Shell Station- Bad Gas, a cautionary tale

[PonyUP]

I wanted to share my recent experience. I know many of us our gas snobs and use only certain stations. For me one of those stations is Shell. Last Monday I filled up at a Shell Station in Braselton Ga.
Immediately after full up, I noticed a hesitation in acceleration from a dead stop.
I didn't drive the car after returning home and the next morning at start up there was a tremendous amount of smoke, the car choked out 3 times and wreaked of burnt gas. The Check Engine Light came on and was throwing random misfire codes.
Got the car out to Marty's on Saturday to be looked at, and Jeff, one of his mechanics, pulled a sample of the gas.
The gas was green and was lacking a huge amount of the gas smell, it was nowhere near the overpowering smell that gas is.
Drained the gas tank, refilled from a different station and the car is back to running too notch.
But I am crossing Shell off my preferred Gas station listing, and I thought this tale may help some of you. That was one expensive tank of Gas

Big thanks to Jeff and Marty for getting me hooked up and back to doing a little romping


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[CBT]

Do you have a locking gas cap? Maybe someone did you dirty.

[guspech750]

Well that blows. I used Shell and BP. Occasionally Mobile. I've never had a problem. But never say never.

I'm glad you got it resolved quickly and by someone we all can trust with our MM's!!


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[NXSBOB]

Never buy gas at a station when you see gas truck dumping. A dump may have been done minutes/hours before you came in, but there is nothing that can be done about that. Told to me from a former gasoline company friend/exec.

I wanted to share my recent experience. I know many of us our gas snobs and use only certain stations. For me one of those stations is Shell. Last Monday I filled up at a Shell Station in Braselton Ga.
Immediately after full up, I noticed a hesitation in acceleration from a dead stop.
I didn't drive the car after returning home and the next morning at start up there was a tremendous amount of smoke, the car choked out 3 times and wreaked of burnt gas. The Check Engine Light came on and was throwing random misfire codes.
Got the car out to Marty's on Saturday to be looked at, and Jeff, one of his mechanics, pulled a sample of the gas.
The gas was green and was lacking a huge amount of the gas smell, it was nowhere near the overpowering smell that gas is.
Drained the gas tank, refilled from a different station and the car is back to running too notch.
But I am crossing Shell off my preferred Gas station listing, and I thought this tale may help some of you. That was one expensive tank of Gas

Big thanks to Jeff and Marty for getting me hooked up and back to doing a little romping


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[CWright]

Glad they were able to find the problem and hook you up. Marking Shell off now! :burnout::burnout:

[SC Cheesehead]

Interesting.

Shell is a Tier One gasoline supplier, should only be providing top quaity fuels. You may wish to follow up with them, not certain you'll get reimbursement, but they'll definitely want to know about it.

http://www.toptiergas.com/retailers.html

[NXSBOB]

All gasoline distributors sell to all stations. Only difference is additive added after dump. This is why gasoline trucks doing dumping no longer have brand names on them anymore.

Glad they were able to find the problem and hook you up. Marking Shell off now! :burnout::burnout:

[PonyUP]

Interesting.

Shell is a Tier One gasoline supplier, should only be providing top quaity fuels. You may wish to follow up with them, not certain you'll get reimbursement, but they'll definitely want to know about it.

http://www.toptiergas.com/retailers.html

Tried calling the station a few times with no answer, I'll be sending an email to Shell Corp later today


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[mrjones]

Ya know Bobby, RaceLegend79 (I haven't seen him on the board in a while) had a problem when he picked up his new-to-him blue. Stopped on the way home and filled up at WalMart. The car made it another mile or so before stopping. He'd just gotten a tankful of diesel! The truck driver had just dumped a load of diesel into the super tank. WalMart ended up doing quite a bit of work to his car.

[SC Cheesehead]

Tried calling the station a few times with no answer, I'll be sending an email to Shell Corp later today


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Definitely do that, and make sure you reference their Tier One status, they oughta make it right.

[guspech750]

Tried calling the station a few times with no answer, I'll be sending an email to Shell Corp later today


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If that doesn't work. Tell them to F-off and you are buying an all Electric Honda car!!


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[Da Dark Jedi]

Shell has the highest content of detergent in their 93 octane gas compare to BP which is second followed by Mobil-1. PLEASE get on the horn and report this.

[jstevens]

And let us know if they respond or not as I use Shell for 99% of my fill ups.

