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Discussion in 'Engine & Performance' started by 97madness, Nov 14, 2011.

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  1. Nov 14, 2011 at 8:58 PM #11
    supercrewzn

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    I think Ive only changed mine once or twice in owning it 6 years....:jester:

    The last time I changed it, it had some brown icky stuff in it. The filter in the tank looked clean tho...
     
  2. Nov 14, 2011 at 9:02 PM #12
    Darth Bama

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    I change mine at least 3 times a year roughly. :crazy:
     
  3. Nov 14, 2011 at 9:04 PM #13
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    What kinda :puke: gas you guys got? I changed mine once after about 20k miles and it was nice and clean. Even blew it out onto a paper towel to look for deposits...
     
  4. Nov 14, 2011 at 9:56 PM #14
    supercrewzn

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    Some shatty gas with ethanol. Pumps say up to 10% but from some tests done here, some places had 30% ethanol.
     
  5. Nov 14, 2011 at 9:57 PM #15
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    yup same around here as well
     
  6. Nov 14, 2011 at 9:59 PM #16
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    I dont think my truck likes ethanol gas. It seems to run weird depending where I get it.
     
  7. Nov 14, 2011 at 10:00 PM #17
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    holy f*ck, that's a lot of corn. Gotta love Ak and 0% ethanol. Just 100% dino juice up here :peace:
     
  8. Nov 14, 2011 at 10:02 PM #18
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    thomas i only get gas at certain places cause my truck don't like more than 10% ethanol.
     
  9. Nov 14, 2011 at 10:05 PM #19
    Darth Bama

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    Not to mention, there's a shat ton of trash coming from the pumps most of the time.
     
  10. Nov 14, 2011 at 10:10 PM #20
    supercrewzn

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    I never get gas while they are refueling the tanks and I usually only get gas at a local station near me. I filled up in bay minette and my truck had some stumbling coming back home.
     
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