Date:         Sun, 30 Jun 1996 22:27:33 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Cetin Seren <cseren@fore.com>
Subject:      Oregon gas attendants (was: '82 Diesel, fuel, where did it go?)



Must have been the same gas attendant Bob (Hoover) had a nice chat with on the
Grendel Saga....
Cetin

At 11:15 AM 6/29/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>        A not so good thing hapened this week.  In Oregon it is unlawfull to
>pump your own fuel (no self-serv).
>        Due to a mis-communication (ya, right.  He didn't listen to me when
>I said Diesel.  He also didn't read the Diesel Fuel Only sticker)my '82
>Diesel got filled (he added apx 6 gal.) with un-leaded gasoline.
>        Now I know that in a pinch I could have added a couple quarts of
>non-detergent oil and been on my way.  But no, I told them to call a service
>truck to drain my tank.
>        I had my Bently book with me, that made the job a little easer.
>After siphoning the tank the fuel line was removed from the bottem of the
>tank untill no fuel came out.  After the tank was enpty (I banged on it, it
>was empty) my guage still said it had about 1/4 tank left and when it was
>refilled it took just under 12 gal to fill my 16 gal tank.  Where were the
>other 4 gal hiding?
>        It's run OK sense this happened, I am going to change the fuel
>filter today.  The service truck guy said that this particular station makes
>this same mistake about twice a month.
>
>Robert Crawford
>        
>
>
>
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