asda diesel freezing? compensation??

cpd-iii

Hi, my citroen diesel broke down yesterday and the garage have told me its due to the fuel going lumpy / gel-like. They said there is evidently less additives for lowering the freezing point in the diesel I bought from Asda which caused this.

They are recommending draining the tank and refilling with Shell/Esso fuel. As I bought about £70 worth of diesel and the tank is not far from full, I'm not keen on this idea. WOuld be good to know if I am likely to be able to claim my money back and ideally for the garage bill also...

Any help or ideas would be appreciated.

CPD-III

bryanb

cpd-iii wrote: »

Hi, my citroen diesel broke down yesterday and the garage have told me its due to the fuel going lumpy / gel-like. They said there is evidently less additives for lowering the freezing point in the diesel I bought from Asda which caused this.

They are recommending draining the tank and refilling with Shell/Esso fuel. As I bought about £70 worth of diesel and the tank is not far from full, I'm not keen on this idea. WOuld be good to know if I am likely to be able to claim my money back and ideally for the garage bill also...

Any help or ideas would be appreciated.

CPD-III

Why not add your own additives, a bottle of Miller's is about £12.

Inactive

The old trick was to add a small amount of petrol to the diesel to stop it freezing.

I avoid supermarket fuel.

cpd-iii

Inactive wrote: »

I avoid supermarket fuel.

:beer:
I will in future...
lesson learnt

cpd-iii

bryanb wrote: »

Why not add your own additives, a bottle of Miller's is about £12.

what is millers? Do you just add it into the full fuel tank of diesel?
where do I get it?

Imp

Apparently the Soviets would light a fire under the fuel tanks of their battle tanks before start up to warm the fuel a bit. You could try this.

editted to add;

My wife has instructed me to say "do not try this" in case the OP does try this amd then sues me

bryanb

cpd-iii wrote: »

what is millers? Do you just add it into the full fuel tank of diesel?
where do I get it?

It's an additive that claims to do everything, you can order online, google Millers oils, or try a local car accessory shop. Just add to the tank. I find it useful when using supermarket diesel

cpd-iii

bryanb wrote: »

It's an additive that claims to do everything, you can order online, google Millers oils, or try a local car accessory shop. Just add to the tank. I find it useful when using supermarket diesel

Called Millers Technical help desk and they don't do it anymore. alot of people have been calling asking about this recently...surprising that...

paddedjohn

This is why supermarket fuel is cheaper, LACK of ADDITIVES. You gets whats ya pays for!
As above, add about a pint of petrol to the full tank

Hammyman

Diesel freezes. It is unavoidable without doing special mixes which would then cause issues when the temp rises and some modern cars aren't happy with. You've not told us where you live. In some areas near me it was -18C last night and in others below -10 and there's not much UK sourced diesel which wouldn't freeze under that.

cpd-iii

paddedjohn wrote: »

This is why supermarket fuel is cheaper, LACK of ADDITIVES. You gets whats ya pays for!
As above, add about a pint of petrol to the full tank

If I had known this and the implications prior to buying it, I would not have bought it.

Hindsight is 20-20...