Dodgy fuel selling..BBC report

cam8

pgilc1 wrote: »

Even if it means damaging your engine to save a few pence now?

Been there, done that. Had to replace the engine in my car for the sake of a few pennies. Won't be doing that again.

Anyway, I spoke to a Customs man a while back. He will only fill up at supermarkets as they definitely don't do dodgy stuff (apart from Tescos in the south of England a while back...lol)

nickcardwell

cam8 wrote: »

Anyway, I spoke to a Customs man a while back. He will only fill up at supermarkets as they definitely don't do dodgy stuff (apart from Tescos in the south of England a while back...lol)

my wife works at a vauxhall garage (service dept) and they get a lot of people coming in complaining about the car (loosing power/spluttering not sounding right etc)

one of the first things they now ask is where do you get your fuel.

99% of the times its tescos/sainsburys, and of that 99% of the people dont do great miles (less than 8-9k a year) .

She was saying sainsburys and tescos fuels are alright if your doing big runs in the car. Short journeys its not great.....

People will they hear that think they are talking crap, but she was saying the other week a woman took the advice and she has came in thanking her as her car is now running much better...

ballyblack

I agree.

Older Fords also do not like cheap supermarket petrol

In my opionn BP ultimate or Shell is better quality and works out no more expensive in the long run

BigAl94

The supermarkets sell petrol that meets legal requirements but is often "stale" fuel which is old and of lesser quality. You maybe heard a representative from Asda being interviewd this week on their reduction to 91.5 p per litre and he cited the reason as a reduction in demand in USA which had an effect on wholesale markets - the effect is a lot of "old" fuel available at reduced price. Also they keep the cost per litre down by not putting additives in the fuel that keep engines clean. that is why they run poorly especially if usage is light.

diamond4736

Hi, I don't know if any of you have heard of bio fuel, basically if you have a diesel vehicle you can add cooking oil to the diesel which saves you a lot of money, i think you have to find out the quantity of cooking oil you use per gallon of diesel, i think to start with you use 90% diesel to 10% cooking oil then increase the amount of cooking oil each time to see what percentage your vehicle can take, a friend of my dad's swears by it, there are also garages where you can fill up, its worth having a look on the web as there is a lot of info about it if your interested

motorguy

diamond4736 wrote: »

basically if you have a diesel vehicle you can add cooking oil to the diesel which saves you a lot of money, i think you have to find out the quantity of cooking oil you use per gallon of diesel, i think to start with you use 90% diesel to 10% cooking oil then increase the amount of cooking oil each time to see what percentage your vehicle can take

All i can say is :eek:

I think sticking cooking oil into your car - no matter what the ratio - is a recipe (no pun intended) for long term disaster.

ballyblack

then increase the amount of cooking oil each time to see what percentage your vehicle can take

The fact is that diesel fuel lubricants the injector pump of the engine. There will be no sign to the driver that this lubricity is not sufficent in the fuel and can lead to pump failure and expense to fix.

Older design indirect diesel injection engine would be more tolerant of a higher bio percentage mix than 10%

motorguy

Can i direct people to some of the responses diamond got when he posted this on another forum here, just in case someone is off down to tescos for a value drum of cooking oil

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=6037402#post6037402

dmxdave

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6949861.stm

Off at a tangent!