Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 18:57:09 +0100 From: "Paul Halliday" <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: I'm new, I'm stupid - anyone else?
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:25:09 +0000, davehin wrote: > Someone who looks an awful lot like MH <mhnopsamere.net> wrote: >>> Anyone out there know differently? I'm just guessing, but as I've got >>> more than a few Saabs that are very happy buring gas with oil in it > >> Those cars also have a steel fuel tank with a drain screw in the bottom, accessible from under the car. I would be surprised if a 9000 did not have a similar screw (a bolt actually), even if it has a plastic fuel tank.. > > Well, I don't remember seeing a drain screw on my C900, even though it > had a plastic tank. Never needed to look for it, though. > > I've exchanged email with the origianl poster, and it looks like he's > going to siphon out the diesel, refill with gasoline, and go from there. > I can't see any world-ending problems with that; I'm reminded that a > large number of agricultural tractors run on both/either. In any case, > the small percentage that's left after siphoning it dry, compared to the > 17 gallons or so of fresh gasoline, is pretty dilute. I really wouldn't worry - the percentage of diesel to gas is going to be irrelevant. Thank the Almighty that the car was not filled with non-unleaded ... dead "cats" and all that :) You might've seen on the news that here in the UK, we've cottoned on to the idea that you can run diesel cars on vegetable oil :) Seriously ... sales of Crisp'n'Dry have rocketed down in Llanelli. A spot of diesel in amongst the impurities alreay inherent in petrol is just not going to matter. Comparing the tiny percentage of diesel in 10+ gallons of good petrol to a shot of Redex/Wynn's, or similar petrol "treatment" (which is essentially just oil with a bit of alkaline), who cares? Besides, all exhaust systems need a bit of coke to muffle the "I'm new" sounds and you've gotta test an engine with crap fuel once in a while. Hope you enjoyed the "Guinness toast-to-Orca" (white on top and black underneath) the other night Dave ... I was drinking *real* bottled (with live yeast) St James' Gate ... mmmmmmmmm. My bro'-in-law is a Paddy and got me some of the real stuff. Regards to you all, Paul ...loving a newly configured RedHat Linux 8.0 1985 900i 16V 1989 900 Turbo S http://pjgh.go.dyndns.org/saab/index.html