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Big fuel leek!!

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..any ideas?!

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:lol: q :applaud: your as mad as me .
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What's so funny? I'm deadly serious.
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Shit Tom that looks serious! Have you tried using one of these to plug the leak???
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This is not the right place for vegetable based puns, so that's shallot! :whistle:

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I ordered one of those plugs but after following the instructions all I was left with was this odd lingering feeling of mildly pleasurable discomfort..
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Major_Tom wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:03 pm I ordered one of those plugs but after following the instructions all I was left with was this odd lingering feeling of mildly pleasurable discomfort..
I can't say I'm familiar with what you're describing... :whistle:
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D366Y wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2019 2:33 pm
Major_Tom wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:03 pm I ordered one of those plugs but after following the instructions all I was left with was this odd lingering feeling of mildly pleasurable discomfort..
I can't say I'm familiar with what you're describing... :whistle:
I bet a decent sized one would serve as a temporary fuel cap quite effectively.
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...although I wouldnt be tempted to use it for anything else afterwards..
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Major_Tom wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:44 am I bet a decent sized one would serve as a temporary fuel cap quite effectively.
I wouldn't be surprised... also I thought petrol is technically a lubricant...
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Gap in the market here - stick a Ford logo on it and we have a universal tool for many tasks around the home and garage.
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Major_Tom wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:57 am Gap in the market here - stick a Ford logo on it and we have a universal tool for many tasks around the home and garage.
I'll start contacting manufacturers if you can fund it Tom??
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Give it a couple of years we can take a loan of a few hundred thousand pounds out on our cars!
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Major_Tom wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 3:56 pm Give it a couple of years we can take a loan of a few hundred thousand pounds out on our cars!
Any more bright ideas likely to sprout from you Tom?

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I was in town earlier and soon attracted arable of people all wondering the same thing.
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Hope you were able to field all their questions?
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