Georgia Drivers Upset After Filling Their Tanks With Wrong Liquid At Gas Station

An error at a Georgia fuel station triggered various issues for drivers who crammed up their tanks on the location.

A Murphy USA fuel station mentioned diesel gas mistakenly positioned within the incorrect tank triggered various drivers to “unknowingly” replenish with the incorrect gas, WTVC reported.

“I obtained out on the interstate or on the freeway and it was sluggish ... simply not performing proper form of bogging down,” driver Marty Walker mentioned about their automobile.

The diesel gas in a gas-powered automobile’s tank is a “extra widespread mistake than one may suppose,” J.D. Energy and Associates wrote.

A gas-powered automobile’s engine can nonetheless run if diesel is positioned within the tank. Nonetheless, it is because it's “nonetheless operating on” the remaining fuel, the web site mentioned.

The corporate, in a press release to WTVC, mentioned it intends to “make issues proper” for patrons affected by the error.

Drivers, together with Jessica Bradshaw Gregory, described lengthy wait instances for a mechanic as a result of fuel station’s error.

WTVC reported seeing staff changing the fuel station’s tank on Friday.