I have not had it tested, but I have a sample, and a witness as to where the sample came from. I also have on my credit card report that I purchased gas from there. I also have the same witness that my car has both spark and compression, and we pulled out the fuel rail with the injectors and there is nothing coming out of two of them. Same witness saw that a fuel compression tester showed normal pressure going to the injectors.If you can prove:
a) that bad gas damaged your car; AND
b) that the bad gas in (a) came from a particular station,
then yes, you absolutely have recourse. (And if you don't, your recourse is to either fix your car, or not fix your car).
Good luck.
If this claim is actually true (and it might not be), then you are going to have a uphill battle. You need a good amount of physical debris to clog one, much less two injectors. (Taking into account the two filters at the dispenser and the filter on your fuel pump). That much debris would almost certainly have been delivered to multiple vehicles at the station you used. The fact that it was isolated to just you means that you are going to have to show that it was not just a randomly-timed failure of your injectors and was related to the gasoline sale.When I called, they said I am the first to say anything to them.
The substance is a heavy fluid, not a debris. It looks like it could be hydraulic fluid or something. It would easily have made it through the fuel filter.If this claim is actually true (and it might not be), then you are going to have a uphill battle. You need a good amount of physical debris to clog one, much less two injectors. (Taking into account the two filters at the dispenser and the filter on your fuel pump). That much debris would almost certainly have been delivered to multiple vehicles at the station you used. The fact that it was isolated to just you means that you are going to have to show that it was not just a randomly-timed failure of your injectors and was related to the gasoline sale.
Good luck, but you're going to need to have your gas sample professionally tested to even have a shot here. A "witness" is not going to cut it in court or with the station's insurance carrier.
It sounds to me like your car might have been tampered with.The substance is a heavy fluid, not a debris. It looks like it could be hydraulic fluid or something. It would easily have made it through the fuel filter.
In order:Good point. Some gas station arguments:
"How do we know someone didn't just pour brake fluid in his tank after he filled up at our station?"
"Since no one else complained of any bad gas that day, it is impossible for any fluid to have just made it into plaintiff's car."
(Assuming you test the fluid) "Plaintiff can't prove that the fluid he tested was the same fluid we sold him."
"Plaintiff's car was a hunk of junk on its last legs anyway. Our gas had nothing to do with its imminent failure."
Defense = ?