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Watchdog investigates: contaminated gasolineBy Ron Menchaca (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
A local woman says she received gasoline contaminated with water at a downtown service station. The company that owns the station says its tanks are clean, but it plans to reimburse the woman for her $460 car repair bill. A lab test by the state Department of Agriculture is not complete. A Post and Courier Watchdog investigation found that water can get into vehicle and gas station storage tanks. Read more in tomorrow's editions. |
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Posted by 1963 on July 16, 2008 at 6:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I thought everyone has seen the bogus ads that cars can now run on water. These ads have started popping up since gas prices soared. A few weeks ago on talkback on Channel 5 a caller endorsed such crap saying that it works.