MAP: Chicago Area Gas Stations Listed for Tainted BP Gas Sales

Dozens of suburban Chicago stations including those in Glen Ellyn, Elmhurst, Hinsdale Naperville, Woodridge and Bolingbrook, are listed in a searchable database of stations that have sold gas that was recently recalled. There are no BP stations in Wheaton.

BP released the searchable database on their website Wednesday, where people can enter a town name to find stations that inadvertently sold the tainted gas. 

Issues caused by the tainted gas include:

• hard starts, or not starting
• rough idling
• stalling

The tainted gas leaves a polymeric residue that gets stuck on fuel injectors and spark plugs, leading to the hard starts, or none at all. The problem stemmed from an alkylation unit at the company’s Whiting, Ind. refinery, according to BP.

About 16,000 calls have been received as of Friday in relation to the recall, and they have started paying out claims, BP said in a release.

The company suggested the following for people who may have engine problems from the gas:

Any consumer who purchased off-specification fuel wishing to file a claim should call 1-800-333-3991 or 1-800-599-9040 to speak to a claims representative.  Consumers should save sales receipts, credit/debit card records and repair bills. They can also access information and submit an online inquiry at www.bpresponse.com. 

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