Dodgy Petrol

[Spydaman]

I filled up the car from the Shell garage at Sanisbury in Christchurch last night and within a few miles the car was running like crap. Misfiring and wouldn't tickover. Is it possible to get bad petrol or is it just a coincidence?

[Buff Mchugelarge]

It's quite possible, maybe check with the garage to see if anyone else has had problems?

[Hol]

My boy filled up the other day with unleaded which must have had some diesel in it as his car started smoking and oiling the plugs.

You cannot put a diesel pump in a petrol filler hole so, it must have been contaminated fuel.


In his case we had the fuel in the tank sucked out....

[Twig62]

"You cannot put a diesel pump in a petrol filler hole"

You may be surprised how many people do manage to do just this.

Has he checked his receipt to check that he did actually buy petrol ?

[V10 SPM]

I bought Shell V-Power from a fuel station in Norwich last week. At the first set of traffic lights the revs died and the car stalled (an automatic). It ran very rough for a few days so I topped up the tank with fresh fuel and it is fine again. I strongly suspect a dodgy batch of fuel or maybe normal unleaded instead of 98.

[anonymous-user]

Worth checking if the petrol station has just had the tanks cleaned as there could be water in the fuel which could cause the symptoms described.

A friend suffered this and basically had the fuel system in his car replaced because of the contamination, the bill for the petrol station insurer was north of £6k..