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bad gas - 6/20/2007 12:11:14 PM
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jim
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This is not about Stealth passing bad gas, (usually from eating cheap mexican food). But seriously, couple weeks ago, car was runnig great until I purchased gas, premium, as always. Then car was running rough, and stalled out a # of times. After dumping in 2 bottles of dry gas, problem solved.,Next week, filled up at different station, and still no problems. I always thought that condensation in stations tanks usually accurred in fall, or spring when the temp. drops below the dew point, but I guess that is not so. Last time I get gas at that station! (I even filled up a couple containers at the bad station, for my boat, now afraid to put it in, hate to waste it though. I figured since it was premium, that prob. not many others are using premium, due to $. and the tanks gas at that place was older gas. ? for any other reason. Just wanted to let others know , never rule out bad gas as a problem. Jim
< Message edited by jim -- 6/20/2007 12:19:29 PM >
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RE: bad gas - 6/20/2007 12:40:45 PM
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stomper
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also, there are two national problems that few think about.
- IF you buy corn additive fuel, it starts to gel in about 15 days and starts to clog things up.
- IF you buy gas right after or during the time when the tanker fills the ground tanks,
you could get sediment or moisture pumped into your car tank. The filling stirs up
whatever is in those ground tanks.
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RE: bad gas - 6/20/2007 9:03:53 PM
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Stealth
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Jim,
if the problem is water, toss a bottle of alchool into it and use it on the mower.
methanol? talk to zinzin.
his methanol turned to corn syrup and he was not a happy camper,
he didnt even consider the pancakes for it.
back in my USAF days, we used to watch the flight line firemen set the sacrificial
B52 on fire with "old aged" fuel. i understand they used up about 5,000 gal at
one time. practice, practice.
the so called "old aged" jet fuel was nowhere as old as the car gasoline sitting in the
gas station tanks in town. rumor has it that some gas stations buy dated fuel cheap.
how the heck are we supposed to know? all i can tell you, the USAF wont even
consider using dated fuel.
note:
for the wise guys, yes i did use both jet fuel and car gasoline in the same par,
and the commonality ends there.
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< Message edited by Stealth -- 6/20/2007 9:15:11 PM >
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RE: bad gas - 6/22/2007 10:41:51 AM
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jim
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I wonder if throwing in a couple bottles of alcohol into Stealth will cure him of bad gas as well, Was thinking along the lines of tequila, no?
Great idea of using it in the mower. I Put 2 bottles of dry gas into both containers(each was 5 gal).Would have been ashame to have wasted them. I'm sure it was water as the dry gas helped the fuel that got put into the cars tank.
< Message edited by jim -- 6/22/2007 1:13:49 PM >
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