

| Subject: | Re: Demons in my engine, water in my gas tank? |
| From: | developtrust |
| Date: | Tue, 6 May 2003 13:48:11 -0700 |
Isn't there a product that will get rid of water in the gas tank? I remember Stan Wilder mentioning such a product available at any FLAPS. William > Dear list, > > Still hunting demons after another afternoon > of troubleshooting, and there is still a $100 > prize to be had. See www.emriver.com/vandemon.htm > > My advisors think maybe I still have water in > the gas tank. I know I can check for that by > pulling the outlet tube. But three questions: > > Can water hide in low spots in the tank? When > I drained it (twice) I jacked the driver's front of > the van to make the outlet the (supposedly) lowest > spot, where the bad Juju would gather. Right? > > Second, are there other places that the H2O could > have hidden? Enough to escape two tankfulls of good > gas I've run through? > > Third: I probably have leaks in the top of the tank. > I have NOT driven the van in the rain since cleaning > the tank, but we have had a lot of rain. Is is possible > for rainwater to get into the tank with the van sitting > still? > > Water in the gas would nicely explain all the problems > I'm having. And why I get quite a bit of exhaust steam > (for two or three minutes) when I start the engine cold. > > TIA, > > Steve Gough > '86 Westy >
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