Bad gas?...
 

So I read through a bunch of threads with people asking about the possibility of getting bad gas from the pump. 9 out of 10 turned out to be something different wrong with the car...

Heres the question. With all this talk I hear sometimes about bad gas this and bad gas that...Has anybody ever actually gotten bad gas? I mean a fill up, runs like sh!t, run the tank down, refill someplace different, fixed...?

I ask because my problem pertains to my motorcycle.

I went out riding today with a buddy. Probably about 30 mins. Bike ran great. We stopped for food, about 45 mins. Left, still running good. 10 mins later stopped for gas. I filled up, he didn't get any. A few minutes later the bike started running like crap.

Loss of power, bucking, sputtering, it felt like it was running on half the cylinders. The power still seems to be mostly there in the high rpms, but its real sputtery in the low rpms, (5000 and under) we rode back to his house about 15 mins away and it stayed the same the whole way no better no worse.

It just seems to be too coincidental to be anything but the gas. It was from a station I have never gone to before but it wasnt a rinky dink little nothing gas station either.

Do you think I got bad gas?

Details:

Gulf gas station in Middletown CT.

2006 Suzuki GSXR1000 13,000 miles

Easy way to find out:

Since it's a pressurized fuel pump system, all you have to do is get a large fuel can, drain all the current gas into it, then fill the gas tank with new gas from a different gas station, close to home, that you trust.

Then fire the bike up, and see if its fixed.

But yes, bad gas happens.
Usually right after massive rain storms.
What happens is that there's bits attached to the huge in ground fuel tanks at the gas station that are supposed to prevent water from getting into the fuel tank, and in this case, they failed.

If the new gas fixes the problem, take the old gas back to the station, with the old receipt, and tell them you want your money back.

BC.

depends dude, what did you eat? Fava beans are notorious for lots of gas



lol <3

Hmm... It has been pretty rainy on and off the past few days. I had no idea that would affect things like that. Good to know.

I plan to drain the gas this weekend and refill to see what happens. Thanks for the incite.


First thing I thought of... LOL

Forgot about this thread. Just a follow up. New gas didn't do the trick. I ended up changing the plugs and it runs great now.

You just needed a tune up then, okay.