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No-Establishment3083 OP t1_jaomuzx wrote

Reply to comment by Gheid in PSA: Contaminated Gas in Brattleboro by No-Establishment3083

Exactly what I was told OTP by the Agency. That they had investigated other times but with no results. The owner also sorta laughed me off with the same excuse, said that it made no sense because then everyone would be on the side of the road. Idk how it works but there is no denying that it was 100% their fuel because my car was completely empty before I filled up and now is completely fine after getting the fuel out of it. It's frustrating and ridiculous that they can continue to screw people. The State Agency did say he would have someone out there tomorrow morning carrying out inspections but I won't hold my breath.

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Clamato-n-rye t1_jappmzv wrote

Time to escalate to

  1. mayor
  2. state rep
  3. governor's office. That's who's ultimately responsible.
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ArkeryStarkery t1_jareskk wrote

Bratt doesn't have a mayor, we have a Selectboard and it's pretty toothless. I'd go state level first.

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Particular_Look1965 t1_jarjbu5 wrote

Maybe federal level too. Remember how the train going through East Palestine wasn’t labeled properly with what it actually contained. Seems like that’s what’s going on here.

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Clamato-n-rye t1_jasnayx wrote

Good to know, thanks. Probably state level regulation anyway, now that I think about it.

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BreweryIn5Years t1_jaqzjh5 wrote

If there was water in the gas there would definitely be a line of a hundred dead cars at the parking lot. Most likely after the snowstorm people got water in their tanks from snow. Do you have an older car? Throw in a bottle of dry gas from time to time after a large snowstorm or rainstorm. Mechanics will say anything to make a buck…

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No-Establishment3083 OP t1_jarv5ei wrote

No, the mechanic showed me the fuel and I watched them take it out and saw that it was pretty much all contaminated. They were very trustworthy and charged me appropriately. My car is a 2013 that has never had an issue and it's under 100k miles. It's been perfect other than that. I am from Florida and have been through many rainstorms, hurricanes and then the snow storms from here many times. I was also one of many incidents that has occurred at this same station throughout some months. Edit: They also did use dry gas for the last step just to get the whatever bad fuel was left over since I filled my whole tank with it. I do appreciate the tip though but I have never had this problem with my car and it's seen a lot of water.

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Fromage_Damage t1_jasdd27 wrote

I've never had water in my gas, sounds fishy as hell, I've even used old gas that had water in it, and never had a problem. There must have been a ton of water, and the pump only sucks up part of it sometimes? It sounds totally possible. Fuck that owner, he is a fucker.

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ArkeryStarkery t1_jarf55y wrote

That's what's weird about this! What could cause more than two dozen, but not all, of the station's customers to have this exact set of problems, when no other station on the same street is getting these complaints? Multiple mechanics, too, and not always after a snowstorm.

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No-Establishment3083 OP t1_jarwla4 wrote

Exactly. I understand the whole thing of being blown off because obviously there isn't a line of cars but something is wrong with it because I have gotten gas 100s of times and been fine. I also have pics from the mechanic showing how much of it was water so Ik it was a real issue and my car was fine all day before that, literally as soon as I turned out the gas station it started to shut down. So it was the gas, and like you pointed out this is just one of many incidents. Something is going on and they should not just be okay with it since it isn't everyone, it's still causing everyday ppl hundreds or more dollars of repairs.

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