Anyone had any problems with Sainsbury's fuel?
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Recently I have had a lot of problems with my car and I appear to have found the cause, Sainsbury's fuel! It seems to make the car misfire and make the injector warning light come on everytime I use it but a good couple of tanks of Tesco super unleaded and all is good with the world again. Anyone had similar and was there any fix? Don't really like the detour I have to do to get to Tesco..
Have tried Redex with Sainsbury's fuel but it's still quite bad.
Recently I have had a lot of problems with my car and I appear to have found the cause, Sainsbury's fuel! It seems to make the car misfire and make the injector warning light come on everytime I use it but a good couple of tanks of Tesco super unleaded and all is good with the world again. Anyone had similar and was there any fix? Don't really like the detour I have to do to get to Tesco..
Have tried Redex with Sainsbury's fuel but it's still quite bad.
a garage owning mate has had to drain several tanks of cars that frequent supermarket fuel stations,and also a cb 125 that had 3 litres ! of water in it after filling up at the local morrisons.
he reckons the supermarket fuel has a higher percentage of bio fuel which is hygroscopic when the tanks in the stations are getting near empty there can be more water than fuel in them.i have no idea if this is the cause,but there does seem to be regular problems in this area with supermarket fuel.
he reckons the supermarket fuel has a higher percentage of bio fuel which is hygroscopic when the tanks in the stations are getting near empty there can be more water than fuel in them.i have no idea if this is the cause,but there does seem to be regular problems in this area with supermarket fuel.
Not again.......
Supermarkets don't make petrol.
All of the petrol in all of the garages near you comes from the same source - the local distribution point.
The only difference in fuel is the additives package for each 'brand'.
There are a few exceptions - Tescos uses Greenergy as their source for example.
And of course ANY petrol can get contaminated at any point in the supply chain, though in the past it has usually been the individual tanker(s) that were the cause.
If any individual franchise doesn't look after their tanks (water contamination) then that's a different problem.
Supermarkets don't make petrol.
All of the petrol in all of the garages near you comes from the same source - the local distribution point.
The only difference in fuel is the additives package for each 'brand'.
There are a few exceptions - Tescos uses Greenergy as their source for example.
And of course ANY petrol can get contaminated at any point in the supply chain, though in the past it has usually been the individual tanker(s) that were the cause.
If any individual franchise doesn't look after their tanks (water contamination) then that's a different problem.
Edited by Orangecurry on Thursday 27th February 08:03
PanzerCommander said:
Afaik Sainsburys petrol is supplied by BP (or it used to be).
They had a financial deal - BP have/had only one refinery in Coryton. They certainly never physically supplied just the petrol made in that refinery to all the Sainsburys in the UK. It doesn't work like that.
ked than the fuel is at fault!Spare tyre said:
ive been thinking about petrol stations and floods
one of my local stations (romsey) has spent several weeks if not months under water.
I assume all the fuel underground in the tank will be safe since it must all be sealed up to prevent it all escaping as a gas?
Pretty sure they have a bank of breathers one of my local stations (romsey) has spent several weeks if not months under water.
I assume all the fuel underground in the tank will be safe since it must all be sealed up to prevent it all escaping as a gas?
I didnt tend to agree about supermarket fuel but I had a gt tdi golf with a intemitant boost problem which became a constant problem on morrisons diesel. On shell it became a rare occurance but on morrisons/sainbury it would happen everytime you hit full boost.
I got to the stage where I would run a few tanks at different stations deliberatley to see if it was me being stupid or a regular occurance. It was the later.
I got to the stage where I would run a few tanks at different stations deliberatley to see if it was me being stupid or a regular occurance. It was the later.
TLandCruiser said:
Pretty sure they have a bank of breathers
Quite high up though to let vapour and air when re filling escape at high level. Usually a bank of white pipes behind the filling points for the tankers.As for the old chestnut of supermarket fuels, as said above, it's the additives each retailer adds, the raw product is the same. Ever seen a tesco oil rig?
For the sake of 50p a tank I use texaco, shell or esso only and avoid the whole mpg/engine explosion issues. Never had any problems with any of our cars.
Ed. said:
Morrisons sell 10% bio ethanol where most others sell 5%. Other than that it should just be the additives /detergents they add.
Morrisons also don't make their own petrol. From their own website.....Morrisons said:
Morrisons buy regionally from every UK refiner and two of the biggest importer/blenders to obtain British Standard products at best prices for our customers.
The petrol is the same (in your local area).
Orangecurry said:
Ed. said:
Morrisons sell 10% bio ethanol where most others sell 5%. Other than that it should just be the additives /detergents they add.
Morrisons also don't make their own petrol. From their own website.....Morrisons said:
Morrisons buy regionally from every UK refiner and two of the biggest importer/blenders to obtain British Standard products at best prices for our customers.
The petrol is the same (in your local area).
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