Inquiry into 'contaminated' fuel
Inquiry into 'contaminated' fuel
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LeoZwalf

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2,802 posts

253 months

Wednesday 28th February 2007
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The article doesn't seem to say what they think the problem is down to... don't like the sound of it myself :-/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6405051

Blue Tomcat

823 posts

245 months

Wednesday 28th February 2007
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Latest news (Beeb 6 O'clock), traces the problem to fuel purchased from Morrison's and Tesco and supplied by a fuel company called Greenergy. The problem seems to arise (my guess) from some fraction of the fuel remaining unburnt and contaminating the Lambda sensor (they call it 'oxygen sensor') so that the ECU either shuts down the EFI or switches to fault-mode, making the car fairly undriveable. Some poor sod has been quoted £800 to replace the Lambda sensor - I think he's being ripped off...