gasoline will do that..
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gasoline will do that..
So I go to my buddy's shop to do a couple things, and there's this sitting there:
<a href="http://s678.photobucket.com/albums/vv148/papadelogan/carnage/?action=view¤t=burntinjector59.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv148/papadelogan/carnage/burntinjector59.jpg" border="0" alt="07 5.9 Mega Cab Dually"></a>
'07 MegaCab Dually Cummins. Pretty sweet looking, I must say. The not so sweet part? A salesman was to deliver it to a new buyer and filled it with gasoline.... We got it running again, but 4 of 6 injectors were throwing codes and she had no power, even on the flat. Sad to see, but I'd have still gladly taken that engine home!!
Funny part was, the broker for the deal shows up with his buddy - both all done up metro. His buddy is like "So does diesel burn hotter or does gas?". Not a bad question, but when I start talking tech to him, he glazed over and says "Whoa dude... I think I need Starbuck's to understand all that!"
<a href="http://s678.photobucket.com/albums/vv148/papadelogan/carnage/?action=view¤t=burntinjector59.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv148/papadelogan/carnage/burntinjector59.jpg" border="0" alt="07 5.9 Mega Cab Dually"></a>
'07 MegaCab Dually Cummins. Pretty sweet looking, I must say. The not so sweet part? A salesman was to deliver it to a new buyer and filled it with gasoline.... We got it running again, but 4 of 6 injectors were throwing codes and she had no power, even on the flat. Sad to see, but I'd have still gladly taken that engine home!!
Funny part was, the broker for the deal shows up with his buddy - both all done up metro. His buddy is like "So does diesel burn hotter or does gas?". Not a bad question, but when I start talking tech to him, he glazed over and says "Whoa dude... I think I need Starbuck's to understand all that!"
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It's easier to start talking $$$ to those guys, and let them know how much money they just pizzed away by not paying attention to something a 16 year old girl should know.
That's where you walk them back to the fuel door and point to the little sticker that says "Diesel Fuel".
That's where you walk them back to the fuel door and point to the little sticker that says "Diesel Fuel".
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Interesting. We've had a few do that here, and as long as the mix isn't too over the top with gasoline, the truck will run okay.
So what does "all done up metro" mean?? Suits & ties or what??
So what does "all done up metro" mean?? Suits & ties or what??
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Joe, you've got to remember that most car lots leave the fuel gauge hovering so close to E that your scared to take a test drive. If you were to mix 25 gallons of gas with 2 gallons of diesel, well you get the idea.
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Here's a good one, we took my truck up to Vermont last year for a snowboard trip. As we are leaving i am putting fuel in my truck and the only other pump open was the diesel pump next to me. Well some elder guy pulls up to the pump and starts to try to fuel his civic up. So i go up to him asnd say that's diesel sir that won't work in your car nor will the nozzel fit. He says to me, "i know what i'm doing sonny, i've been driving since long before you were born...". So he proceeds to hold the nozzel up to the fuel door and fill is tank up with diesel fuel. Didn't stick around to figure out what happened.
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Bummer, but hey, if you cant be smart enough to figure out what kind of fuel goes into what kinda of vehicle even withe all the stickers and warnings, you probably shouldn't be driving it! I am ever so curious to hear what happened the that civic.
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Funny part was, the broker for the deal shows up with his buddy - both all done up metro. His buddy is like "So does diesel burn hotter or does gas?". Not a bad question, but when I start talking tech to him, he glazed over and says "Whoa dude... I think I need Starbuck's to understand all that!"
Joe...you're telling me you don't know what he means by metro? Imagine young guys, lots of $$$, concerned with image...the freshly graduated college frat guy that was in the 'elite and expensive' fraternity...not that they were, just trying to help paint a picture for you. A little reading for you: Metrosexual - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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If I bought that truck and found out the salesman did that I would refuse delivery and make them get me a different truck. Or I'd demand they refund me everything I paid them and then head over to the Ford dealership where they don't put gas into a diesel.
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Snowboard season cometh..
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I'd have them put in some Stage I type injectors. They've got to be changed anyway, so why not have them pay for the upgrade? If I could have, I'd have stole the drivetrain out of it.
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Don't watch Southpark much (if at all). Sorry, I don't do stupid humor. Don't like much of anything Will Farrel does for the same reason. But I suppose this line from the Wiki link Jeremy posted covers it: "In its soundbite diffusion through the channels of marketeers and popular media, who eagerly and constantly reminded their audience that the metrosexual was straight, the metrosexual has congealed into something more digestible for consumers: a heterosexual male who is in touch with his feminine side—he color-coordinates, cares deeply about exfoliation, and has perhaps manscaped."
LOL... "Manscaped". This is after a rather lengthy discussion about keeping the bushes trimmed around your deck in one of the now infamous OT threads.........
LOL... "Manscaped". This is after a rather lengthy discussion about keeping the bushes trimmed around your deck in one of the now infamous OT threads.........
