I've witnessed the same phenomenon when cleaning up a fuel tank baffle assembly complete with original pickup hose by soaking it in acetone. The hose was quite funny when it came out being about the size of a small cucumber... (hadn't planned on re-using it anyway but I was just being lazy :-) Martin Warren Wallingford wrote: >He produced a boot that was about 20% >larger than stock. We finally figured out that his fuel had caused it. > We installed a new boot along with instructions to use standard fuel. > The swollen boot stayed on the counter for a few weeks while we >watched it shrink. It never did get back to the right size. > >Warren at DMC > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/