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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_]

fired this volley in
:

They figured out there was gasoline "locked in" to the rust where he
was doing the repair - perhaps 1/10 of a teaspoonfull at the very most
- and when he heated it, the rust was reduced to iron and oxygen -
which mixed with the gasoline with extremely un-expected and violent
results.

DON'T DO IT.

I believe that is pure BS. Sorry... I'm not impuning YOU, but the
"solution" you describe was obviously mis-stated to you. It's garbage.
If you cannot _smell_ gasoline fumes, they cannot form an explosive
mixture.

I'm pretty clear on that matter, being involved in the "flammable
chemicals" industry.

LLoyd