Platkar... dirty fuel
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:31 am
On monday 22/10, after work, i went to fuel station around the corner.
They said there was no fuel, and since I get voucher from office, I held out till the next morning.
On my way home, the reserve light went on, thinking toyota normally has spare 100km when that happens, and it's 50km round trip, i left it till next morning.
Next morning I went to same station and saw tanker in the yard. Thought this is good sing. So i threw in the R400 voucher...
All ok till Wednesday mroning, when car started cutting out... slow driving ok, but anything over 60 it stalls... so I took of fuel filter, with 130 corolla, quite easy, blew out the filter, and off it goes for another 5km.. managed to do this couple a times till we get to Autozone, where i put in new filter.... goes ok, till I head home and it starts again.
Dad helps me home, and there he blows into the fuel supply line. it pushes out with a gush, into his face as well, but then we see the fuel running smoothly through the filter... OK, so i thought that was that.
Then this morning, same thing...
Now my question... is it because i drove till reserve, or was their fuel dirty. I called the station, and manager tells me that on monday they cleaned the tanks and they did not have any other complaint about they fuel.
I've driven in reserve already, and this never happaned before. It seems quite odd that the day after they cleaned their tanks I have dirty fuel in mine...
How do i go about investigation who is at fault, and how do i go about cleaning the tank?
They said there was no fuel, and since I get voucher from office, I held out till the next morning.
On my way home, the reserve light went on, thinking toyota normally has spare 100km when that happens, and it's 50km round trip, i left it till next morning.
Next morning I went to same station and saw tanker in the yard. Thought this is good sing. So i threw in the R400 voucher...
All ok till Wednesday mroning, when car started cutting out... slow driving ok, but anything over 60 it stalls... so I took of fuel filter, with 130 corolla, quite easy, blew out the filter, and off it goes for another 5km.. managed to do this couple a times till we get to Autozone, where i put in new filter.... goes ok, till I head home and it starts again.
Dad helps me home, and there he blows into the fuel supply line. it pushes out with a gush, into his face as well, but then we see the fuel running smoothly through the filter... OK, so i thought that was that.
Then this morning, same thing...
Now my question... is it because i drove till reserve, or was their fuel dirty. I called the station, and manager tells me that on monday they cleaned the tanks and they did not have any other complaint about they fuel.
I've driven in reserve already, and this never happaned before. It seems quite odd that the day after they cleaned their tanks I have dirty fuel in mine...
How do i go about investigation who is at fault, and how do i go about cleaning the tank?