Date:         Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:40:04 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Bad Gas Saga Update
Comments: To: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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At 10:46 PM 3/23/2009, Greg Potts wrote:
>I suspect the blobs in the gas may have been microbes feeding on the
>hydrocarbons in the fuel.  They are mentioned in this link, which is
>cited in the wikipedia entry on gasoline:

I wondered about bugs when he mentioned the smell, but I thought they
only liked diesel.  The diesel bugs, btw, that I sucked out of a
too-skinny clogged pipe fitting on a 57-foot dragger yacht drifting
half way between Nova Scotia and Maine, didn't smell -- or taste --
any different than regular diesel.  But with my mouth full like a
chipmunk I had a lot of trouble getting the other guys to understand
that I needed a cup to spit in, now please...I believe they thought I
was nuts at first.  Engine ran fine after.

  --
David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"