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Drivers blame Sinopec for car problems
By Wang Xiang |
April 21, 2010, Wednesday
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CHINA'S largest oil refiner is investigating whether there are problems in its gasoline products after drivers complained of damaged fuel systems and corrosion.
In three Henan Province cities of Xinxiang, Anyang and Jiaozuo, car owners have been lining up outside the office of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, known as Sinopec, since late March to demand compensation for their damaged cars.
They said their fuel systems were corroded after using Sinopec's 93-octane gasoline, China Radio International reported today. Angry car owners demanded the company reimburse them for repairs.
A manager with a Hyundai garage named Li Hongyu said it had received 1,200 cases of damaged fuel systems within 10 days. Tests on the gas they were using showed 9.8 percent manganese additive, 97 times higher than the national standard.
Li said this kind of additive was used as an anti-spattering agent in gasoline yet too much could corrode engine components such as piston rings.
Driver Li Qi kept a sample of the gas he got from a Sinopec gas station which appeared red, he told China Radio. Li said his engine started to perform strangely while spouting red or black fluid.
In early April when complaints started to emerge, Sinopec's Anyang office said stalling cars was normal because gas stations were using a new generation of gasoline with additives to protect the environment.
The statement revealed nothing more but the Anyang unit started to offer free repairs and fuel system cleaning for the damaged cars.
Officials with Beijing-based Sinopec said today it would not presume anything until the investigation was over. The company's gas products in other provinces were safe, according to the report.
In three Henan Province cities of Xinxiang, Anyang and Jiaozuo, car owners have been lining up outside the office of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, known as Sinopec, since late March to demand compensation for their damaged cars.
They said their fuel systems were corroded after using Sinopec's 93-octane gasoline, China Radio International reported today. Angry car owners demanded the company reimburse them for repairs.
A manager with a Hyundai garage named Li Hongyu said it had received 1,200 cases of damaged fuel systems within 10 days. Tests on the gas they were using showed 9.8 percent manganese additive, 97 times higher than the national standard.
Li said this kind of additive was used as an anti-spattering agent in gasoline yet too much could corrode engine components such as piston rings.
Driver Li Qi kept a sample of the gas he got from a Sinopec gas station which appeared red, he told China Radio. Li said his engine started to perform strangely while spouting red or black fluid.
In early April when complaints started to emerge, Sinopec's Anyang office said stalling cars was normal because gas stations were using a new generation of gasoline with additives to protect the environment.
The statement revealed nothing more but the Anyang unit started to offer free repairs and fuel system cleaning for the damaged cars.
Officials with Beijing-based Sinopec said today it would not presume anything until the investigation was over. The company's gas products in other provinces were safe, according to the report.
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