> 
> >>
> >>I drove about 4 miles from work to that same darned bank machine, turned 
> >>the van off briefly, and it refused to start again.  It sits there now as 
> >>I wait for both of us to cool off.  Can anyone help?
> >>
> 
> I had similar experiences with my 84 vanagon in the last few months. 
> 
> I decided to switch gas!!! I switched from Arco to Shell. The problem hasn't
> bothered me since then (for about 2 months now). Shell costs a lot more.
> Ouch!!! It is about $.10 more per gallon here in San Jose.
> 

I don't know about San Jose, but a bit farther north in the Bay Area, the cheap
Arco stations all sell gasahol, which is why they're consistently 10-20 cents
cheaper/gallon than Shell or Chevron.  I think our owner's manuals warn against
using gasahol.

-Jim