Drivers need extensive repairs after buying tainted gas at Avon Lake Speedway station

When you go to a gas station to fill up, you probably don’t question what’s coming out of the nozzle. You select a grade and assume it’s right. But dozens of car owners are headed in for repairs after a gas station in Avon Lake sold potentially contaminated fuel to its customers.

Auto repair shops nearby have dozens of cars waiting to be fixed and hundreds more inquiries. Expert mechanics believe customers may have been given diesel fuel by accident – indicated by gas samples with a green hue.

“That tells us there’s contamination, heavy oil content, which again is most likely like a diesel fuel. And this is a comparison for what regular gasoline is supposed to look like,” said Fields.

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