"Lane" lane (no spam) at copperaccents dot com wrote in message
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"PrecisionMachinisT" wrote in message
news:UN- - Michael
My son got a bad batch of gas last summer...so bad the car wouldn't
start
at
all.

Much troubleshooting went on before we finally figured the problem and
pumped the tank.......

Whatever it was, the stuff wouldn't light up even if you poured it on
the
ground and threw a match at it....(though if you soaked some paper in it
and
set it afire it was obvious there was definately some kind of
hydrocarbons
present).

Nearly 5 gallons of it, and my being leery of putting it into my diesel
tractor's tank, the only thing I've found it useful for so far has been
as
a
cleaning solvent.

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SVL


Sounds familiar. Seatte/Puget Sound area recently has had bad gasoline
causing all kinds of expensive problems for drivers. Luckily I don't buy
from Union 76 stations.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...badgas24m.html


This was bit to the south--in the Longview / Kelso area.

Sadly if you run the tank near dry and then re-fill it completely your at
risk of breakdown if you should happen upon a bad batch.

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SVL