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Watered-down gas complaints, damaging cars
BOSTON - In Boston, we love that dirty water, but there's not much to love about dirty gasoline in your car. Contaminated fuel can ruin your car engine. It's a problem at gas stations across the country if you're planning a road trip.
Read MoreTainted fuel at gas station causes vehicles to break down
A $9 gas purchase from the Madison Food Mart Shell station cost Andrew Carpenter $505.89 by the end of Wednesday. He and four other customers, including a U.S. Postal Service truck, bought gas that had been tainted with water and caused their cars to break down almost immediately.
Read MoreTainted fuel at Middletown gas station causes vehicles to break down, auditor says
HAMILTON, Ohio — At least four drivers, including a mail carrier, were stranded Wednesday after receiving tainted gas at a Middletown gas station, according to the Butler County auditor.
Read MoreFour drivers stranded after pumping bad gas in Butler County
The Butler County auditor is sounding off about the lack of proper fuel testing again after at least four drivers were stranded due to alleged faulty fuel at a Madison Twp. gas station.
Read MoreOne in Three Greek Gas Stations Show Fuel Violations
Getting gas at Greek fuel stations has become a risk with a report that one-third of them have fixed the flow meters to show you’re getting less than buying and with frequent adulteration of the product. Checks of some 546 gasoline stations showed that 181 had violated the law as shown by the real figures of fixed inflow-outflow systems, said Kathimerini, and fiddling with other required data so they could boost their income, including selling dirty or diluted fuel.
Read MoreTainted gas sold to Jacksonville-area drivers
Florida inspectors found water, sediment and more in samples taken from several local gas stations. It’s a problem across our area. Cheryl Cochran got a tank of bad gas from a Georgia gas station.
Read MoreHow did $38 worth of gas cost an Aiken man $1,200 worth of repairs?
RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -- More than 600 people have complained about bad gas in Georgia over the last 18 months.
Read MoreTainted gasoline complaints on the rise across NC
Channel 9 uncovered that samples at more than 1,000 stations in 2018 were condemned by the state in North Carolina. That means samples were found to be contaminated with water, sediment or weren’t the correct octane, which can ruin your car.
Read MoreWater discovered in fuel at gas stations after cars stall following recent downpours
Channel 9 learned that the recently pounding of rain the area has had this season could be causing water to get into gas pumps.
Read MoreFuel WARNING - Keep your vehicle half full this month or you could risk THIS problem
DRIVERS are being urged to keep their fuel tank half full during the winter months as failing to do so could land you in trouble.
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