Monthly Archives: July 2021
Just A Coincidence?
Or bad gas?
Jan was going into work with me this morning, and since the Jeep was a little low on gas, I decide to stop off at the CircleK/Valero over on Hwy 6 to just get a few gallons so Jan wouldn’t worry. But I didn’t want to fill up here since they’re so much more expensive than Costco where I had planned to fill up later.
So I only got about 4 gallons, and under the circumstances, I’m really glad I didn’t get more.
Pulling out of the station, we didn’t even get a block away before the Jeep’s engine started bucking and missing, with a very rough idle when I let off the throttle.
Considering the days/weeks of rain we’ve been having, my first thought was water in the gas. Especially since an Exxon station up in Cypress got caught with the same problem last week with cars dying right in the station lot.
As long as I didn’t get on the gas very hard, it would cruise along OK, thought I could tell it was missing constantly. So my next stop was the O’Reilly’s on FM517 for a bottle of HEET gas treatment to see if I could get rid of some of the water. And after a few miles, things did smooth out a bit. Enough so that Jan felt comfortable driving it the rest of the day.
Later in the afternoon as we were heading home, I did stop at Costco for another 12.5 gallons. And after a bit things seemed to clean up some more. I could push it a little harder before it started bucking again. But it was better, though it still had a definite miss.
Since the Check Engine light was flashing I was going to see what code it was throwing, but then realized I had never moved my Bluetooth Scan Tool from our Dodge Dakota over to the Jeep.
With this plugged into the vehicle’s diagnostic port I can use the Torque Lite app to read the OBD2 fault codes and also clear them later.
So I’ll hook it up tomorrow and see what’s going on.
With the Scan Tool only about $13 and the free app, it’s a great deal
I’m also going to dump in a can of Seafoam Injector Cleaner tomorrow to see if that helps.
After I got to work I called the CircleK and talked to the manager to see if anyone else had reported any problems. But according to the manager, no one else had any problems.
So, just a coincidence that the Jeep started acting up 1/2 from the station, or not?
Thought For The Day:
“It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It’s Just Peachy . . .
Wrapping up yesterday’s Rib Fest, I’m very happy with our Inkbird Sous Vide Immersion Cooker.
And at about $55 after the built-in discount coupon, it’s a great deal.
It’s very quiet, and very fast to raise the water temperature to the desired point. And I was surprised at how tightly it held that desired temp.
During the 24 hour cooking cycle I never saw it deviate even 1 degree from the 150° set point. But it was very sensitive, because when I added a couple of cups of water, the temp would drop to 149° for a few minutes before popping back up to 150 again. And without any overrun up to 151 or so.
The phone app was very easy to set up, and even warns if it should run low on water. You can monitor it from anywhere you have a phone connection. And it texted me when the cooking cycle is done.
So as I said yesterday, sometime in the next couple of weeks, it’s Steaks.
A little after 1pm Jan and I headed over to Gator’s Bar & Grill for lunch, and then it was on up I-45 to WalMart for a few things before heading back toward home. But on the way we gave ourselves a special treat.
Whataburger has been advertising another of their limited-time shake flavors, and this time it’s Peaches & Cream. And the shakes were fantastic, like biting into an ice-cold peach.
If you have a Whataburger near you, give it a try. You won’t be disappointed, believe me.
Recently I came across a site called Daily Time Waste, and it is that. One of the areas is entitled PHOTOS THAT SHOW THE BREATHTAKING POWER OF NATURE. And here’s an example.
This is Fernandina Beach, FL at the first low tide after Hurricane Matthew. Just WOW!
Check it out.
This is a photo of a brand-new SpaceX Falcon 9 before its first launch, and after 8 flights into space.
I guess it doesn’t need to be clean to fly into space.
And here’s a great video of a recent Falcon 9 landing back at the Cape. On most flights the first stage has to land on one of the drone ships out in the Atlantic because they don’t have enough fuel to make it all the way back to the Cape. But this launch was to put satellites into a polar orbit. So it was able to come back to the Cape.
The first part of the video shows the Falcon 9 on a tracking camera as it comes down to land. For the first 6 seconds or so, it’s just free-falling down from space. Then they ignite 3 of the 9 engines to bring it safely down to the landing pad.
Just amazing.
Thought For The Day:
Sometimes the thoughts in my head get so bored they go out for a stroll through my mouth. This is rarely a good thing.
