Tesco Diesel

Scrapit

I've known several people with issues due to supermarket fuel. The majority of people I know use it over branded fuel though.

motorguy

Scrapit wrote: »

I've known several people with issues due to supermarket fuel. The majority of people I know use it over branded fuel though.

I think theres a lot of people will say they've had problems with supermarket fuel, but the reality is their car would have had an issue with injectors, pump or whatever has went on them anyway. Its just easy for their mechanic to put the part failure down to "oh supermarket fuel".

Scrapit

motorguy wrote: »

I think theres a lot of people will say they've had problems with supermarket fuel, but the reality is their car would have had an issue with injectors, pump or whatever has went on them anyway. Its just easy for their mechanic to put the part failure down to "oh supermarket fuel".

Ok then, there is at least one person I know who knows cars extremely well that has had a problem with fuel from a supermarket. Now I would trust what he tells me as if my life depended on it. But that's not to say that branded fuels don't have problems too. I would be absolutely flabergasted to hear that supermarket fuel never has any issues due to the sheer volume it moves. Everyone knows of a quality control issue with mass produced products. Why not fuel. It it certainly cannot be due to British Standards because I've known personally of umpteen failings in those across various formats of products which should be BS compliant.

EdGasketTheSecond

Supersonos wrote: »

And when those results of the fuel samples were shown to the judge, how much compensation did she rule Tesco must pay your Brother-in-law?

He didn't take it to court as fuel was bought over a long period. he knew where he got it from and which car it went in but impossible to prove. Also he wasn't interested in pursuing it legally.



The diagnosis, which included sample parts and fuel being sent away to a lab, was that it was contamination with silicon and couldn't be cleaned; the entire fuel system would need replacing.

hareng

If that were the case every supermarket fuel in the land would be under suspicion.
It all comes from the same place the only difference is a few ingrdients to each customers order. All supermarket fuel has silicon in it to reduce the frothing during transport.


Cars get old parts wear out especially fuel pumps that have run dry, its just a gross exageration.

attila_

I too have heard the same.

I’ve been told that supermarkets ‘water’ down the diesel with lipton ice tea as its the same colour. On petrol as its clear they just simply add evian.

I definately notice the difference when driving.

Korkyb

As I understand it (& I heard this from a bloke in the pub who's mum used to know a guy that worked near a refinery).


When the tankers go to fill up with the flower suffocating / child killing amber nectar the premium brands get to fill up with golden fuel from shiny nozzles at the front of the refinery.


Supermarket tankers are send round the back where they have to fill up with fuel made up of:


- scraped up spillages
- fuel siphoned from scrapyard cars
- slugs and snails (and puppy-dogs' tails).


And that's from the horses mouth.




I personally used to use Tesco fuel but after suffering a puncture I vowed never to use it again.


Not had a puncture since.

JamoLew

I also notice an increase in mpg on a long drive with premium diesel.

No noticeable difference between supermarket and none supermarket tho

wongataa

Scrapit wrote: »

Everyone knows of a quality control issue with mass produced products. Why not fuel. It it certainly cannot be due to British Standards because I've known personally of umpteen failings in those across various formats of products which should be BS compliant.

There are something like four oil refineries in the country. They make all the fuel for the country - all the brands use the output from these refineries. The only difference is the additive packs added when the tankers are loaded at the oil storage facilities of which there are only a few too.


Any quality control issues with fuel are likely to affect many different brands as it will be used by many of them before the issues are fixed.

waamo

Loads of people have a "friend of a friend" who has had their car knackered by supermarket fuel.

The "friend of a friend" never seems to post a reliable first hand account though.

A bit like UFO chasers really.