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10-18-2003, 01:12 PM | #1 |
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How often do you get bad gas (not that kind)
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.
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10-18-2003, 01:21 PM | #2 | |
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Re: How often do you get bad gas (not that kind)
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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. |
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. fargin bastages |
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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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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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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