Post #270,189
10/13/06 5:49:25 AM
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All's well that ends well
I took the car to the garage this morning, they emptied the tank, cleaned the fuel lines and injectors, and put in a new filter. I just got home after filling up with diesel. The engine sounded fine and it seemed to run fine (it wasn't rough or noisy and accelerated fine). It cost me about $300 in total. Hopefully this is the end of the story.
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Post #270,196
10/13/06 8:07:28 AM
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Not a bad price to learn a valuable lesson
Wait, you arleady knew. Hmm ... uhh ... well, it was better than it could have been, how's that?
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Post #270,212
10/13/06 9:49:29 AM
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I am sure he will be GREEN Handle Friendly
From now on.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyFreedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0;
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Post #270,214
10/13/06 9:52:20 AM
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Pumps might be different in that part of the world. ;-)
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Post #270,225
10/13/06 11:24:09 AM
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I dunno... thunkitsastandard
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyFreedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0;
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Post #270,256
10/13/06 2:54:17 PM
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Story in reverse
While I was stationed in Germany (1978), I took a trip to Italy.
Stopped to get some gas. This is when vehicles had a label "Unleaded Gasoline Only". Attendant didn't speak English, saw the label and filled up the van with Gasolio(sp?). For those not fluent in Italian, gasolio == diesel. Made it out onto the street when the van started to sound like Jed Clampett's truck.
Pumped out 30 gallons of contaminated fuel, refilled with gas, and took off. No damage done (at least none that I ever found out about).
Green handle? Not back then...
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
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Post #270,373
10/15/06 11:03:54 AM
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The pumps are different ...
what happened is that I drive a gasoline powered car to work every day. I drive a lot so I fill up a few times a week. My wife drives the kids around with the diesel powered van. Last week I took some time off and we went on a long trip. I drove the van so when I pulled into the gas station on the way I just took the regular gas pump by rote.
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Post #270,227
10/13/06 11:33:39 AM
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Glad it worked out :)
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Post #270,281
10/13/06 11:20:39 PM
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Good show! Glad you got off cheap.
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #270,801
10/19/06 2:13:55 AM
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Really glad to hear that!
"When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert
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