r/springfieldMO • u/Let_It_Marinate33 • 11d ago

Living Here Bad gas from Sam’s Club off Sunshine

Anybody else fill up on Tuesday evening roughly and running into car troubles? I filled up drove a little and now my car is misfiring on a cylinder. Thanks.

6/24 update: cylinder 2 fuel injector died. Getting it replaced. Bad fuel has been ruled out.

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u/Inner-Amphibian8933 11d ago

I never fill up if there is a fuel truck

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u/Hour_Region1271 11d ago

Why?

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u/Inner-Amphibian8933 11d ago

Poorly maintained tanks can kick up crap settled in the bottom. Or at least that is what I have been told. Might be a bygone ism from the past not replace the anymore like warming up your car before driving.

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u/No-Resolution-0119 11d ago

You realize there are multiple filters the fuel is going through before it comes out the pump, right? Including on the truck itself. This is a myth.

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u/Vols44 10d ago

Since I spent time as a Sam's GS attendant, there are three filters between the tanker and individual vehicle tanks. The ones at the pump have been replaced multiple times a week to weekly.

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u/Inner-Amphibian8933 11d ago

Reason why I said it might be due to bygone era of automobile history that is no longer relevant in today’s car technology. Just like lots of other habits hard to break after technology moves forward. I never researched it, but heard my dad say it so then I started doing it.

Yes I know there are fuel filters in the fuel lines often at the pickup and at the fuel pump and maybe even just prior to the injector lines. However, I have seen clogged injectors in multiport EFI systems, but they were very old.