EXHIBIT 4


     THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION EMPLOYEES
SAVINGS PLAN, made on this 25th day of June, 1998, BY CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION, a Maryland Corporation:

                                   WITNESSETH
     WHEREAS,  Crown Central Petroleum Corporation (the "Company") maintains the
Crown Central Petroleum Employees Savings Plan, amended and restated as of
January 1, 1987 and subsequently amended (the "Plan").  The Company has the
power to amend the Plan and now wishes to do so.
     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is amended as follows:
     I.   Effective September 1, 1998, Section 3.2 of the Plan is amended by
deleting the last sentence in its entirety and by inserting the following new
sentence in its place:
          Matachable Portion means up to eight percent (8%) of   Compensation
allocated to Participant Pre-Tax and Participant After-Tax Contributions
pursuant to Section 3.1.

     II.  Effective January 1, 1998, Section 10.2 of the Plan is amended by
deleting the first paragraph in its entirety and by inserting the following new
paragraph in its place:
          The distribution prescribed by Section 10.1 shall be a lump sum
distribution (a "cash out distribution") of the entire value of the
distributee's participant After-tax Contributions Account, his Participant Pre-
tax Contributions Account and his vested interest in his Employer Matching
Contribution Account.  If the value of the vested portion of all the
participant's Account exceeds $5,000 ($3,500 for distributions prior to January
1, 1998), a cash out distribution may not be made prior to his Normal Retirement
Date unless he and his spouse shall have consented thereto in writing after
receiving the required notice of the right to defer a distribution.  If such
value does not exceed $5,000 at the time of distribution ($3,500 for
distributions prior t January 1, 1998), the Participant's consent is not
required, and the Plan Administrator (following expiration of the 60 day period
hereinafter specified) will direct the Trustee to distribute such value in a
lump sum, in cash and/or in kind.  A distribution in kind shall be subject to
the provisions of Section 7.5 and shall be made only if written application for
the same is filed with the Plan Administrator within sixty (60) days after the
Participant's separation from service.

III. In all respects not amended, the Plan is hereby ratified and confirmed.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed by
its duly authorized officer and its corporate seal duly attested as of the day
and year first above written.


ATTEST:                CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION



/s/--DOLORES B. RAWLINGS By:/s/-- HENRY A. ROSENBERG, JR.
                       Chairman of the Board