Water is not the only thing that can contaminate fuel, just the most likely
to shut you down in sub freezing weather a few minutes after fueling. Most
other contamination is rust, dirt, or other petro products mixed in by
mistake or whatever. I'd still guess your problem could be rust/crud but
is still better than 90% likely to be water in the fuel.
Gassers can also benefit from a water separator/ultra filter ala Racor or
Masterfilter just as Diesels can.
Sorry if I offended you. I didn't intend to I WAS taking potshots at the
perto distribution and sales system. Most of these people are good, honest
folks, but it only takes one to shut you down. I have had my share of bad
fuel.
Loren
At 05:24 PM 1/19/2007, you wrote:
Thank you for your succinct information. I didn't know that water was the
only thing that could contaminate gasoline. Since it is, my car's prognosis
is much better.
Brian
On 1/19/07, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> uh..... Yes
> It only takes a thimbleful of water.....
>
> At 12:19 PM 1/19/2007, you wrote:
> >Could the gas really be "bad" enough to cause my engine to flat quit?
>
>
> Lesssseee...... I own a gas station. I pay a buck 90 or so for gas. Gas
> has ethanol in it. Ethanol will suspend water. Water costs 3 or so cents
> per gallon. How could I increase my profit margin? I work on slim
> margins.....
> hmmmmmmmmmmm What if I add water to the storage tank? Cheap, easy, and
> more bucks. All I have to do is figger out how much water i can put in
> the
> tank, based on how much water the alcohol will suspend, and the %alcohol
> in
> the gas.......
>
> Now, what if this rube or the rube at the gasoline distributor put in a
> little more water than the alcohol can suspend? Or the station rube put in
> water but didn't know the distributor had already added water?
> Then there is condensation etc...
>
> Zoltan is stranded.... Saab won't run
>
> Recourse? add some de-icer to the tank, thaw out the Saab and go
> on. Anything else is a waste of time.
>
> Loren Faeth
>
>
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