[TAKEDOWN]

I too would like to know how they treat their customers!

[Bluerauder]

Shell is a Tier One gasoline supplier, should only be providing top quaity fuels. You may wish to follow up with them, not certain you'll get reimbursement, but they'll definitely want to know about it.

http://www.toptiergas.com/retailers.html

Stuff happens even at the best of suppliers. If it happened to you, I suspect that there are many other customers who got a similar bad batch of gas.

Report it to the local station and to the Shell Corp. There may be 50 others out there who have/are experiencing the same problems from the same station.

Shell will/should make it right for you and the others. Show them your bill for the checkout, draining the tank, and replacing the bad fuel.

I wouldn't color all of a particular brand as questionable based on a single isolated incident.

Glad you were able to get this correct without any lingering issues.

[yjmud]

granted I am one of the n/a marauders left it seems for now but I have never had an issue with any of the gas I have used I prefer BP but it runs good on all premium fuel

[Pat]

Do you have a sample?

[PonyUP]

Do you have a sample?

I don't, but I'm not really looking to get reimbursed, just sharing the story to make everyone aware.

Sent an email to Shell corporate this afternoon


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[Granddaddy Marq]

Pony Up you are a victum of what sounds like contaminated gas. The transpertation company may have "cross dropped" put the wrong product in the wrong tank. Contact the station tell them what happend they or the transpertation company should reanburce you for your repairs. Hope to make it to braekfast this month to your 1 of 1 diesel powered DBP MM.

[PonyUP]

Pony Up you are a victum of what sounds like contaminated gas. The transpertation company may have "cross dropped" put the wrong product in the wrong tank. Contact the station tell them what happend they or the transpertation company should reanburce you for your repairs. Hope to make it to braekfast this month to your 1 of 1 diesel powered DBP MM.

Lol, I'll be at breakfast this month, but thanks to Jeff and Marty, no longer diesel powered. I've tried many times to contact the station, but no answer. I unfortunately don't have the time to drive up there this week.
It would be great to get my money back, but I'm just happy to have Blue on the road again


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[justbob]

That sucks. Next time quit boffing the fuel tank while in the dark garage. Yeah, your neighbors told me.

[PonyUP]

That sucks. Next time quit boffing the fuel tank while in the dark garage. Yeah, your neighbors told me.

So?

Was that wrong to do to the tank?

Lol I have green swimmers


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[martyo]

That fuel was nasty!!!!!

Glad we could help Brad.

[massacre]

Wow, thanks for this. I use Shell almost exclusively in the Mustang.

[Bluerauder]

I filled up with Shell 93-V Power on the way home from work tonight at $2.25 per gallon using my Giant Food points. Fuel contamination is usually a localized problem limited to a single station because of leaking or ruptured tanks or some other handling issue.

[71cyclone]

I filled up with Shell 93-V Power on the way home from work tonight at $2.25 per gallon using my Giant Food points. Fuel contamination is usually a localized problem limited to a single station because of leaking or ruptured tanks or some other handling issue.
DITTO DITTO [GIANT BARGAN CARD # ]:banana:

[WhatsUpDOHC]

I filled up with Shell 93-V Power on the way home from work tonight at $2.25 per gallon using my Giant Food points. Fuel contamination is usually a localized problem limited to a single station because of leaking or ruptured tanks or some other handling issue.


$2.25/gal?!?!?

You're killing me - I'm getting Ultra at $3.43 and thinking that I'm doing OK.

I''ve got to tell you (all) it seems like gas is going up again. I was tracking Ultra going down for at least the last month. But (winter mix?), we're headed back up again.

I thought that, in NJ, we had the cheapest gas prices - You're killing us in VA!!!!

Mark

[Shaijack]

PonyuP If you keep treating your BLUE like that you Blues Brothersw Membership will be taken away.
Shell Products. I had one of my vessels fill upwith shell diesel and it was bad. They paid for all repairs and 30,000 gallons of diesel.

[CBT]

Do you have a sample?

That's what she said.


I use 7-11 gas, never had a problem.

[Phrog_gunner]

That's what she said.


I use 7-11 gas, never had a problem.

Why you support Hugo Chavez?

[O's Fan Rich]

or on MCM, Late August early Sept 2006, I posted my story about filling up at a Shell with the 94 they use to sell.... and getting a tank full of water. That was fun... and how I got paid for my expenses was even more entertaining.

