what about used gm supercharger oil (like the sc 3800 motors) that stuff is NASTY

A technique that I have come up with after many fuel filter changes is to keep your elbows higher than your hands to keep gas out of the armpits. my next idea im gonna try is placing a thick ballon over the gas cap to give it the "straw effect" like when you put your thumb over a straw in a glass of water and pull out the straw it will have water in it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40

In the aviation world we use a product called LPS 1, it works a lot better than WD40 and has all the same uses as WD40.

i just sorta move out of the way until the gas drips out, sometimes i get a little down my arm but never that big a deal

I had my hands soaked with brake fluid after doing the hydraulic portion of my t56 swap and after I was done and wiped off the brake fluid I took a shower and almost immediatly my hands were pruned up they did that for a few days everytime my hands touched water.

that baloon idea is cool and all but it should be the same concept as keeping you gas cap in, it will just create a vaccum effect and if it wont hold with the cap on what good will the baloon do?? maybe im wrong but oh well


As far as the keeping out of the way, doesnt work too well when your 6' 2" and trying to squeeze under your car on ramps, not too much movement lol

When I changed the fuel filter in my truck, I tied a shop rag around my wrist, to keep the gas from running down in my armpit. It stopped the gas long enough to get the filter off.

I don't know if the balloon trick would do anything, wouldn't leaving the gas cap on have the same effect?