Warning POSSIBLE Tesco 99 Poor fuel problem
Discussion
AndrewW-G said:
not sure what thats supposed to mean, other than it's an engine, nothing on there about the fuel its supposed to use of the adaptive functions of the ECU
I think the salient thing here is that it's a turbo engine. The boost level is variable, and the higher octane fuel allows it to run more boost without detonation. The link was very useful.Having a turbo petrol car myself, I would find this worrying if I'd not always filled the car with vpower from new. I'm not about to switch after the tesco/silica in petrol debacle anyway...
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Andyuk911 said:
AndrewW-G said:
Andyuk911 said:
I will try and run the tank out dry and switch to shell ... I can then only report back if the car returns to it's normal performance.
You do know it all comes out of the same tap at the refinery?........ If it is the fuel its more likely a cockup at the petrol station than the refinery.Given the current weather it could have been damp in the electrics, if it were me I’d be making sure I had the answer before slating a company that may not be at fault, especially one as litigious as Tesco
The car is always garaged and thus would not be damp ... the car is 'relatively' new ..
Andyuk911 said:
I still feel if you plan to use Tesco 99, play it safe for now .......
If the car had any problems I am sure they would have fixed it .... they suggest it is the fuel too
It's possible to get a bad batch of fuel, but how exactly do you suggest everyone who uses Tesco 99 should play it safe? If the car had any problems I am sure they would have fixed it .... they suggest it is the fuel too
You are basically saying everyone should boycott Tesco99 until you have got round to burning all your fuel off and then trying it on another batch. Thats a bit of an extreme thing to suggest based on your one experience of a car that may have a fault you haven't diagnosed yet, or indeed from a bad fuel batch from a single UK garage.
If the diagnostic garage thinks it the fuel, why didn't they drain your tank and fill it up with something else? Thats the logical approach is it not? So it costs you £50 in junked fuel that might in fact be OK, but it's less than an hours labour at a lot of garages now and at least you could then come on here and make a post that might be of some value to others, right now you are making huge assumptions and suggesting a companies product should be boycotted based on those assumptions.
Craigy_97elise said:
AndrewW-G said:
not sure what thats supposed to mean, other than it's an engine, nothing on there about the fuel its supposed to use of the adaptive functions of the ECU
I think the salient thing here is that it's a turbo engine. The boost level is variable, and the higher octane fuel allows it to run more boost without detonation. The link was very useful.C
varsas said:
So it's in limp home mode, but there's no faults stored? That's very odd, you would assume the fault that is causing limp home mode to be activated would be stored...
Our 2nd Clio 197 had that issue. Was running like a dog, eventually went into limp home mode with limited revs and the engine check light coming on. AA man came out couldn't find a fault and neither could the dealer.
Andyuk911 said:
Reason for the Super unleaded for the uneducated, more cleaning agents and even in a 1.2 Turbo you can feel the difference ...
Cobblers. "Feel" is mainly psychology, go get a racelogic and show us.As for it being Tesco's falt and causing a widespread panic, go get it properly diagnosed and then report back. I bet we never hear from you again. You ran it almost empty, I bet some crap from the bottom of the tank has fecked your engine, rather than it being Tesco's fault.
Why is this worthy of a post?
Andy
Edited by zakelwe on Saturday 28th November 18:42
AndrewW-G said:
Andyuk911 said:
The car is always garaged and thus would not be damp ... the car is 'relatively' new ..
My garage is heated and dry, makes f
k all difference as soon as I open the door and drive off into the currently rather wet out doorsjohnfelstead said:
Andyuk911 said:
I still feel if you plan to use Tesco 99, play it safe for now .......
If the car had any problems I am sure they would have fixed it .... they suggest it is the fuel too
It's possible to get a bad batch of fuel, but how exactly do you suggest everyone who uses Tesco 99 should play it safe? If the car had any problems I am sure they would have fixed it .... they suggest it is the fuel too
You are basically saying everyone should boycott Tesco99 until you have got round to burning all your fuel off and then trying it on another batch. Thats a bit of an extreme thing to suggest based on your one experience of a car that may have a fault you haven't diagnosed yet, or indeed from a bad fuel batch from a single UK garage.
If the diagnostic garage thinks it the fuel, why didn't they drain your tank and fill it up with something else? Thats the logical approach is it not? So it costs you £50 in junked fuel that might in fact be OK, but it's less than an hours labour at a lot of garages now and at least you could then come on here and make a post that might be of some value to others, right now you are making huge assumptions and suggesting a companies product should be boycotted based on those assumptions.
Andyuk911 said:
fathomfive said:
zakelwe said:
I bet some crap from the bottom of the tank has fecked your engine, rather than it being Tesco's fault.
Andy
Was just thinking the same thing.Andy
Given the evidence so far how can you be so sure it is them to blame?
Andy
Edited by zakelwe on Saturday 28th November 18:50
Whilst I'm not saying op has come to the correct conclusion, I'm rather concerned about the suggestion that it could be crud in the fuel tank or damp in the electrics on such a new car.
Surely both situations are stretching probability somewhat? I've run my 20 year old 205 and numerous other cars virtually dry several times and not had such problems.
Surely both situations are stretching probability somewhat? I've run my 20 year old 205 and numerous other cars virtually dry several times and not had such problems.
number2301 said:
Whilst I'm not saying op has come to the correct conclusion, I'm rather concerned about the suggestion that it could be crud in the fuel tank or damp in the electrics on such a new car.
Surely both situations are stretching probability somewhat? I've run my 20 year old 205 and numerous other cars virtually dry several times and not had such problems.
The suggestion is as correct as the OPs conclusion that fuel is the cause.Surely both situations are stretching probability somewhat? I've run my 20 year old 205 and numerous other cars virtually dry several times and not had such problems.
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