i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!!
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Le Mans Master
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From: absecon nj
i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!!
previous post miss all gone...went for a ride miss is all gone all of sudden in about 15 minutes into ride it starts to miss again and barely ideling..i get it back home and missing like crazy...pull air cleaner off and the throttle blades have a weird look like whitish..oh crap water..i just got gas saturday morning before all the rain started..and guess what he didnt put the cap back on lookinside tank and yep filled with water.I CANT WIN :mad :mad time to drain the tank the lines and the carb.gas station attendant is going to get an ear full :mad
and the little drain hole was clogged solid.
[Modified by pats406nitrovette, 4:10 PM 12/9/2001]
[Modified by pats406nitrovette, 4:11 PM 12/9/2001]
and the little drain hole was clogged solid.
[Modified by pats406nitrovette, 4:10 PM 12/9/2001]
[Modified by pats406nitrovette, 4:11 PM 12/9/2001]
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From: Clymer PA
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (pats406nitrovette)
Bummer :( That's why I pump my own gas. I hope everything goes well while draining the tank. Once you get all of the water out of the system I would suggest running some dry gas through the system.
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From: Huntersville NC
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (bence13_33)
That is bad luck! In New Jersey there is no self service at the gas station!! However, I always fill the vette at the same Amoco station, and I supervise very closely!! Sometimes they just hand the pump to me rather than mess with that HUGE opening! But I am so absentminded myself I could probably manage to leave without the gas cap. But I would never leave it out in the rain! You do have to be careful when you wash these cars not to let water collect around the fill area. MJ
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From: colorado springs CO
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (MNJack)
sorry to hear about your bad luck...
thats why i never let anyone pump gas except me..
as a matter of fact... i never let anyone do ANYTHING on the car except me..
not even change the oil
people are idiots.
:yesnod: :yesnod:
thats why i never let anyone pump gas except me..
as a matter of fact... i never let anyone do ANYTHING on the car except me..
not even change the oil
people are idiots.
:yesnod: :yesnod:
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Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (pats406nitrovette)
All gas stations in new jersey are full service?
That's really strange.
I don't like other people pumping my gas... :nonod:
That's really strange.
I don't like other people pumping my gas... :nonod:
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From: Ontario
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (pats406nitrovette)
Rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol will rid the system of the final remnants of the water. It is inexpensive at drug stores or dollar stores. In Canada it is called gas-line antifreeze for cars with fuel injection systems and bought in that context at an auto parts place is very expensive. Wood (methanol) alcohol works also but chews into rubber parts and is not recommended for cars with fuel injection. But I have used it for some time with carbs.
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From: Virginia USA
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (daily_driver)
sorry to hear about your bad luck...
thats why i never let anyone pump gas except me..
as a matter of fact... i never let anyone do ANYTHING on the car except me..
not even change the oil
people are idiots.
:yesnod: :yesnod:
thats why i never let anyone pump gas except me..
as a matter of fact... i never let anyone do ANYTHING on the car except me..
not even change the oil
people are idiots.
:yesnod: :yesnod:
John
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From: Germantown Maryland
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (pats406nitrovette)
If you have a receipt , make em pay for any damage... A gas station near me had water in the gas and ruined my friends brand new volve (at least he cares :D ) They had to pay thousands to tear it down .... :flag
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From: Fort Mill, SC via NJ
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (pats406nitrovette)
Tough break Pat.
Usually when I get gas,even at a station other than where I always go the attendant,legal or not,hands me the pump handle.
If he doesn't I take it and have never had one refuse to let me.
I always worry about gas on the paint.
Never even thought of the cap issue and water.
Usually when I get gas,even at a station other than where I always go the attendant,legal or not,hands me the pump handle.
If he doesn't I take it and have never had one refuse to let me.
I always worry about gas on the paint.
Never even thought of the cap issue and water.
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From: NorCal
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (69er)
Wow, full serve! They haven't had much of that here in 20 years. There are a few stations that have both, usually the ones that are still offering repair services, but 90 percent of the stations here are "mini-marts" and offer no services. Water was a problem in the early '80's, but it's non existent now. I've always pumped my own becase of splillage.
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Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (Chris Fowler '80)
All gas stations in new jersey are full service?
That's really strange.
I don't like other people pumping my gas... :nonod:
That's really strange.
