[Vwdiesel] RE:Bad fuel

[S Boser]

I just wanted to say thanks, its something I never had thought of before. It 
would seem to me, however wouldn't it be a huge liability for station 
owners, if they were caught with PCB tainted fuel?
I suppose that would be the case if anyone ever tested the fuel at the pump.
I have noticed that my mileage can vary widely depending on where I get my 
fuel, the Shell station near my home that has been 4 or 5 cents cheaper a 
gallon than any other station in the area, usually sells diesel that cuts my 
mileage by 20% after a couple of tanks I figured something was not right 
with the fuel, after the first tank, I checked the air in the tires and 
replaced the air filter and fuel filter with no improvement. I figured it 
was the fuel, but never gave a thought to deliberate cutting of the fuel.

Thanks again for bringing it up

Steve



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "82 Diesel Westy" <dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
To: "Sandy Cameron" <scameron at compmore.net>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] RE:Bad fuel


> It would be nice if we could do a quick litmus paper
> test on the fuel first at suspect diesel pumping
> stations.
>
> There is a quick and dirty test for water in fuel,
> that stuff that turns purple when you put it on a
> stick and dip in tank, yes, but not the other stuff
> you are saying that could be mixed in with the fuel.
> I try and get my fuel from the place on the NJ
> Turnpike, price is state regulated and they pump tons
> of fuel a day.  But you can't always do that.
>
> Trust, it surely is not what is was when you were a
> kid Sandy, sad to say.
>
> Bryan, NJ
>
>
> --- Sandy Cameron <scameron at compmore.net> wrote:
>
>> At 08:06 PM 12/13/05 -0500, Randy Tyler wrote:
>> >
>>  One station in Utah (truck stop, high volume
>> apparently)
>> >I almost had to get out and push, but wouldn't have
>> found the rear of the
>> >car for smoke anyway. It was horrible. I had filled
>> almost a full tank, so
>> >had to put up with that crap for a while.
>>
>>
>> I have heard (some time ago) that cut-rate fuel
>> shops were selling diesel
>> with other stuff mixed in, just to get rid of it.
>> Like transformer oil (can you say PCBs?)
>>
>> Some kinds of fluids that look like fuel may not be.
>> The transformer oil is
>> purposely formulated NOT TO BURN, at least be burn
>> resistant.
>> Mixed with diesel it would perform poorly and smoke
>> a lot.
>>
>> Some kinds of solvents and other fluids are a pain
>> to get rid of, and you
>> may have to pay someone to take them away, (unless
>> they can get you to pay
>> them, and then they sell the stuff to service
>> centers real cheap to cut the
>> diesel with)
>>
>> Needless to say this would be illegal, immoral, and
>> probably fattening, and
>> not contribute to good running.
>>
>> All this hearsay as far as I'm concerned, but it's
>> getting harder to trust
>> people now  (I'm71) than when I was a kid.
>>
>> And we have such good examples of citizenship and
>> behavior in our
>> governments these days too!
>>
>> 'Nuff said
>>
>> Sandy
>>
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>
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