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Hello Wayne - 

->> A friend had to come and retrieve me from downtown Detroit
->> at 4am some decades ago and while there he had to buy gas
->> at a "Purple Martin" gas station (he was on empty). His car
->> (brand new) never ran right after that and he blamed me and
->> that 'Purple Martin' gasoline he had to buy while downtown.
->> I've 

WC> Wonder if he knew he had a fuel filter or changed it? Lots
WC> of people do not know this. I ADDED aftermarket fuel
WC> filters to my motorcycles and changed them regularly. 

We both knew about fuel fitlers at the time. What I did not
know years later was that Oldsmobile had another filter inside
the carburetor just after the gasline connection. That one
threw me until a racing enthusiast friend asked me if I had
ever changed it. :-) 

WC> Saved a lot of other more labor intensive maintanance. 

Yes, dirt and/or metal filings in the carburetor would be a
'bad thing'. :-) 

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