my gas gauge turned red!
04-11-2008, 04:15 PM
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RE: my gas gauge turned red!
ORIGINAL: Burnsy
WEll this is a double post but I saw this after I posted so im just going to quote this and not edit my last one.
What he means is:
Gas tanks and gas stations have crap in there, pieces of the tank fall into it, garbage, dirt, and other debris... When that tank is low, and you pump that gas into your tank, you could suck up some of the crap in there, and put it into your tank. This isn't really avoidable unfortunately, and its going to happen. But what is avoidable is getting it into your pump, fuel lines, and engine. That crap wil then sink to the bottom of your tank, and pretty much stay there. If you dont let the tank get too empty, you wil be pumping the gas from the top, not the crap from the bottom.
WEll this is a double post but I saw this after I posted so im just going to quote this and not edit my last one.
What he means is:
Gas tanks and gas stations have crap in there, pieces of the tank fall into it, garbage, dirt, and other debris... When that tank is low, and you pump that gas into your tank, you could suck up some of the crap in there, and put it into your tank. This isn't really avoidable unfortunately, and its going to happen. But what is avoidable is getting it into your pump, fuel lines, and engine. That crap wil then sink to the bottom of your tank, and pretty much stay there. If you dont let the tank get too empty, you wil be pumping the gas from the top, not the crap from the bottom.
fuel pump and pickup filter sock that follows
the level of the fuel and only picks up fuel from
the surface of the fuel? Hence the need to not
allow it to get lower than 1/4 of a tank so as not
to pick up trash off the bottom of the tank.
I think not. [
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