Thanks Mark, thats what we would have assumed.

After reading the news clips and the Greenergy website, there is clearly a suggestion that Ethanol added to their fuel might be part of the issue. As all normal tests for contamination have so far proved nothing (allegedly) then this to me would indicate its something in the fuel that is expected, perhaps in the wrong ratio however?.

Strange that Tesco et al do not advertise they are even mixing in bio ethanol into ULSP and Premium fuels. It constitutes about 5% from what I can see. They are clearly contavening the current legislation, such inclusion should be transparent, but that is another issue they will most likely have to deal with....

More here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/28/la...r_fuel_outrage/

 

There's a guy talking on Five Live right now whose company handles much of the distribution from Coryton. He's claiming that it's the same base fuel with the only difference between supermarket fuel and branded fuel being the additives that are added prior to dispatch.

In other words, there's nothing substandard about supermarket fuel per se.

 

Just posted on the other thread that a bloke whose company distributes some of the fuel out of Coryton was saying on Five Live that it's the same base fuel that goes to everyone with the only difference being the additives that are added to some of the branded fuels.

He certainly claimed there was nothing inferior about supermarket fuel ...

 

Nobody has broached the subject of a terrorist / activist action yet.
Perhaps when they eventually find what it is causing the problem.... or not...

 

Shiskine, thats what im confused about - it therefore could onlt be the additive but must be more to the story than that...

MB

 

I heard about this the other week at work when we unusually had to replace two cats in the same week on different cars and talking to the techs in the Vauxhall dealers next door they had also seen a marked increase in the number they are replacing.

Those and a couple of others that have come in with rough running are all saying they are not buying supermarket fuel though so what should one do?

At the moment I don't think it can be proven but I am advising customers to buy their fuel at normal petrol stations.

 

I blame Herge:

IIRC, there was a Tintin book about exploding petrol, or something!

 

Sugar in the tank, clogging the O2/cat?

Just a hypothesis, from unfermented ethanol?

But ballsed-up additive sounds most likely.

Bunged a tankful in the 'Lude a week ago, running fine at the moment!

 

Oooh bugger, I've stuck 2 tanks of Tesco 99 Ron in recently at Bursledon, but fortunately had no adverse effects.

 

Seems to effect crappy EU cars, from the reports.

Probably all get the O2 sensors from the same place.