Contaminated gas?

Same thing happened to me at an Esso just outside Quebec city a couple years ago!

I got about 20 miles too before all hell broke loose.

That damn 'dirty' gas ruined my Volvo's engine! The rattling and knocking broke several piston rings and turned a nice old beast into a serious smoker.

Had to sell it for junk, it was a nice old 240 wagon with the AC still even working great, but need some rust work. It was worth $1500.00 with a good motor, fifty bucks with a blown one.

I was on a return trip from Halifax to Toronto and I will tell you if I lived closer I would have gone back and raised particular hell.

I know it was the gas because when I got fresh gas in it later in the day/trip it came back to running 'right' besides the cloud of smoke that is....

Mike

Wry-mouth wrote:

If the dealer will back up your story in writing then go for it.

Earle

You got away a lot cheaper than the time I put gas in my diesel truck!

Next time try a bottle of fuel injector or carburetor cleaner. Doesn't always help, but it's only 89cents and sometimes if the cause is a small amount of contaminant it can fix the problem. Well worth the investment to try.

I would think that it would take a lot more than a little bit of diesel in the tank to make a significant difference......

Used to fill the tank for a guy that swore by a gallon of diesel in the mix once a month. Never cottoned to it myself. __ Steve .

I agree.........so, is it really diesel contamination that is causing the problems?

I can't see a bit of diesel doing damage to much other than the catalyst. Diesel would do little more than smoke, and smell a bit strange. I too have heard about people mixing the two thinking it helped their petrol motors.

On the other hand, most of the miracle snake oils sold are kerosene (diesel) based.

I think they are leading you down the road.... eh?