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Bob and Susan
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motoat666
you are right....
you'd have to get a raycor water filter
but Summanus and i were talking "real trucks" with diesel enginesand BIG gas tanks 
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tuna stick
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Saw a tanker at the Pemex on Juarez at 6:45 Sat. night in Loreto. All three stations were open.
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bajalou
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Most diesel trucks have a water separator filter from the factory since the 90s - at least my Ford Diesel's do.
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BajaNomad
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Unless a station is using a Hydrosorb-type filter (water AND particulates), water will get through the particulates filter. If water's a big problem,
they won't use the Hydrosorb, because the Hydrosorb just expands and clogs - and then they have to constantly replace the filter.. over and over and
over and over... as the tank may have hundreds of gallons of water - and the filter will only handle maybe a pint, or a quart, or something along
those lines.
Water's been a (bigger) problem at stations in Baja right after it rains - water getting into the tanks through the fill pipe. Tanks are made to
handle an inch, two or three of water at the bottom (as it's a normal situation to deal with), and the fuel pickup is generally about 3-5 inches up
from the bottom because of this.
Get above this level at the bottom though and watch out!
I used to have to pump water out of the bottom of the tanks via the fill pipe. We detected it the old-fashioned way - with water paste on the stick
used to measure how much gas was in the tank. Something I did from the 70's through the 90's.
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Bajajorge
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Crooked meters? Sounds like the norm to me. I usually get my fuel in San Felipe at the Seven Lleven. The same place where the police cars, fire
trucks, military etc all fuel up. Figured that place would be straight. Guess what, my 19 liter gas can took 21.3 liters,
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Cypress
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21.3 liters into a 19 liter gas can? WOW! How'd they do that? Surely you spilled some. 
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marla
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Last time I filled up in Loreto, I gave the guy a big bill (can't remember exactly how much) and he gave me like 10 pesos in change. I protested and
continued to protest while he just looked at me stonily. Finally when a police car happened by coincidence to drive into the station, he decided to
give me the rest of my change, grudgingly.
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a
speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David
Thoreau
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Phil S
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There is a new Pemex in Loreto now, down in one of the residential neighborhoods. Including diesel. That should stop that kind of nonsense at the
station at Salvatiera (sp?) I never experienced that problem there over the last 16 winters though, and I've put many a gallon through my two diesel
trucks over the years. Knowing the language helps at least.
Going to buy a couple diesel cans & will fill them up once across the border. (I'm told if your stopped at the inspection lights, they will tell
you not to bring the tanks in full"???????? Anyone have any experiences lately with that?????
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bajalou
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Never problems with installed fuel tanks coming into Mex. Just the cans that they don't like.
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\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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