Watered-Down gas in North Little Rock

Download: RSS | Email Alerts | Text Alerts | Mobile

FOX16 - Little Rock, Arkansas News and Weather

Tornado Watch expires at 10:00 PM on 5/21, issued at 3:00 PM Almyra, AR | Arkansas City, AR | Armorel, AR | Aubrey, AR

Tornado Watch expires at 10:00 PM on 5/21, issued at 1:48 PM Alleene, AR | Alpine, AR | Altheimer, AR | Amity, AR

Severe Thunderstorm Warning expires at 6:30 PM on 5/21, issued at 5:32 PM Bradley, AR | Buckner, AR | Doddridge, AR | Emerson, AR

Severe Thunderstorm Warning expires at 6:15 PM on 5/21, issued at 5:12 PM Alleene, AR | Ashdown, AR | Ben Lomond, AR | Blevins, AR

"This is fuel that was taken out of my car," explained Regina Butler as she held up a jar full of what looked like water. Butler says she bought the watered down fuel at a Shell station on J.F.K. Boulevard in North Little Rock. Then less than a mile away, her car broke down.

Click here to read the full story.

Thank you for being a part of the FOX16.com community! Everyone is invited and encouraged to comment here but comments containing the following will be removed:
1. Racist or bigoted slurs
2. Abusive, off-topic, or foul language
3. Slander, defamation, and personal attacks
4. Spam or advertising
5. Advocating or celebrating the death, illness, or misfortune of any person, public figure or otherwise
6. Comments posted with the explicit intention of provoking others
7. Content that may infringe the copyright or intellectual property rights of others or other applicable laws or regulations.

Post a Comment

Comments

clarobert - 10/17/2012 11:58 AM

0 Votes

Report User

RADAD - Did you bother to read the story, or do you comment based solely on headlines and speculative inuendo? The station owner indicated that he accepts responsibility for his customer's misfortune and is paying to have their vehicles repaired. He was merely stating that it wasn't a lack of maintenance or faulty tanks that led to the water in the tanks. He is correct, and state inspectors confirmed his statement. I applaud this business owner for taking the proper steps to correct the matter for his customers.

OnlyG0dCnJgeMe - 9/30/2012 12:55 AM

0 Votes

Report User

3 weeks ago I put $50 in gas at the kum n go on baseline and university. 5 minutes later when I entered I~30 my truck started hesitating while driving on the express way. the next morning I had a terrible misfire an then I noticed white smoke. Took it to my mechanic to find one of my injectors had gone bad. When I read this story I thought about it was starting to rain when I pulled into the station that day. Just one of those things that makes you wonder

pat72209 - 9/29/2012 1:10 PM

0 Votes

Report User

Water sits on the bottom of the tank....the tank has to be VERY LOW on gas to get to the water..for it to get in your car....OR THE TANK WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF WATER IN IT. You "stick" your tanks every day to see how much you sold and have left... and what you put on the end of the "stick" will turn a color if water is there.....So?

CptKirksnipple - 9/29/2012 2:59 AM

0 Votes

Report User

When is the last time any one has seen a gas station drain the water sumps? Where do they put the Water that is contaminated with Benzene?

CptKirksnipple - 9/29/2012 2:30 AM

0 Votes

Report User

Can anyone tell me the acceptable flash point of Bio-Diesel? ASTM Standards?

CptKirksnipple - 9/29/2012 2:27 AM

0 Votes

Report User

2F071 smells something fishy....Might it be the ethanol and the change of temp? Ethanol absorbs water and falls out. Wait till the Bio Diesel gets hit with the weather changes!

RADAD - 9/29/2012 12:14 AM

0 Votes

Report User

The Shell station is responsible for any and all fuel it sells to the consumer. Vandalism, employee theft, whatever. That stations owner is responsible for the fuel it sells. Not their fault, is it ever?

Mr Tom - 9/28/2012 7:47 PM

5 Votes

Report User

Way to go, admit there's a problem, face it, and pay the cost! That's how it is supposed to be done!

The links below are paid advertisements. FOX16 is not responsible for their content.

Current Conditions

68°	High: 82° \| Low: 64° Cloudy

Full Forecast