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Originally Posted by cadillac
I ws talking to a driver the other day tht says some stations hv better grades of fuel than others as well as states where fuel is weaker.
He mentioned the Shamrock in Denver as a good place for fuel.
Is thr any merit 2 this argument or are all stations the same?
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LOL..fuel is fuel.
The only thing that makes a difference is the condition of the underground storage tanks, or the above ground storage tanks, that a station uses.
If the tanks are unlined steel, have been in service for 20 plus years, without being cleaned or updated..you risk buying "bad fuel" form that station.
Some of the fuel can be contaminated at the loading rack. usually that will be at a "Bulk Terminal" located miles from the main pipeline temrinal, where a truck hauled the fuel in and unloaded it into a 100,000 gallon tank, then another truck came along and pulled out 8600 gallons to deliver to a station.
For the greatest part, the main fuel loading terminals...such as the ones Mr Belpre uses in Indiana, and some of the other posters on this site, from southern california, to florida and beyond, work hard each shift to maintain their equipment, so the fuel that leaves their gates is certifiable as "clean" fuel.
The majority of the major brands...ConocoPhillips ( 66, 76, etc) Valero, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Citgo (yeah..even the commies want to sell you clean fuel), on down the list, have inspectors that work for them, checking stations seperately from the government, to ensure YOU buy clean fuel. They do...They really truly do!
When you get bad fuel....99.9% of the time, it was the tank the fuel came out of at the station, which caused the contamination.