bad gas? (no food refs, please)

["Titus, Brian (NJAOST)" <BTitus@njaost.ml.com>]

I found out my neighbor and his 92 100 had some kind of hesitation problem
(actually the car had the problem) that a mechanic diagnosed as 'bad gas'
and which then (according to the mechanic) required some _big_ fuel system
dollars (like new injectors, and more). I think he got taken -- 'bad gas'
has always seemed a problematic explanation to me at best. He contacted the
gas station parent co. after the incident, and was told that his was the
only complaint -- they said when there is a problem, many people will
complain at once (this is coming from gas giant, so take it with a grain of
salt).

Anyway, assuming one got some really 'bad gas', what could be the physical
damage to the fuel system, and does this really happen to people?

Brian
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p.s. the neighbor now thinks he was taken too...