The Ford Barn

Keith True · 09-04-2018, 02:40 PM

There have been gas problems since there has been gas.I can't really say that I see more gas problems than I did in the 70's.i was always pulling out big blobs of rust that were supposed to be sending units.In 1978 I bought a 68 GMC ramp truck with a V6 in it.It had been sitting for about 3 years.I got it up and running,headed out to the road and all kinds of fun things happened.Valves stuck shut,bent a bunch of pushrods,pulled some rocker studs right out of the head.i parked my Tudor in the cellar in 06,to put an interior in it.I just got it out again last week.It had over 1/2 tank of bad gas in it.I just drove it until I burned it off.You could smell me all over town driving around.I know some people like to remove the booze from their fuel,but I don't see the point.The people at the tank farm I hauled out of said that the gas is around 77-78 octane until the ethanol is added.They said the non-ethanol is formulated differently,it is NOT the same gas that they just don't add to.I thought it was the same gas,just with the alcohol added later.They set me straight on that at the tank farm.

09-04-2018, 02:40 PM	#10
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,693	Re: Old Gas There have been gas problems since there has been gas.I can't really say that I see more gas problems than I did in the 70's.i was always pulling out big blobs of rust that were supposed to be sending units.In 1978 I bought a 68 GMC ramp truck with a V6 in it.It had been sitting for about 3 years.I got it up and running,headed out to the road and all kinds of fun things happened.Valves stuck shut,bent a bunch of pushrods,pulled some rocker studs right out of the head.i parked my Tudor in the cellar in 06,to put an interior in it.I just got it out again last week.It had over 1/2 tank of bad gas in it.I just drove it until I burned it off.You could smell me all over town driving around.I know some people like to remove the booze from their fuel,but I don't see the point.The people at the tank farm I hauled out of said that the gas is around 77-78 octane until the ethanol is added.They said the non-ethanol is formulated differently,it is NOT the same gas that they just don't add to.I thought it was the same gas,just with the alcohol added later.They set me straight on that at the tank farm.