spitfires
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Leaky water pump/Getting Petrol

To: "Terry L. Thompson" <tlt@digex.net>, "Triumph TR 7" <tr7@primenet.com>
Subject: Re: Leaky water pump/Getting Petrol
From: "Keith R. Stewart" <kstewart@wwdc.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:57:21 -0400

> Then my father suggested that I had water in the gas. His comment was
> "You should never stop for gas at a station when there is a tanker there.
> When the fuel is being filled into the tanks at the filling station,
> especially
> on humid days, water will mix in with the fuel. I thought everyone knew
that."
> I'm almost 30 years old and that's the first time I ever heard that.
> 
> It just so happens that there was a tanker filling up the place when I
stopped
> to get gas. Live and learn.
> 
> Terry L. Thompson
> '76 Spit 1500
> Maryland
Also, the process of filling those huge tanks stirs up the bottom sludge in
the underground tank (some of that stuff has been in there for
years/decades since the tanks never are emptied and cleaned) and you are
more likely to get other crude mixed-in with your gas.
Cheers
Keith Stewart

    _       _
   | \     / |        Keith R. Stewart
   |  \   /  |        75 Camden Road
   |   \_/   |        London, Ontario
   | 62 | TR4|        N5X 2K2
   | 67 |TR4A|        Canada
   | 70 |Spit|        Home:    (519)660-1916
 __|    |Mk3 |__      E-Mail:  kstewart@wwdc.com
|  |    |    |  |
 \T \___|___/ H/
  \ R I U M P /
   -----------

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>