alec2538
01-25-2017, 07:00 PM
Well... I can't believe this happened but it happened. Read on:
I stopped yesterday morning to get gas before a ~160 mile trip to hand off my sister's dog that I've been caring for. I was running quite low, and put 9-ish gallons of premium in at a local Super America.
About 3/4 of the way in to the trip, I noticed that there was a significant hiccup immediately off-idle when accelerating. It drove fine and had no issue other than this, so I continued on. The hesitation got slightly worse as I returned home, but cruising was still fine. A slight lack of power is all I could feel.
By the time I got home, there was SEVERE hesitation and backfiring through the intake on throttle tip in, but she would always catch herself and keep going. I limped it to a gas station near my house and filled up, hoping to dilute whatever garbage I was now positive I had put in earlier.
It was around this time that I noticed my exhaust had a DISTINCT smell of... ding ding ding! DIESEL! I was livid. My gut feeling was exactly right. I was positive that I had fueled at a pump that only sold gasoline, and I had zero running conditions prior to filling up at SA that morning.
This afternoon, I pulled a plug and confirmed my suspicion. It was pure black with soot. I reassembled and drove back to the SA station, as it happens to only be 10 blocks from my work. The manager immediately confirmed that their delivery driver had done a complete swap on the premium tank in the ground and filled it with diesel. They had just discovered the error during their daily audit, and she was incredibly flustered. The DM acually arrived while I was there, and it was easy to tell there was something seriously wrong.
The manager took down all my information and said I should hear from her at the latest tomorrow afternoon. I fully intend to write up an invoice at work (I'm a tech at a local independent shop) for new plugs, fuel filter, fuel line cleaning/flushing, tank draining, refilling plus restitution for the original fuel purchase and if I feel like being an ass (which I don't) compensation for unknown future damage to my car (oxygen sensors, cat's, etc).
On a lighter note, I've proven that a Marauder drives quite nice on diesel as long as it's warmed up!
I stopped yesterday morning to get gas before a ~160 mile trip to hand off my sister's dog that I've been caring for. I was running quite low, and put 9-ish gallons of premium in at a local Super America.
About 3/4 of the way in to the trip, I noticed that there was a significant hiccup immediately off-idle when accelerating. It drove fine and had no issue other than this, so I continued on. The hesitation got slightly worse as I returned home, but cruising was still fine. A slight lack of power is all I could feel.
By the time I got home, there was SEVERE hesitation and backfiring through the intake on throttle tip in, but she would always catch herself and keep going. I limped it to a gas station near my house and filled up, hoping to dilute whatever garbage I was now positive I had put in earlier.
It was around this time that I noticed my exhaust had a DISTINCT smell of... ding ding ding! DIESEL! I was livid. My gut feeling was exactly right. I was positive that I had fueled at a pump that only sold gasoline, and I had zero running conditions prior to filling up at SA that morning.
This afternoon, I pulled a plug and confirmed my suspicion. It was pure black with soot. I reassembled and drove back to the SA station, as it happens to only be 10 blocks from my work. The manager immediately confirmed that their delivery driver had done a complete swap on the premium tank in the ground and filled it with diesel. They had just discovered the error during their daily audit, and she was incredibly flustered. The DM acually arrived while I was there, and it was easy to tell there was something seriously wrong.
The manager took down all my information and said I should hear from her at the latest tomorrow afternoon. I fully intend to write up an invoice at work (I'm a tech at a local independent shop) for new plugs, fuel filter, fuel line cleaning/flushing, tank draining, refilling plus restitution for the original fuel purchase and if I feel like being an ass (which I don't) compensation for unknown future damage to my car (oxygen sensors, cat's, etc).
On a lighter note, I've proven that a Marauder drives quite nice on diesel as long as it's warmed up!