Saturday, January 01, 2022

uh oh, someone screwed up at the Speedway gas station on West Silver Spring Drive in Milwaukee, and very badly... about as terribly as is possible, they loaded diesel into the gas storage tanks! Thanks Robert K!

In a statement, 7-11 Inc., which owns Speedway, said a gasoline vendor mistakenly filled unleaded pumps with diesel fuel earlier this week.

it's unknown how many cars have been impacted by the mistake, Speedway and Toyota say they're working together to help drivers in any way that they can
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Customers who believe their car was impacted may reach out at 1-800-643-1948.

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3 comments:

  1. greggBC12:25 PM

    When leaded gas was stopped the way Gas Stations would clean the lead out of storage tanks was to fill them with Diesel, let it sit overnight, then pump it over to the diesel tanks and put unleaded gas in the former leaded gas storage tanks. The man than ran the Sinclair station in my hometown told me that is what he did and his nolead passed inspection.

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    1. Jesse1:11 PM

      wow, you amaze me with historical info about a moment of gas station history, that was critical to the change in the leaded to unleaded. Pardon the textual lack of tone, because it's as easy to infer sarcasm as it is amazement, but I'm amazed. Truly. How in the world you recall that, and that I'm intrigued by it, and we only meet here on this blog by chance... astonishes me.

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  2. Oldtom93:59 PM

    Very interesting history. Thanks

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