More likely that station tank had water in it, and when the higher ethanol fuel was put in, it absorbed the water.
I always buy fuel from a narrow selection of stations, including Shell. Not so hot on the company, per se, but I've never gotten bad fuel from the. I get a lot of diesel from the local farm coop, too -- 10% bio-D and I get much less smoke and about 1 mpg better milage. Don't buy much gas, and it's all premium (72 280 SE and 88 TE, both require it), so no experience there. Peter -----Original Message----- >From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> >Sent: Oct 18, 2010 10:35 AM >To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >Subject: [MBZ] Bad gasoline > >A couple of weeks ago my daughter had trouble with her 107 SL >stalling. Her last fuel was from a texaco station that was recently >taken over by what may be iraqis (not native Americans). I told her >to try putting a few gallons or premium in from the station across >the street, that happens to be a Shell station. She just left the >car sit for a week or so. > > >Last night she reported she put in 3 gal of premium and filled the >tank with unleaded regular. She said that the car is running just >fine, the car ran rough until the new fuel got into the inj. system, >then smoothed out. After driving it a few days, it is running >normally. > >To repeat, the problem is no ethanol, it is people who purposefully >blend ethanol and water into the fuel. This reduced the BTU/lb of >the fuel. While the engine will run, however poorly, the practice >is fraud and theft. > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
