Not always true - a few years ago I pulled into a service station to fill
one of my Mercedes diesels up and there was a big truck stranded in front of
the diesel pump. He had just pumped a tank of water.

We had a very heavy rain that morning and enough water seeped into the
underground tank to raise the water level up past the pickup tube.

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Rob
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 11:45 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP-water in fuel

Nobody PUTS water in the gas unless it's sabotage or theft. It does
happen but it's not on purpose, storage facilities work to jeep water
out of fuel.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  1/23/2010 09:18 PM,Zoltan wrote:
>I agree with this assumption.  It happened to me a few times when on the
>road.  The freeway side gas stations can do it to you.  Once you are gone,
>you're on your own.  Towing, waiting for a garage to open until Monday,
>sleeping in the van at a weird place, etc.  Maybe some fuel additive would
>solve it.
>The gas stations are allowed to put in a certain amount of water into their
>tank, depending on how much alcohol there is in it, I think.
>Zoltan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Allan Streib" <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 7:47 PM
>Subject: Re: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
>
>
>>Mark Drexler <mdrexler@ZING-NET.CA> writes:
>>
>>>Now just fueled up, and will start, but spits and burps, and can't get
>>>all cylinders firing on start up. Feels like a lack of fuel delivery
>>>to me.
>>
>>When running problems appear suddenly after a fuel fill, you have to
>>consider that maybe you got a batch of dirty or watery fuel.  I think
>>this is uncommon these days, but it can happen.
>>
>>Allan
>>--
>>1991 Vanagon GL