> > >> > >>I drove about 4 miles from work to that same darned bank machine, turned > >>the van off briefly, and it refused to start again. It sits there now as > >>I wait for both of us to cool off. Can anyone help? > >> > > I had similar experiences with my 84 vanagon in the last few months. > > I decided to switch gas!!! I switched from Arco to Shell. The problem hasn't > bothered me since then (for about 2 months now). Shell costs a lot more. > Ouch!!! It is about $.10 more per gallon here in San Jose. > I don't know about San Jose, but a bit farther north in the Bay Area, the cheap Arco stations all sell gasahol, which is why they're consistently 10-20 cents cheaper/gallon than Shell or Chevron. I think our owner's manuals warn against using gasahol. -Jim
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