palyado after gas up

**eLai** · September 21st, 2011 05:29 PM

anyone encountered this problem?
Your car is running smoothly when you noticed your fuel gauge is almost empty but no warning light yet.
After gas up at shell or petron (unleaded only), out of tune na, palyado! and you have no choice but to
drive it until you need gas again. Anyone have countermeasure for this?

**ghosthunter** · September 21st, 2011 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by eLai

anyone encountered this problem?
Your car is running smoothly when you noticed your fuel gauge is almost empty but no warning light yet.
After gas up at shell or petron (unleaded only), out of tune na, palyado! and you have no choice but to
drive it until you need gas again. Anyone have countermeasure for this?

Maybe the gas was contaminated with water.

Also check your fuel filter if it's clogged.

**eLai** · September 21st, 2011 06:17 PM

Yes I think the fuel is contaminated with water.
Fuel filter is relatively new, just changed it last May.
Difficult to drive, kundi lang mahal gas, i'd dump it eh.
I guess i will have to bear with it another 80km

**_Qwerty_** · September 21st, 2011 06:19 PM

kaya it's advisable to gas up sa isang gas station lang and same pump kung possible..

**eLai** · September 21st, 2011 06:26 PM

I did that before, I gas up only at petron daang hari, for several months i did that.
then this thing happened. So i decided to gas up different brands, then again,
eto nanaman problema ko. di naman makuha sa tune up, kasi yung fuel nga ang problem.

**yebo** · September 21st, 2011 07:55 PM

had the same thing at Petron SBMA, yung malapit sa duty free. filled up with 43 liters of diesel on the last pump on tuesday ok naman siya, then filled up again 22 liters wednesday from a different pump. before i could even reach the intersection going to tipo expressway (not even 1 km away) ayun palyado na ayaw na humatak, had to rev up to 3000 rpm to get to 100 kph at ang bagal ng acceleration e dati 2000 rpm lang to 100 kph. had to stop the engine, started it again, revved it up to 4000+ rpm in neutral for some time to get rid of the water in the filter, then medyo ok na. saka lang bumalik sa dati nung nasa 3/4 na yung reading ng tank. maybe the pump i filled up last time was connected to a different tank or they took delivery that day of contaminated fuel.

**jick.cejoco** · September 21st, 2011 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by eLai

Yes I think the fuel is contaminated with water.
Fuel filter is relatively new, just changed it last May.
Difficult to drive, kundi lang mahal gas, i'd dump it eh.
I guess i will have to bear with it another 80km

the contaminated petrol is easily cured by adding denatured alcohol. the alcohol and water are miscible, the alcohol and gasoline are miscible, if you mix all three, the water will be absorbed by the gasohol and burns completely in the combustion chambers

**dondonposadas** · September 21st, 2011 10:32 PM

May we know what brand of gasoline you had taken? I had experienced this before with my old car. I fill-up 93 ron without knowing that 95 ron is the required for my car.

**jvnj** · September 22nd, 2011 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by jick.cejoco

the contaminated petrol is easily cured by adding denatured alcohol. the alcohol and water are miscible, the alcohol and gasoline are miscible, if you mix all three, the water will be absorbed by the gasohol and burns completely in the combustion chambers

Sir Jick,

What safe mixture/ratio can we make in adding the denatured alcohol? Are there any possible effects on the EFI, engine/performance? This will really be of great help if it works, specially this rainy season.

Thanks Chief!

**jick.cejoco** · September 22nd, 2011 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by jvnj

Sir Jick,

What safe mixture/ratio can we make in adding the denatured alcohol? Are there any possible effects on the EFI, engine/performance? This will really be of great help if it works, specially this rainy season.

Thanks Chief!

usually for a tankful of gasoline, you use about a cup of denatured alcohol every five years assuming the only water in the tank is from condensed moisture from the atmospheric air entering the fuel tank as the fuel level goes low. try a cup first, then if the symptoms persist, repeat for the next refuel