Gas mixed with windshield washer fluid causes vehicles to break down: fuel analysis company
CTV
A fuel analysis company says it now knows the contaminant that was mixed with gas at a Guelph gas station, causing dozens of vehicles to break down.
A fuel analysis company says it now knows the contaminant that was mixed with gas at a Guelph gas station, causing dozens of vehicles to break down.
Last month, CTV News reported the story about drivers who said they filled up their tanks at a Mobil Gas Station on Woolwich Street, only to be faced with hefty repair bills for their vehicles due to tainted gas.
A new lab study submitted by one of the victims determined the contaminant mixed with the gas was a highly concentrated windshield washer fluid.
“Which was not expected that was very unusual,” said Bill Quesnel, the president of Wearcheck Canada, the fuel analaysis company who did the study on the gas.
Quesnel said it is possible for ground water to leak into a fuel supply from time to time but finding washer fluid is not common. He said the mix-up could have happened during transport.
“Likely that the delivery vehicle, which would deliver fuel as well as other fuel products, possibly would not have been flushed properly. So there was a portion of washer fluid,” he said.