[BirchMarauder]

Never buy gas at a station when you see gas truck dumping. A dump may have been done minutes/hours before you came in, but there is nothing that can be done about that. Told to me from a former gasoline company friend/exec.

That's why there are filters on the pumps. Depending on the size of the tank, it can take 4-6 hours for the tank to settle after a delivery.

[O's Fan Rich]

Found them... it was a Sunoco, not a Shell...

[Blackened300a]

Sounds like my adventure 2 months ago after leaving the track. That station was a sunoco. I pull timing and ran octane boost. Then when it still wasnt up to par I added 5 gallons of 100 octane. I recently filled up and all is well.

[DOOM]

You guys want to hear something funny!

I had the same exact thing happen to me in august of 2010!

But when it happened to ME I had my hater committee start a rumor about me having a blown motor! :shake:

I can have the same exact problem you guys have. But when I do it translates into me having a blown motor! :shake:

I get a flat tire (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

I get paint chips (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

My LCM go's out (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

My brakes squeak on my car (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

Any COMMON MARAUDER ISSUE that happens to me turns into DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR!

Hey Paul (blackened300a) maybe you should post that pic in this thread. That cracked me up on the other site when you did that!

So brad and Rich consider yourself lucky that all you got was a bad tank of fuel and not all the rumors to go with it.

[NATEHAWK]

You guys want to hear something funny!

I had the same exact thing happen to me in august of 2010!

But when it happened to ME I had my hater committee start a rumor about me having a blown motor! :shake:

I can have the same exact problem you guys have. But when I do it translates into me having a blown motor! :shake:

I get a flat tire (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

I get paint chips (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

My brakes squeak on my car (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

Any COMMON MARAUDER ISSUE that happens to me turns into DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR!

Hey Paul (blackened300a) maybe you should post that pic in this thread. That cracked me up on the other site when you did that!

So brad and Rich consider yourself lucky that all you got was a bad tank of fuel and not all the rumors to go with it.

Hilarious man

[DOOM]

Hilarious man

Hey you know better than anyone else around here! :D


:high5:

[SC Cheesehead]

Doomie breaks wind (nope, actually BLOWN MOTOR...) ;) -----> :D


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[TAKEDOWN]

^^^ LMAO, good one! DOOM blowing his motor and rear end! ^^^

[knine]

You guys want to hear something funny!

I had the same exact thing happen to me in august of 2010!

But when it happened to ME I had my hater committee start a rumor about me having a blown motor! :shake:

I can have the same exact problem you guys have. But when I do it translates into me having a blown motor! :shake:

I get a flat tire (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

I get paint chips (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

My LCM go's out (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

My brakes squeak on my car (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

Any COMMON MARAUDER ISSUE that happens to me turns into DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR!

Hey Paul (blackened300a) maybe you should post that pic in this thread. That cracked me up on the other site when you did that!

So brad and Rich consider yourself lucky that all you got was a bad tank of fuel and not all the rumors to go with it.
I just had new front rotors put on because of the rumor Doom blew his motor. :rolleyes:

[BirchMarauder]

+1 on the contamination. sounds like someone dropped diesel in the premium tank dramatically lowering the octane rating and can change the color of the gas depending on how low they were in the premium volume. those kinda things don't go unnoticed by the carrier. the stores volumes won't be right and they probably had it fixed within a day or so after.

[Black&Gifted]

I had the same exact thing happen to me in august of 2010!



Did it cause your motor to blow? :flamer:

[DOOM]

Did it cause your motor to blow? :flamer:

Nope not at all!

But you would never know it if you listen to the peanut gallery around here. :shake:

[Black&Gifted]

Nope not at all!

But you would never know it if you listen to the peanut gallery around here. :shake:

LOL :beer:

[SC Cheesehead]

Nope not at all!

But you would never know it if you listen to the peanut gallery around here. :shake:

Wadda you mean?

http://unclejoe.com/racing/raceart/05calPan.jpeg

I herd Doomie = All blow 'n no go...