I don't like other people pumping my gas... :nonod:
Drifting
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From: Westampton NJ
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (The_Dude)
What the...??? You can't pump your own gas because of state LAW??? What kind of backwards thinking is that?
Would someone that knows, please care to explain to me the logic of it? It's about the most stupid thing I've ever heard of...that's like a law that "you can't change your own oil," or something.
No one else will EVER put gas into my baby but me...even if I have to buy it by the 5-gal plastic container...they can fill that, I'll walk over to my car and put it in the tank, repeat until full. :smash:
Would someone that knows, please care to explain to me the logic of it? It's about the most stupid thing I've ever heard of...that's like a law that "you can't change your own oil," or something.
No one else will EVER put gas into my baby but me...even if I have to buy it by the 5-gal plastic container...they can fill that, I'll walk over to my car and put it in the tank, repeat until full. :smash:
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From: Huntersville NC
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (rainman69)
What the...??? You can't pump your own gas because of state LAW??? What kind of backwards thinking is that?
Would someone that knows, please care to explain to me the logic of it? It's about the most stupid thing I've ever heard of...that's like a law that "you can't change your own oil," or something.
Would someone that knows, please care to explain to me the logic of it? It's about the most stupid thing I've ever heard of...that's like a law that "you can't change your own oil," or something.
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From: DFW TX
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Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (MNJack)
Yep, know your pain. My wife just had the minivans oil changed the other day and the idiots overfilled it. Now I have a 1998 van that leaks like a 85. :mad I've got to get an est. to repair it tomorrow. Hopefull it will only be minor.
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Le Mans Master
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From: absecon nj
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (Budman78)
well i put some isopropyl alcohol in it tonight but i have that feeling its gone to be frozen tommorrow morning when i go to work so it looks like ill be calling out sick.and fixing it. :(
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From: Charles Town WV
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (Budman78)
Yep, know your pain. My wife just had the minivans oil changed the other day and the idiots overfilled it. Now I have a 1998 van that leaks like a 85. :mad I've got to get an est. to repair it tomorrow. Hopefull it will only be minor.
Melting Slicks
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From: Toms River NJ
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (Steve Straus)
NJ sucks with this gas law....apparently they are trying to do away with it. I presume the law is to provide more jobs for the underprivledged or uneducated. :bs :bs :bs
I always insist on pumping my own gas! Have never recieved any problems. The day i do, is tha day i leave rubber throughout there parking lot without buying any of their gas!
I always insist on pumping my own gas! Have never recieved any problems. The day i do, is tha day i leave rubber throughout there parking lot without buying any of their gas!
Le Mans Master
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From: ohio
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (pats406nitrovette)
full service used to mean something, but definatly not anymore. I wouldnt trust the people who work there to deliver me a pizza much less touch my car. My mom is lazy so she always goes to full service stations and every single time she goes there the ape on service rips her fuel door off.
Its partly because most of them are just plain stupid, but the main part is that they're totally ignorant of cars. The boss just hires them and tells them to go out and fill the tank, which anyone can do.
One time i was "lucky" to be at a full service station and the two attendants there were very jealous of the person's camaro they were filling up. I heard them say they should spit in the gastank and let the air out of his tires. I just said to them in a loud voice "you think thats a good idea?", that took care of their vengfull thoughts.
But thats another sad thing these days, if you got a nice car you cant really take it anywhere or trust anyone else to do something with it, because people just love to break your nice things for some reason....
Its partly because most of them are just plain stupid, but the main part is that they're totally ignorant of cars. The boss just hires them and tells them to go out and fill the tank, which anyone can do.
One time i was "lucky" to be at a full service station and the two attendants there were very jealous of the person's camaro they were filling up. I heard them say they should spit in the gastank and let the air out of his tires. I just said to them in a loud voice "you think thats a good idea?", that took care of their vengfull thoughts.
But thats another sad thing these days, if you got a nice car you cant really take it anywhere or trust anyone else to do something with it, because people just love to break your nice things for some reason....
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From: Forked River NJ
Re: i have the worst luck!!!!!!!!! (RJR99SS)
I always pump my own in the Vette. If they give me any lip just move on. I got some crap from an old pump jockey the other day for pumping my own in my Grand Prix. I said let them come get me. They take to long to pump the gas. I have waited up to 5 minutes for them to take the nozzle out of hte tank. It is a stupid law. Why not have self serve and full serve for those unable to pump their own