[Vwdiesel] RE:Bad fuel

[82 Diesel Westy]

It would be nice if we could do a quick litmus paper
test on the fuel first at suspect diesel pumping
stations.

There is a quick and dirty test for water in fuel,
that stuff that turns purple when you put it on a
stick and dip in tank, yes, but not the other stuff
you are saying that could be mixed in with the fuel. 
I try and get my fuel from the place on the NJ
Turnpike, price is state regulated and they pump tons
of fuel a day.  But you can't always do that.

Trust, it surely is not what is was when you were a
kid Sandy, sad to say.

Bryan, NJ


--- Sandy Cameron <scameron at compmore.net> wrote:

> At 08:06 PM 12/13/05 -0500, Randy Tyler wrote:
> >   
>  One station in Utah (truck stop, high volume
> apparently)
> >I almost had to get out and push, but wouldn't have
> found the rear of the
> >car for smoke anyway. It was horrible. I had filled
> almost a full tank, so
> >had to put up with that crap for a while. 
> 
> 
> I have heard (some time ago) that cut-rate fuel
> shops were selling diesel
> with other stuff mixed in, just to get rid of it.
> Like transformer oil (can you say PCBs?)
> 
> Some kinds of fluids that look like fuel may not be.
> The transformer oil is
> purposely formulated NOT TO BURN, at least be burn
> resistant.
> Mixed with diesel it would perform poorly and smoke
> a lot.
> 
> Some kinds of solvents and other fluids are a pain
> to get rid of, and you
> may have to pay someone to take them away, (unless
> they can get you to pay
> them, and then they sell the stuff to service
> centers real cheap to cut the
> diesel with)
> 
> Needless to say this would be illegal, immoral, and
> probably fattening, and
> not contribute to good running.
> 
> All this hearsay as far as I'm concerned, but it's
> getting harder to trust
> people now  (I'm71) than when I was a kid.
> 
> And we have such good examples of citizenship and
> behavior in our
> governments these days too!
> 
> 'Nuff said
> 
> Sandy
> 
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Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp
Rebuilding 82 Diesel Weekender from my old rusty 82 Westy 1.9NA
90 Audi 200, 2.2L Turbo FWD
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