:P

[Mr. Man]

Funny story about VanWinkleDoom. I was talking to his lady friend the other day and she says they went out and had a romantic dinner, (yeah me too I can't see Doomie stuffing ribs down his gullet as romantic but I guess he found a winner)and when they got home and she was like "Sir Pink I'm waiting for you" he went to put his "car" in the "garage" but before he got to the entrance he "blew his Motor" :D:D:D

[SC Cheesehead]

Funny story about VanWinkleDoom. I was talking to his lady friend the other day and she says they went out and had a romantic dinner, (yeah me too I can't see Doomie stuffing ribs down his gullet as romantic but I guess he found a winner)and when they got home and she was like "Sir Pink I'm waiting for you" he went to put his "car" in the "garage" but before he got to the entrance he "blew his Motor" :D:D:D

""Uhhhh, I blew my motor?"

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[PonyUP]

You guys want to hear something funny!

I had the same exact thing happen to me in august of 2010!

But when it happened to ME I had my hater committee start a rumor about me having a blown motor! :shake:

I can have the same exact problem you guys have. But when I do it translates into me having a blown motor! :shake:

I get a flat tire (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

I get paint chips (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

My LCM go's out (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

My brakes squeak on my car (DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR)

Any COMMON MARAUDER ISSUE that happens to me turns into DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR!

Hey Paul (blackened300a) maybe you should post that pic in this thread. That cracked me up on the other site when you did that!

So brad and Rich consider yourself lucky that all you got was a bad tank of fuel and not all the rumors to go with it.

No worries Jake, you'll know when I start a rumor about you. Four midgets stacked so you can make out with the top one, while the third one rubs ribs on your belly, the second one is doing a Joe impersonation, and the last one just randomly kicks you in the nuts and yells
"he's not happy"

True story, all of this happened when Doom blew his.... To be continued


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[WhatsUpDOHC]

[QUOTE=DOOM;1133140]

DOOM BLEW HIS MOTOR

QUOTE]

Jake -

I knew that you loved your engine but........


Sorry, the Irish Whiskey is talking.

[Gryphonzus]

But Doomie old buddy old pal your motor is BLOWN!! :banana2:
Under all that chrome on your engine is a Blower right? It is hard for me to tell because of all the sunlight reflected in my eyes. And I had bad gas the other day too!

[PonyUP]

Well it took about six weeks, but I got a call yesterday from Golden Pantry that owns the Shell station where I got the bad gas.
They have been able to confirm the driver put the wrong mix in when filling the tanks, this effected 4 other people that they know of.
The Station is refunding my money for the gas and the insurance company will be contacting me about the work on the car and settling that claim.
So it sounds like they are going to step up and make things right


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[SC Cheesehead]

Well it took about six weeks, but I got a call yesterday from Golden Pantry that owns the Shell station where I got the bad gas.
They have been able to confirm the driver put the wrong mix in when filling the tanks, this effected 4 other people that they know of.
The Station is refunding my money for the gas and the insurance company will be contacting me about the work on the car and settling that claim.
So it sounds like they are going to step up and make things right


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Good deal, bubba! Glad to see there are still stand up folks in this world.

[Phrog_gunner]

Good deal, bubba! Glad to see there are still stand up folks in this world.

That is getting more and more rare these days. Hiccups will happen but how they handle them is more important to me as far as returning to their establishment or finding another place to do bidness.

[Granddaddy Marq]

Well it took about six weeks, but I got a call yesterday from Golden Pantry that owns the Shell station where I got the bad gas.
They have been able to confirm the driver put the wrong mix in when filling the tanks, this effected 4 other people that they know of.
The Station is refunding my money for the gas and the insurance company will be contacting me about the work on the car and settling that claim.
So it sounds like they are going to step up and make things right


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That's how it's sapost to be handed only faster. Fell free to correct my spelling at any time.

[PonyUP]

Got the guy from golden pantry the transactions on Friday morning, I had a check on Saturday refunding the original tank of gas, the work done at Mo's and the full up of gas afterwards.

I have to say once I got in contact with them, they were very stand up about making it right.

A bad mix could of happened at any station, I'm glad they made it right


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[TAKEDOWN]

Glad everything worked out for you Brad, you can always fix the problem by just moving back here with us!

[martyo]

Glad it all worked out!

[PonyUP]

I was impressed the check came the next day after I sent the receipts


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[martyo]

I was impressed the check came the next day after I sent the receiptsl

It makes me happy that we got the problem licked before any damage was done to your car!

[PonyUP]

It makes me happy that we got the problem licked before any damage was done to your car!

Me too, it is an unbelievable peace of mind to know that I am near your shop Marty


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[martyo]

me too, it is an unbelievable peace of mind to know that i am near your shop marty


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twss!!!



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