“I’m completely out of pocket and there doesn’t seem to be any redress. My car was making funny noises at the end of August, so I brought it to my local garage. They didn’t think anything was wrong, but when I brought it back after doing a bit more mileage they said the engine was gone [due to] fuel contamination,” said Mr McNulty, adding that he got all his fuel in a filling station in Swinford.
Mr McNulty said he believes the stretched petrol, or ‘jungle juice’ as he calls it, was delivered in June and that the damage to most cars has only coming to light in the last number of weeks. “The newer the car the quicker they went,” he said.
The Swinford man, who has spent €2,000 repairing his car, explained that he was lucky to get his hands on a secondhand engine.Other people with newer cars are facing bills of up to €7,000 for replacement engines, he said.
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