When you buy sunoco make sure it's not methanol

1320racer · 10-27-2018, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cmracing

I don't know if his fuel got pumped from a drum, or from a pump.

we do know...

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Originally Posted by Eddiejr2892

at Charlotte bought 5 gallons of 112 from sunoco, Come to find out that gave methanol at the sunoco truck .

it was the the fuel pumper's mistake at the truck and the OP's for not recognizing that he was pouring alcohol.

so again, what does he expect to be done?

Eddiejr2892 · 10-28-2018, 10:14 AM

The fuel was pumped from a 55 gallon drum into a brand new sealed 5 gallon can

It's not that I'm whining and complaining
It's bad that I spent 1500.00 to get to a national
Event and never get down the track or get to move on ladder , changed fuel pump, changed ignition , and carburetor,
The whole deal sucks and ruined my weekend
It was a mistake and shouldn't have happened but it did ,

10-28-2018, 11:26 AM

The same thing happened to me at Atco about 25 years ago when I first started racing stock. Was supposed to be C12 and was methanol. It was a track mistake then a driver error. From that day on when I purchase a new jug of fuel or take fuel from a unfamiliar source, I spill a little into the cap or on the ground just to make sure its the right stuff.

Doesn't sound like a brand problem, sounds like a handling and racing management problem. Both fuels work great. You had a once in a lifetime problem that I'm sure won't happen again. Chalk it up to experience.

1320racer · 10-28-2018, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Eddiejr2892

It was a mistake and shouldn't have happened but it did ,

and it's on you!

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Originally Posted by Todd Hoven

sounds like a handling and racing management problem. Both fuels work great. You had a once in a lifetime problem that I'm sure won't happen again. Chalk it up to experience.

EXACTLY!

Stop your whining and complaining!

10-28-2018, 10:14 AM	#2
Eddiejr2892 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 32 Likes: 4 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: When you buy sunoco make sure it's not methanol The fuel was pumped from a 55 gallon drum into a brand new sealed 5 gallon can It's not that I'm whining and complaining It's bad that I spent 1500.00 to get to a national Event and never get down the track or get to move on ladder , changed fuel pump, changed ignition , and carburetor, The whole deal sucks and ruined my weekend It was a mistake and shouldn't have happened but it did ,

10-28-2018, 11:26 AM	#3
Todd Hoven Guest Posts: n/a	Re: When you buy sunoco make sure it's not methanol The same thing happened to me at Atco about 25 years ago when I first started racing stock. Was supposed to be C12 and was methanol. It was a track mistake then a driver error. From that day on when I purchase a new jug of fuel or take fuel from a unfamiliar source, I spill a little into the cap or on the ground just to make sure its the right stuff. Doesn't sound like a brand problem, sounds like a handling and racing management problem. Both fuels work great. You had a once in a lifetime problem that I'm sure won't happen again. Chalk it up to experience.