Hi Skip,

        I’m probably the weakest authority but  don’t think it is the gas.  I suspect you have a different issue.  It may be a clogged fuel filter. Is the fuel pump running?

        Again I’m no authority but when this happened to me years ago the fuel pump had died.  thats when I learned how to change a fuel pump on the side of the road.

I hope others give you better advice and please let us know what happens.

Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto Westfalia 
   

> On Jul 31, 2016, at 7:56 PM, Skip Laubach <skiplaubach@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Most likely. I filled up with ethanol-free gas (a rarity in Illinois). I drove 1/2 mile and the engine turned off. No start, just cranking over and over. Getting AAA towed in about 25 minutes. I suspect bad gas as it looked like a pump that does not get used much... and the van died after a very short while. 
> 
> '84 Westy. 
> 
> Question. OK to drain the tank, add 5 gals of normal gas, maybe some Sea-Foam or MMO?  Any other measures that I should take?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Skip
> 
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