V8 troubles

[Hayes Myers]

Stories like these remind us we are all human.


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:

> Back in about 1991, when I was still a newbie to mechanics, I was working
> at an independent shop. We got this Dasher station wagon in, 1.6L CIS FI.
> Wouldn't run. Guage showed half tank, pump ran, no fuel to injectors. After
> spending about 3 hours chasing my tail, my boss came over to the car. It
> was up on the lift. He tapped on the tank with the head of a screwdriver,
> said "sounds empty to me". Moral of the story, I don't believe the guage
> anymore, either. Lesson learned!
>
> Tony
>
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 2:24 PM, 2Doxies <doubldz at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh boy. It's hard to admit this and I have to say this has never happened
> > before....
> >
> > Mike, you were right, I was out of gas! This is mortifying. I could blame
> > it on being blond but I don't want to offend anyone on the list ;) I
> could
> > blame it on the electronics in the dash not being 100% on the money most
> of
> > the time. At best it's unreliable. Usually it at least tells me when I
> have
> > 2 miles left in the gas tank. This time, it didn't or I didn't notice, my
> > bad.
> >
> > That said, I'm greatly relieved that it was an $8 fix (the can of gas)
> and
> > I could do it myself, LOL.
> >
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