water in fuel

["Rob Winchell" <rbw@avs.com>]

Q -

Last Friday, my 91 200Q was almost empty and I took it into a Gulf station
and had it filled. The car was running fine at the time. After the fill-up,
the car ran for about 5 seconds (not even) and just stopped. Attempts to
restart the car failed. Had it towed to my mechanics.

Mechanics called last night to let me know the problem was there was a LOT
of water in the fuel system. They aren't sure, but they think it was more
water than gas in the tank.

Now, apart from the obvious "how the hell did they manage that", my real
worry is of the damage done to the car by having water in the fuel system
for that long. The car was sitting from Friday afternoon until Tuesday
morning.

If anyone has had experience with this, or wants to offer a best/worst case
scenario, I'd welcome the comments. I'm thinking at least a new fuel pump,
at worst, well, I don't want to think about.

Rob Winchell
91 200Q

P.S. Yes, I plan on making Gulf pay.