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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
>