Gas is lighter than water - so if there's water in your gas tank, it will
get picked up first, (unless you have a float on your pickup, like an oil
pump does.) If you worry about water in the gas, buy and use a drying
additive, the only brand name I know is Cristy Drygas, but I'm sure there
are others.
Dick.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gathmann" <jim_gathmann@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Imperial embarrassment
> Ouch! Guess that's why I never drive my car unless it
> has at least 1/2 a tank of gas ('course I also don't
> know how much water is in there, I want water
> injection, but not by running out of gas and trying to
> run off of water!:)
> --- Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > I had a friend come to visit who was buying a car
> > close to my home this
> > weekend. He had moved to Utah a couple of years ago,
> > so this was the first
> > time he saw my Imperial, which he was quite
> > impressed with, especially the
> > fact that they had power windows back then. We were
> > out driving in the
> > Imperial when he asked if I could stop by Wall Mart.
> > After leaving Wall Mart
> > we got in the car, and when I went to start it
> > nothing happened. I turned the
> > key again, and nothing. I got out to check the
> > battery connections, which
> > were fine, and my new found over radio light was
> > shining like a beacon, so I
> > knew the car was charged. Just when I was about to
> > call triple A, concluding
> > the starter must be shot, I looked at the push
> > buttons, and saw that the car
> > was in D. Once I changed it to Neutral everything
> > was fine, Duh! Then I told
> > him I needed to gas it up since it was approaching
> > the 200 mile mark on the
> > trip odometer. We left Wall Mart, and while driving
> > down the street headed
> > toward my home, it started to sputter, and shut
> > down, you guessed it, I was
> > out of gas again. We walked about a half mile down
> > the road to a gas station,
> > where I finally bought a gas can, then headed back
> > to the Imperial, only to
> > find the gas can I just bought was the most
> > ridiculous design I have ever
> > seen, and when you tipped it upside down to put the
> > gas in the tank, most of
> > the gas leaked out going everywhere but in the tank.
> > After trying several
> > configurations of attaching the spout with the
> > gasket on the bottom, top,
> > etc., the gas still leaked everywhere. I put the can
> > upside-down in the tank
> > holding the spring loaded nozzle open, while
> > straddling and pushing myself
> > against the fin for leverage. My friend then went
> > into hysterics telling me
> > it looked like I was peeing in the gas tank. I then
> > decided to remove this
> > ridiculous nozzle and just pour the gas in the tank.
> > After finally getting
> > the car started again, I stopped to fill it up which
> > was nearly fifty dollars
> > worth of gas. Who would have thought such a simple
> > drive to Wall Mart could
> > become such a comedy of errors!
> > Bill '59 Crown
> >
>
>
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