PETRONSKI!!!!
Posted on 10/08/2004 1:44:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Yikes!
This sounds like sabotage. Texaco wouldn't do it...they're a good gas company.
I suspect something like polystyrene or another plastic that will dissolve in gasoline. Sounds to me like this station needs better locks on its tank caps.
Nasty business, for sure, and Texaco's going to have to make good on all the repairs.
For those of you interested in fuels and lubrication, this forum may give some info.
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php
It is part of www.bobistheoilguy.com
read later
Interesting. Thanks for the link.
If there is water in the gas it is possible for bacteria to grow. The biomass will appear thick and if it gets sucked into the injectors it will clog them.
What is wrong? An undistributed middle fallacy in the argument?
Weeks ago this happened and Texaco had to fork over for cleaning the fuel system. Why this, now?
EnviroTerrorists.
They burn down new home developments.
They burn SUV's on dealer lots.
This is a logical step.
One fuel injector will cost 50 to 100 dollars, plus labor. On my car, $58*8 is $464 plus tax (my own labor is free). Yer damn right Texaco would be paying.
Good call on the possibility of PS. Wonder what would cause the reddish color, though...
LOL
WTF?
I dunno. It's Friday. Laughs on me. Getting ready to fly to Vegas for my bachelor party, so I'm feeling a touch random.
A lesson: always save your gas receipts. People who didn't, will have a hard time proving they got gas there.
Live near there? Buddies and I are staying at the Hard Rock.
Nobody will get money out of Texaco because that entity no longer exists. They merged with Chevron and are now ChevronTexaco. In my area, all of the Texaco stations have been rebranded as Chevron. However, the gas stations in the western region of the US were taken over by Shell, since Texaco had a refining and marketing JV (Motiva) with Shell before the Chevron merger. I guess they still brand the stations as Texaco there. Which explains why, even though the name of the station in the article is Texaco, the mechanics and the car owners are blaming Shell in the article.
Enviro Terrorists is right, says my gut.
I used to work at a gas station. The filler covers can be lifted by hand, and the fuller caps below them never have locks.
It would be incredibly easy for ELF terorists to go there late at night (all lights off), and pour either bags of sugar or gallons of lindseed oil into the tanks. Either one would cause the problem, and kill a car in 3 hours.
Polystyrene is too bulky to use. Think of 10,000 foam cups.
Lindseed oil is chap and effective. A half a cup in a tank will kill your engine permanently. A couple ounces will kill it slowly.
Maybe somebody dumped a couple of boxes of orange latex gloves in the station's tanks.
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