[V8] Engine Speed sensor??? - threadjack

[Scott Simmons]

Out here in BFE, Kansas, you  have to be more conscious of /where/ 
you're getting the gas.

Billy Bob's Discount Liquor, Cigarettes, and Gasoline doesn't have the 
greatest underground tanks, knowhaddimean?

Kneale Brownson wrote:

> I had an 80s SAAB that would develop fuel line blockages when the 
> temperatures got down to zero or lower unless I fed it some Heet. 
>  
> I think most fuels today are formulated in the winter with some sort 
> of antifreeze properties.  This is the first time in a long time I've 
> used Heet. 
>  
> My thought was not the fuel in the tank or lines from the tank but 
> maybe the lines around the engine where some condensation occurred 
> while the car was sitting in a sudden big drop in temperatures.  We 
> went from something like 47 to below Zero in a period of three or four 
> hours.
>
> */Scott Simmons <indischrot at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     Glad to hear it, Kneale. I'm interested if it ever happens again.
>     Usually those sensors go back when they get hot, but maybe cold
>     too? Or
>     maybe the car just didn't want to work in weather that cold?? "Screw
>     you! I ain't going anywhere!"
>
>     Has anyone ever had definite proof of fuel lines freezing up in a
>     vehicle they owned? If so, what year was the vehicle?
>
>     My dad always added Heet, even though he parked in a heated garage. I
>     was raised to always add Heet if it was going to get too far below
>     15-20. I stopped one year and have never done it again. Never had
>     problems. Never heard of anyone ever having troubles (on a vehicle
>     made
>     after 1980).
>
>     It's the water that freezes, not the gasoline. Non-venting tanks
>     since.. uh.. 1973 mean very little moisture-laden ambient air in the
>     tank means very little moisture to freeze.
>
>     So, again, anyone ever had a line actually freeze up?
>