Possibly a tank of water! Every underground tank has dirt and water that
sits harmlessly at the bottom. However when a tanker cames and fills it up
it all getts stirred up untill it has time to settle. Moral, don't buy gas
where they're filling up the tanks or have recently been!

Joe

PS Start eith your fuel filter.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Ellingson" <bellingson@LOCALACCESS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 10:42 PM
Subject: Died and won't restart!!!
[snip]

I filled up my 87 Westy this evening at
> our local Chevron, then drove a few blocks and suddenly it died.
[snip]