Nah, I'm just feeling in a smart arse mood. I did guess though, by your theory about petro stations and distributors that you'd gotten bad petro before. That has to be frustrating. I have no doubt that that sort of "doping" of the tanks goes on.
Back when I was obsessed with my car, (read muscle car, and a kid with nothing better to do), my fellow gear-heads and I theorized about the best type of gas out there and we tried to frequent those stations. We would never get fuel from a convenience store. We also would avoid fueling up if the big gas truck was there filling up the tanks, as we thought this would cause the stirring up of the debris in the tanks and it would be more likely at that time to make its way into your car's tank. Brian On 1/19/07, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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 > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Loren Faeth _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
