Replying to a message of WAYNE CHIRNSIDE to ROSS CASSELL:

 WC> So I guess when latent water freezes in the gas line
 WC> of an automobile in Mass. during the winter causing the car 
 WC> to fail to start the 'bubbles and cavities' allow the car to start?

 WC> Not.

Uh, Wayne, it's the condensed water vapor that freezes, not the gasoline.
And that ice plug works very nicely.  A gas line is less than 1/4" in
diameter, the fuel is under a fairly low pressure and the temperature of the
air surrounding the line is well below freezing; it's a completely different
story at that well head 5,000 feet below the surface of the ocean.

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