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Originally Posted by userw5
This is a myth...
Tom: Plus, the thing that most people don't realize is that you're ALWAYS sucking gas from near the bottom of the tank. Why? Because that's where the pickup sits.
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I realized this. This was my first thought reading the thread. If the sediment wasn't stirred up, the pump would be sucking concentrated sediment from the bottom of the tank. Stirring it up at least "dilutes" the sediment within the rest gas.
No idea how gas station tanks/pumps work, but I have always avoided getting gas when 1) it is being filled. 2) pumps are really slow. I was once told (could be myth) that a very slow pump (1/10th gallon every 3-5 sec or so) indicates the stations tank is almost empty, thus likely to be MASSIVE sediment.
- Matt