Originally Posted by
Bah Humbug
What I heard (and observed) always involved mostly-empty tanks. Would your theory cover that?
Could always be a coincidence as well, of course. You know much more about cars than I do.
Maybe. Since gasoline floats on water the water will go to the bottom and get sucked up during normal driving. I have had them come in running like crap and a fuel sample comes out milky but will separate if left to stand.
Had a guy who pissed off his girlfriend so she ran the garden hose in his gas tank. Towed in and I pulled the tank and dried it and flushed the lines and it cost him like $500. He came back a few days later and it was barely running. She did it a second time. I felt bad and gave him a discount and told him to buy a locking gas cap.