Biker was left broken down by roadside for SEVEN HOURS in alleged petrol pump blunder
dailyrecord.co.ukMotorists caught up in a ‘fuel mix-up’ at a rural filling station have this week told how it impacted their trip to the region.Last Friday, we told how drivers were left fuming after an alleged blunder with fuel pumps at the Lix Toll filling station, near Killin.Drivers raised concerns that their vehicles had been filled with the wrong type of fuel – despite saying they had used the correct pumps late last month.Local reports suggested that the petrol station’s unleaded pump was mistakenly filled with diesel.The firm which supplies the fuel to the station vowed to investigate.
Bryan Main, managing director for Certas Energy Mobility, said: “Following a customer query regarding the fuel stock at Lix Toll fuelling station, we have closed the pumps in question while we undertake a full investigation.
The rest of the site remains operational.”One motorist caught up was Dave Mackinnon, from Cambridge, who had filled up at the station at around 11am on Friday, August 30, during a three-day trip where he was riding his motorcycle around Scotland.Dave, who runs a small ambulance company, topped up his KTM motorcycle there, but was left standing by the roadside for more than seven hours when his bike broke down in a lay-by on the A85 – just half a mile from Lix Toll – leaving him with a £260 repair bill.He had purchased around £17 worth of unleaded fuel at the filling station before breaking down.Dave this week told the Stirling Observer: “I only filled up as my colleague needed to – although his bike wasn’t affected as he used a different pump.
I used the pump nearest to the road and put £17.27 worth of unleaded in, the bike started as normal but within 200m of the garage it started to misfire.
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