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Old 10-18-2003, 01:12 PM   #1
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Default How often do you get bad gas (not that kind)

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It just seems like lately I have been getting bad gas at least once a month. I only fill up a name brand stations. There is one local station that I have been using when I can but I finally got a bad tank there this week. The UTEC is pulling timing in 3rd and 4th gear.

BTW for NOVA guys, the Amoco on Backlick near Five Guys/ Springfield Subaru has screwed me a couple of times so I never get gas there.
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Old 10-18-2003, 01:21 PM   #2
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Default Re: How often do you get bad gas (not that kind)

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Not talking about after a trip to Taco Bell

It just seems like lately I have been getting bad gas at least once a month. I only fill up a name brand stations. There is one local station that I have been using when I can but I finally got a bad tank there this week. The UTEC is pulling timing in 3rd and 4th gear.

BTW for NOVA guys, the Amoco on Backlick near Five Guys/ Springfield Subaru has screwed me a couple of times so I never get gas there.
i buy most of my gas at the Sunoco on 29/50 in fairfax. no bad tanks ever from there.
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Old 10-18-2003, 02:59 PM   #3
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From Chevron, quite a bit, which is why I never get gas there anymore.

from 76 I got one tank. All the other 76 in the area were out of 91 that night (a fact I didn't know until later). I just happened to pick the only one in a several mile radius that had 91. I can say with near absolute certainty that it was NOT 91.
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Old 10-18-2003, 07:56 PM   #4
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I think that between the increased gas prices and the consumer being more price sensitive there is a temptation for gas station owners to sell a lower grade at the discounted price point of a higher grade.

I am as certain as can be (without actually testing it) that the Amoco on Backlick has given me lower grade gas.

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Old 10-18-2003, 10:01 PM   #5
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Every freakin' trip to the gas station. I hate winter gas.
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Old 10-19-2003, 12:09 AM   #6
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I've only gotten one bad tank of gas. It was from what I always considered a reputable Amoco station that has lots of traffic. If my utec didn't flash the CEL under boost, I probably wouldn't have known about it.
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Old 10-19-2003, 04:16 AM   #7
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Sure enough, I ran the tank low and filled up at a different station. I got into it in 3rd and 4th and didn't get a single CEL flash from the UTEC.
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