Bad fuel

Sounds like all the heavy rain put water into their fuel storage tanks.

Don't know about your fuel pump, but you should have gotten a receipt for your fuel from the attendant. That's what I do when the receipt printer at the pump is not working. Even if you didn't get a receipt at all, a record of it will show up on your credit card statement. If you paid cash, you're out of luck as far as having a record of your fuel purchase.

I have two reasons for always getting a receipt: (1) as a Virginia resident, I can get a rebate on fuel taxes paid on fuel bought in Virginia; and (2) if I ever get a tank of bad fuel, I want to be able to PROVE who is going to be paying for the damage. HPFP, a full set of injectors, bits & pieces plus labor on my TV could run upwards of $10,000. Dunno what they'd run on your rig, but unless you want to pay it all yourself, get a receipt.

I've never had to fight with an attendant to get one, btw.

naturist wrote:
I have two reasons for always getting a receipt: (1) as a Virginia resident, I can get a rebate on fuel taxes paid on fuel bought in Virginia; and (2) if I ever get a tank of bad fuel, I want to be able to PROVE who is going to be paying for the damage. HPFP, a full set of injectors, bits & pieces plus labor on my TV could run upwards of $10,000. Dunno what they'd run on your rig, but unless you want to pay it all yourself, get a receipt.

I've never had to fight with an attendant to get one, btw.

tell me more about rebate on fuel taxes. :)
bumpy

My question? One guy tells me i need to drop tank and put in new pump. Another mechanic says pump ok if code light not coming on because if pump damaged it would not pump correct pressure and code light would show.

Buy a fuel pressure gauge and see what your pump is really doing. Just a gauge with a hose and a valve that screws onto a valve in your fuel rail. If within spec's you're good to go.

Pumps can fail anytime but replacing one because of what might happen is like pulling a tooth because it might go bad someday.

Gas station has big problem if rain leaks into their tanks. That would also mean gas could leak out during dry season.

Good idea carrying a spare filter.

naturist wrote:
I have two reasons for always getting a receipt: (1) as a Virginia resident, I can get a rebate on fuel taxes paid on fuel bought in Virginia; and (2) if I ever get a tank of bad fuel, I want to be able to PROVE who is going to be paying for the damage. HPFP, a full set of injectors, bits & pieces plus labor on my TV could run upwards of $10,000. Dunno what they'd run on your rig, but unless you want to pay it all yourself, get a receipt.

I've never had to fight with an attendant to get one, btw.

Actually, it cost over $11K on my truck when I poisoned it with DEF. The repairs are the same.

I got a tank of something bad mixed in a gas truck once. Think it was diesel. Truck bucked and missed through the whole tank but never quit. Cleared up after that tank burned through.

You've been 1200 miles with no problem, so IMO you can quit worrying.

It wouldn't hurt the fuel pump of a gasser. As said by Ductape, if you haven't had problem after 1200 miles I would forget about it.

Thanks for all the comments. I did get a receipt and am contacting station.

I was more at odds with Mc Kay Ford in Woodward Oklahoma than anyone. I was told that when the manager sees Class C pull into garage that he calls service desk and tells them they are booked up 3 or 4 days out in order to get rid of Class c rigs. This was told to me as a fact by a mechanic who had worked at that dealership. I was sent else where by there service manager. They would not even read my Code which as everyone knows is a plug in under the steering wheel. Apparently they only like there local clients and outsiders don't count.

For all the good it will do I am also contacting district ford manager about this mater.
I have driven ford products sense I was 16 years old (1951) And Have never had anything like this happen before. Maybe I should have been towing My Lincoln MKX instead of my Honda CRV......!!!!!!!

If they had Read the code for me I would have slid under the Coach and changed the filter myself in the Walmart parking lot next door to McKay Ford.

I called around and found a young man who runs J & J auto shop on 5 street just off of Oklahoma ave. in Woodward. He read the code called NAPA had the filter at his shop and had it fixed in just a few min. He was a real trooper. My wife thanks he was heaven sent....!!!!!

naturist wrote:
I have two reasons for always getting a receipt: (1) as a Virginia resident, I can get a rebate on fuel taxes paid on fuel bought in Virginia; and (2) if I ever get a tank of bad fuel, I want to be able to PROVE who is going to be paying for the damage. HPFP, a full set of injectors, bits & pieces plus labor on my TV could run upwards of $10,000. Dunno what they'd run on your rig, but unless you want to pay it all yourself, get a receipt.

I've never had to fight with an attendant to get one, btw.

What rebate? I'm interested.

Like others have said you've driven it now 1200 miles with no problems.
Run it...
They do sell some over the counter fuel additive that somehow is suppose to "boil the water out" ? But anyways to know for sure would be to run the fuel tank down as low as you can (or siphon out the fuel) then drop the tank and drain it completely.