Wyoming Gas Station Pumps Fill Tanks with Diesel Instead of Gasoline
Shawn Henry
Mon, December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC
2 min read
A Wyoming gas station near Riverton might’ve been pumping the wrong fuel for days, wrecking engines and leaving drivers on the hook for pricey fixes. Things kicked off when a local tipped off County 10 News after their ride started acting funky following an October 18 pit stop at the Loaf ’N Jug on North Federal Boulevard. Turned out, a Ford dealership cracked the case: someone dumped diesel into the gas tank instead of regular fuel. The damage? A jaw-dropping $5,000 and counting.
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Then another driver came forward, saying they’d gassed up on October 21 and wound up in the same mess. By then, Loaf ’N Jug’s corporate bosses had fessed up, promising to cover repairs and tossing them a rental. Meanwhile, over at the Ford shop, mechanics were elbows-deep in one diesel-contaminated engine and prepping to haul in yet another. The timeline’s fishy—this wasn’t a one-off. Pumps might’ve been misfueling cars for three solid days before anyone pulled the plug.
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Once County 10 blew the whistle on October 23, attendants scrambled to shut off the suspect pumps, slapping "out of order" bags on the nozzles. But here’s the kicker: how’d this slip through the cracks so long? Diesel in a gas engine’s like sand in a gearbox—it doesn’t exactly ghost. Most times, cars start coughing within minutes, sending drivers (or clerks) into panic mode. Yet here, the blunder hummed along quietly, racking up victims.
No one’s nailed down how many folks got duped. Fixes aren’t cheap. We’re talking full system flushes, toasted injectors, maybe even engine surgery. For now, locals are sweating whether more casualties will crawl out of the woodwork. Pro tip: eyeball your fuel. Gasoline’s clear, smells sharp, and evaporates if you blink; diesel’s thicker, darker, and reeks like a mechanic’s rag. Riverton’s left wondering—who’s next?