Date:         Wed, 3 Apr 2002 09:37:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>
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From:         Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>
Subject:      Re: too much propane?
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At 10:04 PM 4/2/02 -0500, you wrote:

>Yeah, I believe propane man thought the van was powered by propane.  He
>asked me to check the gauge to see if it was filling.  I said it had no
>gauge.  He asked how I knew it was low.  I told him it was empty.  He was
>surprised that it only took 3 gallons.  The bleed was not open, and the
>pump was running, and I'm sure it just crammed all it could in there.  Then
>after I paid the other guy the $5, I was leaving, and he asked how many mpg
>it got.  I told him about 17.  Then as I was climbing in to leave, he said
>something about it being better than a gas engine or something.  Only then
>did I figure out what he thought.

I wonder if he did the math in his head, and imagined you running out of
fuel if you didn't stop every 58 miles to put 3 more gallons in.