1st Diesel car - avoid supermarket fuel?

motorguy

kevinc2 wrote: »

Having just caused 3k worth damage to my Ford Focus ST with Diesel contaminated with water at a Tesco filling station I would strongly agree! Car has only done 8.5k and is 8 months old, Tesco will not accept liability either as I am the only one who has complained. Currently seeking consequently loses vis supply of goods & services act

Sorry, but if no other cars were contaminated, you're barking up the wrong tree blaming the tesco fuel

Minrich

Someone tried to blame Tesco locally for putting diesel in their petrol storage tanks , but they were the only person to fill up incorrectly !

FreddieFrugal

kevinc2 wrote: »

Having just caused 3k worth damage to my Ford Focus ST with Diesel contaminated with water at a Tesco filling station I would strongly agree! Car has only done 8.5k and is 8 months old, Tesco will not accept liability either as I am the only one who has complained. Currently seeking consequently loses vis supply of goods & services act

It's not as bad as in the Tesco cafe! Their drinks machines always contaminate the cola with water. It's a right rip off when they charge you as if it were a full cup of coke when it's actually at least 50% water. Now that's a money maker.

movilogo

Some diesel cars are notoriously bad for filter clogging. In recent BBC Watchdog episode, Hyundai ix35 1.7 diesel was featured (same engine used in Kia Sportage). The fuel fliter clogs and car suddenly loses all power. Very scary incident.

Govt. legislates what diesel pumps can sell. So, it is an urban myth that supermarket fuel is of poor quality than Shell/BP etc. Often fuel comes from same refinery!

DPF, DMF, fuel filter clogging etc. - don't think diesel cars are worthy unless you do commercial mega mileage.

EdGasket

"Often fuel comes from same refinery! "

Maybe but don't Shell, BP add their own additives pack? Hence you get V-Power, Ultimate, and Optimax etc.; that can't be the same as supermarket stuff can it?

Paradigm

EdGasket wrote: »

Maybe but don't Shell, BP add their own additives pack? Hence you get V-Power, Ultimate, and Optimax etc.; that can't be the same as supermarket stuff can it?

That's pretty much what the whole thread is about, some say there's no real difference & some say there is with no proper evidence to prove either way.

Minrich

movilogo wrote: »

Some diesel cars are notoriously bad for filter clogging. In recent BBC Watchdog episode, Hyundai ix35 1.7 diesel was featured (same engine used in Kia Sportage). The fuel fliter clogs and car suddenly loses all power. Very scary incident.

Govt. legislates what diesel pumps can sell. So, it is an urban myth that supermarket fuel is of poor quality than Shell/BP etc. Often fuel comes from same refinery!

DPF, DMF, fuel filter clogging etc. - don't think diesel cars are worthy unless you do commercial mega mileage.

EdGasket wrote: »

"Often fuel comes from same refinery! "

Maybe but don't Shell, BP add their own additives pack? Hence you get V-Power, Ultimate, and Optimax etc.; that can't be the same as supermarket stuff can it?

Why don't people read the whole thread ? This has been discussed already in this post !

alderpoint

IanRi wrote: »

It's not as bad as in the Tesco cafe! Their drinks machines always contaminate the cola with water. It's a right rip off when they charge you as if it were a full cup of coke when it's actually at least 50% water. Now that's a money maker.

All soft-drinks dispensing machines are like this. The drink comes as a concentrate which is mixed with gas and air when it is dispensed. I suppose really you could say that tea and coffee are the same: 99% water!

alderpoint

movilogo wrote: »

Some diesel cars are notoriously bad for filter clogging. In recent BBC Watchdog episode, Hyundai ix35 1.7 diesel was featured (same engine used in Kia Sportage). The fuel fliter clogs and car suddenly loses all power. Very scary incident.

Standard cold-weather waxing problem from the sound of it. Most countries (UK included) have a different formulation for winter diesel than for summer diesel. Problem occurs when someone tops up with summer diesel and then doesn't use it all before the cold weather arrives.