reasons for not buying supermarket fuel
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Bye Bye lambda sensor!
once filled up at morrisons 'cos my dad gave me one of those miles cards, felt like i had that hydrolic bouncing suspension fitted for that tank and the next two! never again!
once filled up at morrisons 'cos my dad gave me one of those miles cards, felt like i had that hydrolic bouncing suspension fitted for that tank and the next two! never again!
wifes car runs only on supermarket fuel mainly morrisons and no problems so far
sumplug
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What a load of tosh that story is. All the different companies fill their tankers from the same refinery. In the North where i live, its in Cheshire and you can see Shell, Elf, tesco, Morrison, Total, Esso. Bp etc etc tankers all waiting to fill up!! So if supermarket petrol is contaminated, so are the others!!
Andy.
Andy.
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What a load of tosh that story is. All the different companies fill their tankers from the same refinery. In the North where i live, its in Cheshire and you can see Shell, Elf, tesco, Morrison, Total, Esso. Bp etc etc tankers all waiting to fill up!! So if supermarket petrol is contaminated, so are the others!!
Andy.
that BBC report is wrong. as ive heard it, tesco bought some on the cheap from somewhere else.
What a load of tosh that story is. All the different companies fill their tankers from the same refinery. In the North where i live, its in Cheshire and you can see Shell, Elf, tesco, Morrison, Total, Esso. Bp etc etc tankers all waiting to fill up!! So if supermarket petrol is contaminated, so are the others!!
Andy.
Theres a distribution depot near us - between bramhall and poynton, in cheshire. Yes, all manner of different branded tankers come out of it.
I use Tesco fuel most often, cant say I recall any problems. I did hear a few years ago when supermarkets started selling petrol, that the fuel they were selling was 'stale' petrol that had been in tanks for a long time, have no idea if theres any truth in that, probably just another rumour.
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just watched news they said its happening all over the country, tesco said they have checked fuel from a problem car and the fuel is no different from what they always sell
I stopped using Sainsburies petrol for the same reason. Jerked off like a motor possed when trying to leave the forecourt.
I used a variety of "different" branded fuels in my motor, I found Total lost if economy after a while and then after a while Sainburies started fooking about with my power output, car felt sluggish and none responsive. BP??? NEVER EVER EVER, horrible stuff.
Never had a problem with the SHELL... except the Vpower burns way too quickley.
Maybe the supermarkets don't keep their tanks as clean as other stations.
I used a variety of "different" branded fuels in my motor, I found Total lost if economy after a while and then after a while Sainburies started fooking about with my power output, car felt sluggish and none responsive. BP??? NEVER EVER EVER, horrible stuff.
Never had a problem with the SHELL... except the Vpower burns way too quickley.
Maybe the supermarkets don't keep their tanks as clean as other stations.
Not possible, BS standards dictate that sort of thing and must be adhered to. This could have happened to any fuel retailer of course. As per examples such as:
http://www.gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=257
http://www.gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=257
Oh thats what that is? That explains why I was getting delayed behind tankers on the way to work....
:yeahthat: As far as I know [cant confirm it] the fuel is PIPED there, dunno where from - possibly from the big place near the M56 chester junction, is it Stanlow or summat?
Dont know how I would feel about a massive petrol pipe running under my house, maybe it dont run under property though?
Dont know how I would feel about a massive petrol pipe running under my house, maybe it dont run under property though?
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Would be perfectly safe, unless they pump air in for the fun of it
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so's your face.
ouch
sumplug
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Its all the same petrol, just branded thats all. Problem that Weight and Measure find when testing forecourt pumps, is the holding tanks are sometimes full of water, and its this that is causing the jerkiness and running problems.
Andy.
You have to love BBC reporting:
No, that's what they're being told.
No, that's what they're being told.
in the daily mirror today, they mentioned a fiat bravo being munted by rogue fuel
