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Re: Bad gas - really???

To: "Nicholls, Clark" <cnicholl@lawson.epri.com>
Subject: Re: Bad gas - really???
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 17:30:53 -0400
Cc: "'triumphs@autox.team.net'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Organization: BRIT Inc
References: <c=US%a=_%p=EPRI%l=USNCEX01-970811142442Z-375@usncex01.epri.com>
Nicholls, Clark wrote:
> Has anyone really fallen prey to "bad gas" or is their storage suspect?

  A TR3 stored for about seven years by a friend needed
total fuel system cleanout to run again, lines, carbs,
pump, etc.

  After we had fuel coming to the carbs again, we tried
to run it on the gas that was in the tank,
and it would not combust. Not even when injected into
the carbs with a syringe. The old gas also smelled
a bit like liquor.

  Drained all the gas, filled with new gas, and drove
away.

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Trevor Boicey
Ottawa, Canada
tboicey@brit.ca
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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