Car dying after refuel, Car dying after refuel Options

[valerit1]

Put in 11.7 gallons. Can ran FINE right before the refueling, NO problems whatsoverer.
Right after started stumbling, idle speed droping, dying. Any ideas? Gas station sais gas is fine,
and I did not put diesel, at least I do know I put in regular unleded handle.
Thanks!

[mandrek]

happy that you got your car to work right. but seriously we gonna get on this whole misinformation again about E85 and ethanol?? FFS people.. METHANOL is the one that you need specifically designed fuel supply system for NOT Ethanol.. and definalty NOT E85.. (other than the obvious +sized injectors and bigger fuel pump.) hell you can do more damage to your car's fuel system by putting too much of that "HEAT" (main ingredients is Methanol) than you can running E85 (again withe the proper tune, and larger injectors and fuel pump, and this is ONLY to provide the necessary additional fuel needed.).. the statement that it will "fry your fuel pump" or that it will "eat all your rubber parts" is a MYTH spread by uneducated or UNDER-educated people.

that rant being over.. from what i see it would be my theory that they probably had some stupid tanker dump a tank full of E85 in there main tank, and that leaned out the mixture to a point that caused your situation.. and also valerit1 your concern is NOT "corrosion" of any sort, it would be if you had any detonation from the lean mix wile you were driving it.. if anything, it would be damage to whats going on inside the combustion chamber, not the fuel parts.. and of course this is assuming that it was E85 and not water that got into there tank... if i were you i would press the gas station for more information on what it was the caused all of this so that you can know what to look out for later,, if it was E85 it is one thing, if it was water it would be a whole other affaire.