It was very much a sauna
@GardenGerty (169585)
United States
August 20, 2019 7:01am CST
I took the old van to work yesterday. It is only ten miles or so. I like to leave the car for hubby as it has air conditioning.
Well, about 7 or eight miles from home the car. . . just . . . stopped! I got it over to a shoulder.
Hubby never answers the phone, but my emergency road services does. None the less I sat in a hot vehicle, with windows partway down, for about an hour.
Hubby thinks it is a fuel problem. A recurrence of something that happened before. I think it is electrical, which has also happened before.
We are down to one reliably working vehicle. Hubby will drive me to and from work. He will work a little today. Surgery tomorrow.
I have not heard about surgery for my dad for sure, yet.
If I am scarce around here, this is why.
Talk to you later, gotta get ready to go.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
21 Aug 19
Broken gas gauge, I ran out of gas. 
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
20 Aug 19
bless yer heart, hon. seems the door 'f mishaps 's parked 't yer door :( i'd troubles with the yukon, 'twas the fuel filter. 'f course 't took some time 'fore the hubs put a new'un. still some hiccups, but i reckon that'd be coz there 'twas so much gunk'n the tank.
keepin' ya'll close 't heart ~ 
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
21 Aug 19
My face is red, we had a broken fuel gauge. I ran out of gas. but we checked for fuel problems, fuel pump, electrical coil which is what hubby thought.
but we checked for fuel problems, fuel pump, electrical coil which is what hubby thought.1 person likes this
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
21 Aug 19
@GardenGerty aw, don't be embarrassed! dang, i'd rather a broken fuel gauge'n the all those other possibilities. who'da thunk 't?
@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
20 Aug 19
Well that's a bummer & I hope you can get it fixed and it's not too expensive. We have 3 vehicles so if mine ever breaks down I have one to use. Hope you have a good day.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
21 Aug 19
Hubby likes to keep a spare or two. It turns out my fuel gauge is broken. I ran out of gas. However the tow truck driver pointed out that I have hanging steel on my rear tire. Time to get new tires.
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@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
21 Aug 19
@GardenGerty That sucks but better to catch it now before winter comes.
@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
21 Aug 19
Thank you Anna. We appreciate the good thoughts. It turns out our fuel gauge is broken, and I ran out of gas.
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@LadyDuck (502884)
• Italy
21 Aug 19
@GardenGerty It happened to us with a small Ford car, the fuel gauge broke, he did not run out of gas because I used to check how many miles we made after the feel up, so I noticed that something was wrong.
@Tampa_girl7 (54740)
• United States
23 Aug 19
I'm sorry that you're having car troubles.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
24 Aug 19
The more old cars you have the more potential trouble. This ended up being very minor, so I am glad of that.
@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
21 Aug 19
Well it was actually the end of my day. It turns out that our fuel gauge is broken. It said I had gas, but I did not. I literally just ran out of gas. Having it towed was paid for by my insurance, though.
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@Bensen32 (28658)
• United States
21 Aug 19
@GardenGerty Oh well at least it wasn't costly to get it back running.
@BarBaraPrz (51839)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Aug 19
When it rains, it pours?
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@wolfgirl569 (136039)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Aug 19
Only one vehicle can be a pain. Hope it is an easy fix.
@Dena91 (17038)
• United States
20 Aug 19
Hope that you can get your van fixed without it costing too much. Prayers for you husband and dad's surgery.
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
20 Aug 19
@GardenGerty
That is hard. Sorry that the car broke down. What kind of surgery is it? I hope the car gets fixed soon. How are you feeling about your father's surgery? Take care.
