[TR] Car Myths

[Jeff Scarbrough]

At 07:28 PM 10/21/2009, terryrs at comcast.net wrote:

>In movies, when heroes are out of gas, they happen to have a bottle of whisky
>in the car.B  Thinking on their feet, they pour the bottle into their gas tank
>and--varoom--off they go!

I can't speak to that specifically, but I once ran out of gas in the 
Spitfire.  It was going to be an hour or more before AAA would be 
dropping by, so I rummaged in the trunk and came up with a 
half-bottle of fuel treatment.  Having nothing to lose, I poured it 
in the tank.  When I hit the starter, the engine caught and I hauled 
ass for the gas station about 2 miles away.  Made it with gas to spare.

I don't know if it was running on fuel treatment, or if it was enough 
to float the residual gas below the outlet enough to let a bit more 
flow.  Either way, it saved me a long wait on the side of the road!


Jeff Scarbrough      75 TR6 x 1, 76 1500 x 2, 78 1500 x 1, 80 1500 x 0.5
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