Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 22:07:37 +0100
Reply-To: Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
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From: Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
Subject: Re: more fuel problems!!!!
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Hot Damn!
I have done pretty similiar things too... even though I have been driving
various gas powered machines for a couple decades now, and should definately
know better.
It is strange though... I always seem to run out of gas like 20 meters from
my house, and then try for an hour to figure out what the problem is, before
it finally dawns on me.
Anyways, it is better to feel a bit stupid, and go get some gas, than to
have a trashed fuel pump, sediment in the tank and lines, hole in the tank,
or any other real difficulties.
RSF
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Robert S. Fish
Salzburg, Austria
1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
1987 Golf Cabriolet
1991 Golf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blake Thornton" <thornton@MATH.UTAH.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: more fuel problems!!!!
> > There is always the fourth possibility.....
> >
> > You are out of gas!
> >
>
> I'm almost embarrassed to post this, but I just drove from St Louis back
> home to Salt Lake (in total, I put about 4500 miles on my van in the
> trip).
>
> Before leaving, I was having problems with my van cutting out and dying.
> You can look in the archive for the detials if you want. Anyway, I
> thought I finally had it fixed and I had traveled about 3800 miles without
> any problems.
>
> Well, going west along I-80 in western nebraska, the wind had been really
> blowing and it was probably 5 degress F out. I made it chappell and my
> trip odemeter read 180 miles or so. Well, there was nothing open in
> Chappell, so I went on to the thriving metropolis of Sidney Nebraska.
> Well, my van started sputting at high speeds (something that it was doing
> before the trip that I thought I had fixed). There is no way I could be
> out of gas, I usually can go 260 or more miles very safely. My gas gauge
> was still reading about halfway on the orange - so not at the bottom.
>
> Well, my van finally stopped at about 6 miles out of Sidney, and it was
> cold. Wind was howling, and without the wind, it was probably 5F out and
> it was probably 9PM. I thought for sure something really bad had happened
> and my old problem was back.
>
> Well, I hitched into town and called a tow truck. I had him tow me 100
> miles to Cheyanne (where I would prefer being if something bad had
> happened). It cost me $20 with AAA. the first thing I did in Cheyanne
> was fill up my van with 15 gallons. Well, I was out of gas and my van
> drove fine after that the whole way back to Salt Lake.
>
> Blake
>
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