# Platinum Gas Thingamabob

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 12, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/platinum-gas-thingamabob/321268 "2005-09-12T17:00:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/platinum-gas-thingamabob/321268/21 "2005-09-13T15:53:33Z")

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Good point. There has to be an MSDS for the stuff somewhere.

As for the expectation thay’ll disappear soon, that pic \*\*Fridgemagnet \*\* found depicts what looks like an old V-8 with a round air filter. Last time I had a car that used a round filter was 1981 . Everything since then has been rectangular. Just shows that there’s no shortage of suckers through the years.

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