Tesco Fuel
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I have used 99 a few times when the petrol strike was on the verge...
My cel light was already on due to a decat though. Think its worth me having a punt as my precat 02 sensor has actually gone. Im from suffolk. Do they replace?
My cel light was already on due to a decat though. Think its worth me having a punt as my precat 02 sensor has actually gone. Im from suffolk. Do they replace?
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From: Southampton/Reading
Wasn't all the problems before with silica/sulphur contamination in Sainsburys and Asda because they used Greenergy, not Tesco as I believe (not sure!) they use BP?
Anyhow, I use V-Power, but used to use Momentum all the time and never had any problems, good to know though
Anyhow, I use V-Power, but used to use Momentum all the time and never had any problems, good to know though
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From: Soham Cambridgeshire
Now I DO NOT PROFESS to have any real knowledge on the subject but I am sure we must have an Oil industry insider here somewhere who could shed some light on this.
My point is that Tesco do not refine the fuel, they most likely buy it on the market like all the other retailers. most of it in the uk comes from a few refineries or the Rotterdam market, for sure they add a bucket or two of their own additives to the tanks to make it theirs, but in the main it comes from one large tank. Now this is what my ex father in law used to say many years ago when he was a director of quite a large oil company.
So if Tesco have a problem how many other independent suppliers might have the same problem? I filled up with Gulf regular yesterday from a small indenpendat garage, the alternative was a walk in the rain.
My point is that Tesco do not refine the fuel, they most likely buy it on the market like all the other retailers. most of it in the uk comes from a few refineries or the Rotterdam market, for sure they add a bucket or two of their own additives to the tanks to make it theirs, but in the main it comes from one large tank. Now this is what my ex father in law used to say many years ago when he was a director of quite a large oil company.
So if Tesco have a problem how many other independent suppliers might have the same problem? I filled up with Gulf regular yesterday from a small indenpendat garage, the alternative was a walk in the rain.
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This is what baffles me too Chippo...
...On another forum I frequent, there is indeed an insider who works for Tesco Fuel. He was adamant that there was not a problem with the fuel, but when I presented him with a list of people I know have been affected, and with other forum members posting up with the same issue, all of whom use Tesco fuel, he quickly sucked back accepted there was a possibility, and that the numbers affected are too high for it to be just random O2 sensor failure.
That said, no one is his area, Essex, which is obviously your region too, has come forward with the issue.
...On another forum I frequent, there is indeed an insider who works for Tesco Fuel. He was adamant that there was not a problem with the fuel, but when I presented him with a list of people I know have been affected, and with other forum members posting up with the same issue, all of whom use Tesco fuel, he quickly sucked back accepted there was a possibility, and that the numbers affected are too high for it to be just random O2 sensor failure.
That said, no one is his area, Essex, which is obviously your region too, has come forward with the issue.
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From: Soham Cambridgeshire
Maybe it is just the bucket of stuff they add to a tank of standard of the shelf stock fuel from a refinery. A bit like the Add Blue stuff the trucks add to fuel, although I believe there a few trucks now that meet the Euro emision standards without add blue.
The Corytown refinery isnt even owned by a major oil company is it ?some swiss mob as i recall, and that supplies 20% of UK petrol of something silly. The oil companies do not have their own specific refineries do they ? I presume its on the basis of 10 barrels in and they take x barrels out refined, but i assume they can have their own spec on the fuel they take i.e. Tesco 99 . I know my ex father in law said they used to supply all their fuel as such , even to the point of some high octane stuff for vintage aircraft.
The Corytown refinery isnt even owned by a major oil company is it ?some swiss mob as i recall, and that supplies 20% of UK petrol of something silly. The oil companies do not have their own specific refineries do they ? I presume its on the basis of 10 barrels in and they take x barrels out refined, but i assume they can have their own spec on the fuel they take i.e. Tesco 99 . I know my ex father in law said they used to supply all their fuel as such , even to the point of some high octane stuff for vintage aircraft.
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It will be the additive imo, or their storage.
You get all sorts of suppliers filling up at a main refinery, and they add their additive packs afterwards.
Regarding refineries in the UK, most used to be owned my the major oil companies, but most are now not.
Even then, they are a business and sell base petrol to anyone who wants it. Additives are what seperate the different forecourt options. So BP uses some very good cleaning additives, where a supermarket chain may not... hence they can save a few pennies.
You get all sorts of suppliers filling up at a main refinery, and they add their additive packs afterwards.
Regarding refineries in the UK, most used to be owned my the major oil companies, but most are now not.
Even then, they are a business and sell base petrol to anyone who wants it. Additives are what seperate the different forecourt options. So BP uses some very good cleaning additives, where a supermarket chain may not... hence they can save a few pennies.