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Re: bad gas killed my car(GT6)??

To: "Thomas Carney" <gt6in@yahoo.com>, "spit list" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: bad gas killed my car(GT6)??
From: "wizardz" <wizardz@toad.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 23:28:28 -0400
if your tank was down that low... you might
have sucked some crap from the bottom of the tank
up into the carbs.... THAT'S WHAT FUEL FILTERS ARE FOR!
if this isn't the case, crap might be in your pump
or it's strictly a coincidence.

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Carney <gt6in@yahoo.com>
To: spit list <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, June 11, 1999 5:13 PM
Subject: bad gas killed my car(GT6)??


>
>    Last week I had no gas and not much money $2.00 exactly.  Pulled
>into an ok station and got regular 89octane.  As soon as I went to pull
>out my car lost power and was misfiring.  Made it all the way home and
>drained the gas thinking that was the culprit.  Got some good higher
>octane stuff, still no change.  At idle it only runs on the cylinders
>4,5,and 6.  Checked for spark on cylinders 1,2, and 3 and there was
>spark.  At higher revs the first 3 cylinders kick in but the car still
>runs like crap.  I've narrowed it down to the front carb, I think. Any
>idea what happened?
>Thanks
>Tom
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