Thread: Never Had This Happen Before

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I've had it happen twice, both times at the same station. There is a Mobil station near our shop and I got gas one time. A few miles later the car started running badly. I got some dry gas and put it in the tank and it ran a little better and I was at least able to run it until I used up that tank. A while later I thought it must have been a fluke, so I stopped there again, same deal. I don't stop there any more.

Don

Drain the tank as much as possible and pour off the bulk of the water then put the gas back in the tank

Put a quart of Alcohol in the tank, it will mix with the residual water and the gas and burn off when the engine is used.

Yep, alcohol is the answer. In the tank, anyway, haha.
Where there's water, there's usually dirt, too, so after running the gas out, change the fuel filter.

Today I took it out and drove about 10 miles than to the local Azone and bought a can of Bmans put about 10oz. in and drove for about 30 miles. I have to fight it to keep the rpm's up at a stop to keep it from dying. I may just go ahead and pull the tank and dump the old gas into a couple of cans and see how much water is in it. If I do this and refill the tank with good gas is there any issues with what is in the filters and mech. pump.

Originally Posted by sfort

Today I took it out and drove about 10 miles than to the local Azone and bought a can of Bmans put about 10oz. in and drove for about 30 miles. I have to fight it to keep the rpm's up at a stop to keep it from dying. I may just go ahead and pull the tank and dump the old gas into a couple of cans and see how much water is in it. If I do this and refill the tank with good gas is there any issues with what is in the filters and mech. pump.

Don't know Bmans - dump a couple of bottles of HEET or some other methanol based additive in it and drive it. If you pull the tank and drain it that is a plus. The alcohol will mix with the water and burn it out of the system. No worries with filteters and pump, IMO.