Ford diesels dont like sainsburys

Dave101t

ps, bp pay ford millions for their nice little sticker inside the fuel cap, its all marketing baby!

Strider590

I just try to avoid Sainsbury's full stop....... Shopping for the upper class wannabe's, for women who spend 4 hours getting their slap on and picking clothes just to go shopping, for those who don't mind paying too much for their food, they even have special widened BMW parking bay's marked with strange symbols that look like a wheel chair or a child standing next to an adult.
I don't go shopping to have people look at me through their nostrils because I didn't come dressed for Royal Ascot.

Fuel? For me it's got to be brand name, Shell, Esso, BP and the like. I also hate petrol stations (especially those with mini-supermarkets) so when I fill up, I brim it.... £60-£70 a time, but 3 weeks between refuels

bigjl

Dave101t wrote: »

im in an 08 reg mondeo 2 litre diesel, always use sainsburys or morrisons, never a problem and im on 55mpg.
diesel doesnt come in grades, diesel is diesel. unlike petrol, 93/95,97, special, super premium.

if your having a problem id suggest letting a man fill the car...

How many miles do you do per year, what experience have you had using known brand diesel in your Mondeo?

Since you only ever use Sainsburys and Morrisons how do you know that your car will still give the same fuel economy?

My 130 TDCi hit 60mpg on an M25 run on Esso, but regularly hit low 40's on dual carraigway when on Tesco.

Diesel isn't just diesel, the additives and detergents are different in every different petrol station, Esso, BP, etc.

Are you saying that BP are commiting fraud, or as a minimum breaking some form of trade description act or another, when they say that the more expensive "performance" diesel is different and are actually just charging more for no reason.

I assume you have actually researched the information that you rely on in order to voice an opinion, over say 20k or 30k?

Or are you just going by the fuel computer in your car, which you haven't reset since you bought the car?

I think you should inform trading standards, after all it isn't "just marketing baby" it is false advertising and charging extra for nothing more than a different pump, I think you should make sure that they feel the full force of the law.

I will continue to use Esso and BP, and continue to get decent MPG and better performance and drivability.

davidjwest

Dave101t wrote: »

im in an 08 reg mondeo 2 litre diesel, always use sainsburys or morrisons, never a problem and im on 55mpg.
diesel doesnt come in grades, diesel is diesel. unlike petrol, 93/95,97, special, super premium.

if your having a problem id suggest letting a man fill the car...

Try a couple of tankfulls of Shell and report back.

Rossy.

davidjwest wrote: »

Try a couple of tankfulls of Shell and report back.

My RenaultSport clio 197 i've just got rid of stated to only use super unleaded. I only did this a few times and then used any old unleaded in her. She never lost power or fuel economy. whether i was using tesco 95 ron or shell v-power.

In my laguna 1.9dci i have now, she gets anything i can get my hands on. I havent noticed any difference in performance or mpg whether the diesel is from BP, shell, Esso etc.

patman99

When I get a new vehicle, I always keep records of mileage & fuel purchased. That's how I can prove that an Astra 1.7 TD will return 47mpg (ave. con.) on Sainsburys diesel, but 54mpg on Shell.
My Espace returned 36mpg on Sainsburys and 39mpg on Shell.

My Astra also failed it's mot with the highest emission level he had ever recorded after being run on supermarket fuel (after filling-up with Shell, then driving 40 miles up and down the motorway, it passed with flying colours)

smjxm09

So we all agree then that new Fords with Euro V engines are a bit more fussy than some other makes of car when it comes to fuel.

pstuart

smjxm09 wrote: »

So we all agree then that new Fords with Euro V engines are a bit more fussy than some other makes of car when it comes to fuel.

Irony?

I run one of these and will stick to Shell (cheapest near us) where possible.

davidjwest

I was bored and went through my fuel spreadsheet - I've only ever filled up an Sainsbury's once in my current car so for comparison I've checked Shell versus Morrisons diesel:

Shell - 57.28 MPG
Morrisons - 53.66 MPG

I do mainly motorway miles, around 40k a year and commute the same route every week, with cruise control set to the same speed. Of course there are variations due to weather/traffic but the difference is quite clear.

Rexy

I cannot speak for fuel economy, but I can say that in my 2006 Mondeo 2.2 Tdci Estate that I will not be using any supermarket fuel again as far as I can avoid it.

I speak from recent experience where I recently filled up with City Diesel at Sainsbury's Thetford and after 30 miles or so the car just started cutting out on me. Would run on idle but every time I tried to speed up on the motorway even slightly the car would cut out.

Interestingly breakdown chap who came out to see me said that he saw no end of drivers with diesel issues that were probably be related to cheap low sulphur diesel. Supermarkets try to keep their cost down by not adding expensive additives to reduced sulphur fuel.

It is interesting that I've had issues with my car after filling up from one particular store on two different occasions.

I've since added a good dose of off the shelf diesel additive, and diluted the half a tank remaining with an expensive diesel to try and offset the effects. I just hope that the engine has not been damaged.

Anyway, I'm going to try my hardest to stick to fuel from one of the big fuel companies as far as possible. I think I trust their quality control more than I do someone who's main focus is selling baked beans and toothpaste.

Whatever anyone says though, it is true that as engines get more sophistocated they are less happy running on less refined fuels with fewer additives. It has always been the case.