GAS RECALL

[Chris]

According to a story from yahoo, thousands of drivers in northwest Indiana face hefty car repair bills after BP sold about 25,000 gallons of contaminated gasoline that can foul their engines.

The company has recalled the bad fuel and says it will pay for repairs; however, drivers must get the gasoline out of their tanks, the story says.

According to BP, some kind of fault befell regular unleaded gasoline from its refinery in Whiting, Indiana that shopped between August 13-August 17,2012. The fuel was distributed among hundreds of gas stations in Northern Indiana, and drivers have reported hard-starting and stalling engines, their check engine lights coming on, unusual noises and other signs of engine trouble, the story said.

Though some repairs have cost a few hundred dollars, a few car owners said in the story that their repair bills have topped nearly $1,200.

If you would like to submit a claim BP says to call them at 1-800-333-3991 to report the problem. You’ll also need to provide your fuel receipt and mechanic’s repair bill. They’ll review your claim and any BP fuel-related repairs will be reimbursed to you.

 

Source:http://blog.powerblocktv.com/?p=4632

[RyanbabZ71]

It sucks I know a bunch of people with issues

 

 

Ryan

 

 

[MikeNH]

Damn, I think I bought BP gas somewhere in IN on my way to or back from Urbana last week, looks like I got lucky, truck is running fine and I'm already more than halfway through a tank of "local" gas since my return.

[dirtfan21]

Yep, Family Express has the bid for our city vehicles and luckly I filled the work truck up the day before these issues started. It sounds like some of our police vehicles are having issues. I buy from a Shell station in valpo who is always a bit more expensive but they buy gasoline with different additives than what these places do. Hopefully our gas around here doesn't go to the moon after this is all said and done. We all know they will make their money back...

[flyboyron]

Yea, now they will raise the price of gas, so we can pay for their having to pay to fix everyone's car.

 

Do you think they will reimburse them for another tank of gas?

[hockeypro1411]

I have a tank full of the shit sitting in the driveway as I type this. Filled up on 8-16-12 in the morning and barely got the truck started leaving work 11 hours later. I had no idea about this so I got the code scanned from the CEL and it was a MAF code. ..After two different MAF sensors and countless hours of thinking, I'm glad I found out about this from a few guys at work. The gas is absolutely horrid. I plan on getting an estimate from a local mechanic and submitting that to BP along with my fuel receipt and just doing the work myself. I think I should get put toward the top of the list seeing as I work in the refinery that sent it out...

[truckofwinandawesome]

I have a tank full of the shit sitting in the driveway as I type this. Filled up on 8-16-12 in the morning and barely got the truck started leaving work 11 hours later. I had no idea about this so I got the code scanned from the CEL and it was a MAF code. ..After two different MAF sensors and countless hours of thinking, I'm glad I found out about this from a few guys at work. The gas is absolutely horrid. I plan on getting an estimate from a local mechanic and submitting that to BP along with my fuel receipt and just doing the work myself. I think I should get put toward the top of the list seeing as I work in the refinery that sent it out...

 

 

then Perhaps you can find out for us what went Screwy with the refinery to make it produce bad gas.

[SarahsGMC]

He did it.. Get him!

[hockeypro1411]

He did it.. Get him!

 

 

Eaaaaaasy now.. By working in the refinery I mean I'm a contractor in there working on the modernization project. The issue happened at one of the tank farms and had something to do with blending procedures. Way beyond my knowledge.. I just weld pipe.

[SarahsGMC]

haha im just kidding i wonder what happened

[nickvrebel]

No BP stations anymore in my neck of the woods, they have been kinda shined in Louisiana, imagine that.

 

We had an issue a few years back with Shell fuel, high sulphur content. Caused all sorts of issue with fuel pumps.

 

 

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[hockeypro1411]

They say the fuel had a high amount of polymeric resin (no idea, don't ask haha). Apparently it reaks havoc on because it leaves a filmy residue on everything in the fuel system. And I for one can vouch that GM trucks really don't run well (if at all) on it. The worst part is that it wasn't just BP stations that sold it. Almost every chain gas station in that area buys gas from that refinery. Many, many people will be affected by this.

[Prokopchuk_9]

Jeez, that sucks!!

[SarahsGMC]

Damn it and I need o get gas I'm too damn scared to now

[hockeypro1411]

Damn it and I need o get gas I'm too damn scared to now

 

 

They claim they've taken back what was still at stations and washed down storage tanks. It's anyones guess how true that it!