From: Rikk Rogers (rkltd@swbell.net)
Date: Sun May 05 2002 - 12:01:13 PDT
I had this very thing happen with a chev Vega nearly 20 years ago, ended up
with a flotebole full of charcoal.
rikk
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of Santoken
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 8:07 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] fuel in oil
Everette wrote:
> Few years ago I had
> to pull tank on older civvy. vehicle and take about two cups of material
> that looked like fine coal - mechanic said that it was an accumulation
from
> past fuel that methanol additive and cut off and set free in tank -
stopped
> everything up.
>
> Everette
Actually Evertte, you mechanic was wrong and it basically was coal you
removed from your vehicle. The vehicle in question must have been a mid
to late 80's GM vehicle with a Emission Vapor Canister (a large coffee
can size canister usually found between the wheel well and the front end
under the hood). A common problem with these canisters is when they go
bad, they send the carbon filtration media back to the tank with the
fuel vapor.
Sorry to be OT, just wanted to make a correction to a previous
statement.
Kent Schaffer
Loudonville, Ohio
1954 XM215
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