Avoid Tesco Diesel

hunnybunny86

kittiej wrote: »

Well my local Texas Oil Co has in the past managed to get water in the tanks, but never diesel in a petrol tank.

BUT, I did once fill up and panic when I realised the pump said unleaded and I've got diesel cars. I double checked the pipes and they were black and the attendent said the unleaded was sticking inside the pump - so you never can tell really

Thanks kittiej, this gives me a bit more ammunition when it comes to argueing my case.:)

hunnybunny86

MrsE wrote: »

I was filling up in Tesco yesterday (Surrey) & the girl serving me was asking another for advice with a complaint & a helpline number re contiminated petrol (I think they said with water though).

Yes I've read in a paper somewhere last week that they had found water in the diesel at Somerfield's and two cars had broken down as a direct result of it. It's hard to know who to trust nowadays when refueling. Never had trouble with fueling in 20 years of driving before!:(

hunnybunny86

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

I find it improbable that the filling station somehow mixed petrol and diesel, and instead much more likely that someone working at the garage misfuelled your car.

Or, you did.

Impossible that I did (have the evidence). Still possible the garage did but very unlikely as the tank was virually full when I took the car in.

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Little wonder people get confused at Tesco;

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-9169.aspx

pulliptears

I had problems last year with my TR7, filled it up with petrol and within ten minutes it was juddering and misfiring. Couldnt prove it though and TBH for £20 it wasn't worth it. I try not to use Tesco wherever possible.

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pulliptears wrote: »

I try not to use Tesco wherever possible.

I would drive 5 miles to avoid them.;)

MrsE_2

I use the cheapest, cost me £42 at the pump yesterday!

paulofessex

I wonder if appraoching the local paper may be useful, if the paper are happy to run with it it may assist in locating other drivers who may have suffered the same issue. Failing that most papers have the 'readers letters' page so you could try that if the paper is to scared to go up against a large company

Crabman

How about contacting trading standards to let them know and put them on notice of the potential problem?

If I remember rightly when the Tesco/Morrisons petrol contamination issue came up in 2007 it was trading standards who did tests on the fuel and found an abnormality. This was despite Tesco doing their 'own' tests and finding no problem with the fuel

There are a couple of links you may find useful under the Damage/Repair/Servicing title: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=948067

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

hunnybunny86 wrote: »

Impossible that I did (have the evidence). Still possible the garage did but very unlikely as the tank was virually full when I took the car in.

So the garage took the car out for 200 miles, collecting parts, etc.