What establishment oversees the quality off diesel coming out of the pumps?
Is it easy for an independent station to dilute their fuel for profit?

---been seeing alot of threads about fuel economy (for good reason), but the trend is that many have suffered SUDDEN drops.

wtf?

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The EPA regulates fuel.

Dilute it with what? They can add kerosene but its almost $0.30 per gallon more expensive.

Those are individual cases, they are not an indication of a mass problem.

So the EPA is involved w/ output of refined of petroleum, not just methods / waste / affects?

I suppose many are just payng more attention, more closely now.

thanks.. still researching.

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http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/fuels/diesel/420f06033.htm

some relevant info

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/fuels/diesel/diesel.htm

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The cheapest thing they could water down their diesel with would be biodiesel and that would not account for the drop in economy that is being reported. I run B99 and my fuel economy is better than most!

I suspect the Better Business Bureau would be of far more use than the EPA in an individual station's fuel quality cheating.

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL

Why dilute the fuel when it's a lot easier to "fix" the pumps to deliver less fuel than indicated?

Try one more time!!!

My sentiments exactly:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=221455

bureaucracy - too much coffee

I tend towards conspiracy a bit too often, but I promise. .I am literate.

I alloso don ot think that everyone is cheating their pumps.. but they are not maintained at the proper calibration. Anyone with a "friend" in the local dept. of weights and measures can probably slip by with a good fudge, though.

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In Florida it is regulated and tested by the dept. of agriculture. I suspect it's pretty much the same in most states.