Bad Gas!
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Bad Gas!
I randomly filled up at a Citgo station here in Houston because I was heading to a wedding and was running low. After the wedding, my car would barely start and jerked like hell on the highway. i took it to the dealer and the said it was definitely the gas. They say it will run around $400 to clean everything out. Does this sound reasonable, and how do I approach the gas station about covering the charges?
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For what it's worth. There is a rating for gasoline known as Top Tier Detergent Gasoline. To qualify, the gasoline needs to meet a level of detergent additives beyond that which the EPA requires. Informative web site and the retailers rated as selling Top Tier Detergent Gasoline here:
http://www.toptiergas.com
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http://www.toptiergas.com
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I randomly filled up at a Citgo station here in Houston because I was heading to a wedding and was running low. After the wedding, my car would barely start and jerked like hell on the highway. i took it to the dealer and the said it was definitely the gas. They say it will run around $400 to clean everything out. Does this sound reasonable, and how do I approach the gas station about covering the charges?
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For what it's worth. There is a rating for gasoline known as Top Tier Detergent Gasoline. To qualify, the gasoline needs to meet a level of detergent additives beyond that which the EPA requires. Informative web site and the retailers rated as selling Top Tier Detergent Gasoline here:
http://www.toptiergas.com
John
http://www.toptiergas.com
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man the same thing is happening to me right now, man its jerking really bad and my exhuast tips are really black. i think i made the mistake of letting the gas level go tooo low, i dont know if it was the gas station i used, i only use hess, chevron, and shell, now my mechanic friend said to use amoco bp. hopefully this works.
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The guy probably got contaminated gas.
Using a certain brand won't really help you avoid that.
-all- gas sold in the US is required to meet minimum standards that will avoid the issues this guy is having. But if a particular station gets crap in their underground tanks no amount of marketing hype about the "tier" of that brands gas will help you.
(and if he put E85 or something in there, again, the marketing brochure for the brand wouldn't have helped him).
Using a certain brand won't really help you avoid that.
-all- gas sold in the US is required to meet minimum standards that will avoid the issues this guy is having. But if a particular station gets crap in their underground tanks no amount of marketing hype about the "tier" of that brands gas will help you.
(and if he put E85 or something in there, again, the marketing brochure for the brand wouldn't have helped him).
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Before you spend that money, I would try a can of Dry Gas and see if it gets better. The Sunoco station by my house (which I've stopped using) would occasionally leave me running rough, and dry gas would fix it every time. They usually even carry it at the gas station.