'contaminated' fuel

chief barker · 1 Mar 2007 at 14:51

jonno.co.uk said:
thats because it's french, not because of the fuel

Nice deduction, :rolleyes:

considering most manufacturers are being affected including prestige cars like mercs and bmw's.

Bobbler · 1 Mar 2007 at 15:28

chief barker said:
Nice deduction, considering most manufacturers are being affected including prestige cars like mercs and bmw's.

He was just joking mate, no need to get funky about it.

Burnsy2023 · 1 Mar 2007 at 16:11

I heard on Radio 1 that the AA think there's a silicon contamination, not confirmed though.

Burnsy

Third Opinion · 1 Mar 2007 at 16:14

The AA have just stated on the radio they have not had a single call out from a Ford or VW owner with regards to contaminated fuel. Spare sensors on many popular makes are now in very short supply or completely out of stock.

lookitsjonno · 1 Mar 2007 at 16:41

Bobbler said:
He was just joking mate, no need to get funky about it.

yes, and for the record, i drive a french car so i'm allowed to joke about it

hittman · 1 Mar 2007 at 16:44

Third Opinion said:
The AA have just stated on the radio they have not had a single call out from a Ford or VW owner with regards to contaminated fuel. Spare sensors on many popular makes are now in very short supply or completely out of stock.

This true? any vw or ford owners experience problems?

does this only affect Tesco, morrisons and asda? what about sainsbury?

al123 · 1 Mar 2007 at 16:49

hittman said:
This true? any vw or ford owners experience problems?

does this only affect Tesco, morrisons and asda? what about sainsbury?

My VW is fine. I live in the SE and have used a few tanks of Morrisons/Tesco petrol in the last couple of weeks. Maybe just lucky though

No-One · 1 Mar 2007 at 16:57

I've got a Seat Leon with the VAG 1.8 20v engine. Filled up at Morrisons about a week ago. So far no probs. I don't know if the fuel would have been affected though as we're on the East Anglia/East Midlands border.

Sky News are featuring a woman who has the problems with her Ford Galaxy.

Mr Joshua · 1 Mar 2007 at 16:58

burnsy2023 said:
I heard on Radio 1 that the AA think there's a silicon contamination, not confirmed though.

Burnsy

I heard the same, the AA has said they've found traces of it in the affected cars tanks.

hittman · 1 Mar 2007 at 17:05

al123 said:
My VW is fine. I live in the SE and have used a few tanks of Morrisons/Tesco petrol in the last couple of weeks. Maybe just lucky though

just wondered. I got a vw golf and live in herts. I top up from sainsbury. just checking as I got long journey on the weekend.

Psycrow · 1 Mar 2007 at 17:37

Asda for your shopping
Shell/BP for your fuel

Winning combo

Akira · 1 Mar 2007 at 19:18

Petrol comes from the middle east doesn't it? I bet them muslims are weeing in it.

Hate · 1 Mar 2007 at 20:05

vpower only here

Psycrow · 1 Mar 2007 at 20:08

Hate said:
vpower only here

same

triggerthat · 1 Mar 2007 at 20:10

Does the 'contaimination' effect petrol only? Need to fill up soon. BP is expensive, and so is an o2 sensor.

lordrobs · 1 Mar 2007 at 20:30

triggerthat said:
BP is expensive

Either the same price or a penny cheaper here :cool:

Shell is always on par with Tesco up the road too.

I wonder how much this is going to knock consumer confidence in the supermarkets forecourts? Could offer up some interesting pricing over the next few weeks

triggerthat · 1 Mar 2007 at 20:36

BP is 95p around here.

subxero · 1 Mar 2007 at 20:56

Psycrow said:
Asda for your shopping
Shell/BP for your fuel

Winning combo

Same here

derfderfley · 1 Mar 2007 at 21:59

triggerthat said:
BP is 95p around here.

BP's round here (Hull) are silly prices, usually 3-5p dearer than every where else

However my local Esso price matches the morrisons down the road, and the nearest Shell to me usually price matches the Esso. So you can get Shell fuel for morrisons prices most of the time.

Must admit I use either the Esso or the morrisons as a rule, as it all depends on my route to / from work. But I think I may give the morrisons a miss for the next few weeks.

Chronos-X · 1 Mar 2007 at 22:12

Thank god when I went to tescos I filled up on Super 99 :eek: