Quote:
Originally Posted by RICH1
Thank you for posting! I'll get gas next week ! Seems that all the loose contaminates in the Gas Station fuel tanks pass by the low level Gas station filters, and are making it into the passenger cars. Fuel injectors hate water, and O2 sensors are very sensitive to foreign combustion materials... 6 months from now , many " toppers" will be lining up at the repair station! Karma can be a real bitch..
|
I hate to break it to you but there is no "6 months" waiting period.
Contaminated fuel will shut down an engine in a few miles, tops.
Fuel is filtered from the refinery to the distributor.
It is filtered from the distributor to the truck.
It is filtered from the truck going into the tank.
There are strainers/pre-filters in the main pump tank itself before going to the pumps.
There is a last chance filter in the pump.
There is a filter in your car.
No sediment is making it anywhere.
What does get introduced into the tanks is water. This comes from the delivery guy who doesn't seal the lid properly or a tank that is somehow compromised.
There is a filling station off of the NJ turnpike just before the George Washington bridge that fills the tanks on busy days 5 or more times because gas in NJ is still much cheaper than NY. There is always fuel going into and out of the tanks, pretty much all day long.
It USED to be a problem with old steel tanks and rust and pumps with no filters. This is not a problem any longer.