<VV> Problems We Conjure Up to Worry About & Then Worry About Them WAS Gasoline

[Shelrockbored at aol.com]

Back in the day when gas was 0.699/gallon and then the price jumped  over a 
$1.00/gallon, we sold gas by the half gallon for a while.  Everyone  was 
griping about the cost as they do now.  In those days kids worked after  
school to make extra money.  When we become too old for paper routes  we pumped 
gas.  
 
One day while pumping gas, a buddy of mine was being watched very closely  
by a cheapskate who was looking for an excuse to avoid paying for some or 
all of  his purchase.  A small drop of gas dropped on the ground after my  
friend had stopped pumping at the dollar amount which the cheapskate had  asked 
for.  He began complaining about how he was paying for that gas  that my 
friend had let fall on the ground and that it must be several  dollars worth 
which he refused to pay for.  In exasperation my friend (who  is now a NYC 
cop) told him that he will pour gas on the ground worth a dollar  and that he 
(my friend) would pay for it just to demonstrate how much a dollar  worth 
was.  Although it was a stupid thing to do he began to  demonstrate.  He never 
topped 0.10 as the puddle become huge at roughly  1/10th of a gallon, 
certainly a lot more than is in the hose and a lot less than  a quart which is 
1/4th of a gallon.
 
My point?  The amount in the hose is so infinitesimal as to not worry  
about it.  The reduction in octane is so small that your engine will never  know 
nor care about it.  Why should you?  
 
Although there is much pleasure in arguing, one could drive oneself  crazy 
with these imagined problems.  The list is almost endless, from what  color 
gas should be to the proper name for an automotive rear window (the  
official GM tech manual reads, 'rear window' never saw the term,  'backlight' 
except on this newsgroup) to the psi rating of airflow through  a Corvair engine 
bay.  
 
So don't worry about the gas left in the hose.  If that causes  problems 
there is more wrong with your engine than it running on just 0.10  gallon of 
sub standard octane fuel.
 
Steve Sassi
Long Island Corvair
'66 Corsa