Supermarket fuel
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What's wrong with supermarket fuel?
We have customers blame their running fault due to them having just used said fuel, yet every time the fault is unrelated!
I've used supermarket fuels since I was 16 and personally never seen any issues.
We have customers blame their running fault due to them having just used said fuel, yet every time the fault is unrelated!
I've used supermarket fuels since I was 16 and personally never seen any issues.
Plenty of airport taxis with over 300,000 miles on the clock have only ever had supermarket diesel.
just to add in that i only use supermarket fuel. - its all to EN590 standard.
and always have done.
its been fine in all my vans, for ever.
well over 500,000 miles now
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i get that some people like to use premium, and sure there is some additives in it.
but dont be put off - its all produced to a very specific standard.
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fuel contamination is a different issue, ie some old outback rural fuel station that has a rusted, leaking underground tanks that seeping water or rusting out.
but again the fuel stations have to live up to very strict standards.
so in my opinions the large supermarket chains have the budget and incentive to keep squeaky clean, . .
verses the local independent franchised brand name PFS.
i used to work as a security engineer at Texaco,Essex,Sainsurys,Tesco PFS for years - so have seen behind the scenes and have no issues with the supermarket stuff.
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as for additives,
petrol maybe a better fuel to take additives.
diesel maybe not so much? - but im sure i cant hurt.?
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and always have done.
its been fine in all my vans, for ever.
well over 500,000 miles now
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i get that some people like to use premium, and sure there is some additives in it.
but dont be put off - its all produced to a very specific standard.
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fuel contamination is a different issue, ie some old outback rural fuel station that has a rusted, leaking underground tanks that seeping water or rusting out.
but again the fuel stations have to live up to very strict standards.
so in my opinions the large supermarket chains have the budget and incentive to keep squeaky clean, . .
verses the local independent franchised brand name PFS.
i used to work as a security engineer at Texaco,Essex,Sainsurys,Tesco PFS for years - so have seen behind the scenes and have no issues with the supermarket stuff.
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as for additives,
petrol maybe a better fuel to take additives.
diesel maybe not so much? - but im sure i cant hurt.?
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Are there any additives for EV electricity?
I wrote a paper for my postgrad about liquid fuels.
Without getting very boring, there's little difference in the chemistry of the fuels themselves, that come from only 3 national suppliers and less than 10 distribution sites nationally. There is no separate supply for supermarket fuel that allows it to be different or inferior to anyone else's.
The storage facilities, standard of maintenance, and diligence of the drivers of putting the correct grade in the appropriate tank, are of far more importance. Ironically, the big supermarket chains have the budgets to generally maintain theirs to a high standard and keep them brimmed up to reduce the chance of condensation.
If you're driving the van properly and it's maintained well there's no benefit to be had from an additive, but it does no harm and if it helps you sleep at night...
Without getting very boring, there's little difference in the chemistry of the fuels themselves, that come from only 3 national suppliers and less than 10 distribution sites nationally. There is no separate supply for supermarket fuel that allows it to be different or inferior to anyone else's.
The storage facilities, standard of maintenance, and diligence of the drivers of putting the correct grade in the appropriate tank, are of far more importance. Ironically, the big supermarket chains have the budgets to generally maintain theirs to a high standard and keep them brimmed up to reduce the chance of condensation.
If you're driving the van properly and it's maintained well there's no benefit to be had from an additive, but it does no harm and if it helps you sleep at night...
I once had contract working at an oil refinery. I can tell you that I saw many tankers coming and going with every brand of fuel emblazoned on the vehicles, all collecting from the same point. Supermarkets do not own refineries.
Tesco use esso fuels as far as I know.
So I use Tesco and collect the loyalty points.
Which buys me a nice bottle of rum at Christmas. Happy days.
Do we know who supplies sainsbury's question mark morrisons? And Costco?
Fyi Costco always seems to be a little bit cheaper than the local supermarket so if you have an account with them it's good cheapness.
But I don't know who supplies Costco fuel.?
So I use Tesco and collect the loyalty points.
Which buys me a nice bottle of rum at Christmas. Happy days.
Do we know who supplies sainsbury's question mark morrisons? And Costco?
Fyi Costco always seems to be a little bit cheaper than the local supermarket so if you have an account with them it's good cheapness.
But I don't know who supplies Costco fuel.?
I usually use the cheapest which is often supermarkets. I also use a shot of Millers diesel additive when I fill up. The van definitely does less regen ‘finishes’ (fans running / burning smell) when I switch off, so is doing something to the combustion process / soot output!
I'm just a marketeers dream, always putting the 'good stuff' in mine, couple of quid extra for a fill up, but I sleep better running on snake oil. No engine issues in my ownership. I'll carry on until there is an inquiry and compensation claim...
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It's a van. If it makes the engine run it goes in the tank. And the less I have to pay the better! 
We'll know they've really reached mainstream when we start seeing OBD port battery optimisers on eBay...
I tend to stick to Shell non V power and dose it with Millers as and when I remember.
Certainly treating my late XC70 with double dosed Millers seemed to at least revive part of the injection system as since using it regularly the cold start issues I had noticeably improved.
If you really want to sort the fuel supply out Diesel Purge is the stuff, but only if you can get to the fuel lines and are happy to run it for a bit on a closed loop to really clean, as an additive it's just a good way to burn money.
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