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Old 03-30-2010, 03:35 PM   #61
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I'm glad you found it. I wonder what was in that gas. Have you tried it in a lawn mower or something easy to drain?

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Old 03-30-2010, 04:09 PM   #62
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Got on this thread late...if I just filled my car with gas and started having problems like you described, I would have dump the gas first thing, no ends or butts. That was a positive give away. Cars running fine, stop and buy gas and now I am having problems. The first thought you had was right. Bad gas.
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Old 03-31-2010, 08:06 AM   #63
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Well I checked for water right off the bat, and then got sidetracked when that wasn't it. I still don't know what I could get dissolved in the gas that would kill it that fast. I had to go back and check my receipt to make sure I hadn't been drunk and sidled up to the diesel truck pumps! 14.1 gallons of 92 octane @ $2.639 though so I don't know. Back in the Navy one of my friends filled up the Navy van with diesel and it chugged along spewing black smoke all over the place.
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Old 03-31-2010, 04:25 PM   #64
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Old 04-01-2010, 04:24 AM   #65
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Lol, way late Mark. I just updated the thread so if someone searches for it later, there's an answer at the end. I was told excess ethanol could have been the problem, and would have masked water in the fuel at the same time.
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Old 04-01-2010, 08:51 AM   #66
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Oops - missed the third page! LOL - I'll blame it on old age and a short attention span.

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