Originally posted by SnafuFlux:
how would water get in? because of the fuel filter maybe?
The gasoline that you pump at the gas station will have a small amount of water. Sometimes, the underground or above ground storage tanks (ASTs) have water in them or leak water in them.
This is how the gasoline terminals operate (in most terminals I have worked in anyway). When gasoline is being pumped into the 8K tanker trucks, some will spill at the terminal. The gasoline is washed down and it goes to a Oil/water separator which is then pumped to a regular or lower octane gasoline million gallon AST to be pumped into another 8K tanker truck. Water is supposed to be sucked out of the bottom of the million gallon AST "every now and then" (how often, terminal manager would not say or was not at liberty to say). In addition, after repairs or after installing a new tank, a hydrostatic test is conducted using water (yes, water) to determine the integrity of the tank. If it doesn't leak then, they will discharge the water but not all water gets discharged and they sure don't wait a few days (for it to dry) to fill it up after passing the test.
"Always do the cheap and easy ones first."
1996 V6 ATX 96K miles
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