Contanimated gas, Station insurer acknowledges problem but tries to deny claim.

[mrbrian200]

Another disturbing news story. Contaminated gasoline at a Citgo in the Chicago area.. The station's insurer (American Family) acknowledges problem but seems their policy is to deny claims (unless news media picks up on it?)

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Ta ... 85213.html

Seriously, if this is the behavior insurers are going to be allowed to get away with here in the states do OEs need to think about building water separators/contamination sensors into vehicle fuel systems now? Not everybody has local news media that still does investigative journalism/call out bad behavior (tends to be larger news operations based in major cities).

[93Regina]

Contaminated gasoline at a Citgo in the Chicago area.

RE: "ground water had seeped in"

In the state I live in, years ago, state law mandates all stations contribute to a fund that pays for removing these tanks, and clean up.

Years ago, transport pipe-lines used water as the separator between fuels, so if a tank-distributor did not separate out this water, it ended up in the fuel. Industry use to blame consumers when water ended up in their tanks. I suspect now days, their timing to switch valves is much better.

Years ago, one city had a bunch of fuel stations leaking fuel into ground water...to this day, that water is un-usable, unless a costly fuel/water separator is build.

It was years ago when test equipment was required, at least in my state, to monitor underground tanks. I assumed this was an EPA mandate, but if true, it begs the question why this equipment failed at that station.

Hence, this was either a ground water issue (leaking tank), or a tanker pulled in with some water in its load.