asda diesel freezing? compensation??

cpd-iii

Hammyman wrote: »

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.

Live in Maidenhead, East Berkshire. Think it was -8/-10 last night.

Hintza

If you had to drain the tank just store the stuff and use it later?

cpd-iii

Thanks for the advice folks.

Does anyone have any experience of claiming against the likes of Asda / Tesco for such damage?
How would I go about it? The fuel was purchased using a fuel card so the date and value of purchase will be recorded

skiddlydiddly

Claim for what, cold weather?Asda don't control that.

If you'd asked them to guarentee it wasn't going to freeze and it did you'd probably have a case.

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cpd-iii wrote: »

Thanks for the advice folks.

Does anyone have any experience of claiming against the likes of Asda / Tesco for such damage?
How would I go about it? The fuel was purchased using a fuel card so the date and value of purchase will be recorded

It hasn't actually caused any " damage " as such.

Try putting a small amount of petrol in it, as suggested earlier, or wait until it thaws out.

mikey72

Usually it's good to -15 C but it's adjusted for the expected temperature in the area. If it was just down to supermarket diesel there'd by a lot in the news, so maybe you were unlucky with a bad windchill. No guarantee shell would have been better.

highet

had tanks of diesel '' freeze'' in both french alps and italian dolomites when its been very cold - thats what diesel does - hardly asda's fault

forgotmyname

Heat the fuel filter, Seen small bands that wrap around the filter & connect to a 12v supply.

Not seen anything like it for a while with modern fuels probably not a huge demand but when only trucks
and the odd taxi used diesel they were available.

Couple of headlamp bulbs as close to the filter as possible will warm it up a bit. Dont leave it to drain the battery though.

bryanb

If the car is near power, a hairdryer on the fuel filter for 10 mins may do it
Parafffin is better than petrol as an additive (if you can get it)

Wig

Got a garage? Heat the garage and the fuel should return to be ok, or put a hot air heater under the tank blowing onto the tank.

If you do drain the tank get some 25 litre containers from a heating oil/fuels supplier to store your diesel in, don't let the garage keep it there will be nothing wrong with it when added to a tank of shell diesel.