Vehicle repairs adding up after fuel contamination in Steamboat

Steamboat Springs — Bad fuel is suspected of sending numerous cars to local mechanics this week, each one requiring hundreds or even thousands of dollars in repairs.

Four of six shops contacted this week said they were servicing a total of nine cars that got bad fuel from Western Convenience, 500 S. Lincoln Ave.

“It’s a known thing,” said Darrell Horton, with Cook Chevrolet-Subaru.

Horton said a district manager told him that diesel had been mixed with the gasoline at the station. Horton said Western Convenience was taking care of the affected cars' repair costs.

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