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Originally Posted by tpop1
Here's the latest on my gas problem.
For those of you who never heard of such a thing as bad gas:
Hyundi Service Dept. indicates that the Gas was bad .....40-50% ethanol vs. 10% that it should be.
$500 to pump it out and clean out the system. 
Sam's Club manager indicates he's heard of no one else having a problem, but for us to come in and put in a claim.  |
No problems with Sam's Club gasoline. Gassed up one car day before yesterday and the other car today.
I DO understand that "bad" gas can cause problems. We used to frequent a particular Shell gasoline station in CA. Never had any problems. One day we filled the car, drove home, put the car away and thought nothing was wrong. The next day, tried to start the car and no luck. After having it towed to our Toyota dealer, we discovered just how much of a problem we had. The gas was "bad" for whatever reason and it had damaged all the spark plugs, the catalytic convertor, the fuel injectors to name a few of the difficulties. We contacted Shell Oil and they were positive it was not their gasoline. The mechanic showed us some of the gasoline he had removed from the tank. Not the usual color of gasoline. Some was sent to Shell Oil. Then another car showed up at the Toyota dealer with the same problems. After many dollars in repairs and an almost two year wait for reimbursement, we had to get rid of the car. It was never the same. We weren't asking for total compensation for the repairs, the car wasn't new, but we did want some help in defraying the cost of repair. Never did find out if there were more than the two cars damaged, but our perfectly good Cressida never ran the same, even with all the new parts...and that included a few sets of fuel injectors as well as a couple of catalytic convertors.
Hope it's nothing as serious.