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  • #31
    All my company vans have been run on 'supermarket' fuel,even my Transit Custom Trend 69 plate pulls like a train with no issues.
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    • #32
      Originally posted by exclusiv. View Post
      youll get folks in the very near future refusing to charge their cars in supermarket car parks ,because they'll believe electric is inferior too
      I know what you mean. I chuckle when I see the product recalls for food. It's usually a few brands together one recently was for Pesto, first on the list was Scala (expensive) then it went something like Waitrose, Sainsburys, then Lidl. So if the same company is supplying all those brands with pesto why pay 3 or 4x the price for the top brand name. I'm convinced it's the same with fuel, all made at the same refineries, there might be some argument that they contain slightly different additives but thats about it. In my scientifically based (made up) opinion, supermarket fuel is cheaper to tempt you to the store not because it's inferior.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Howy View Post
        All my company vans have been run on 'supermarket' fuel,even my Transit Custom Trend 69 plate pulls like a train with no issues.
        Same here Howy......we use Morrisons or Tesco fuel for the vans and I've a 15 plate transit with 275k on the clock......pulls like train.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by Drew View Post
          I know what you mean. I chuckle when I see the product recalls for food. It's usually a few brands together one recently was for Pesto, first on the list was Scala (expensive) then it went something like Waitrose, Sainsburys, then Lidl. So if the same company is supplying all those brands with pesto why pay 3 or 4x the price for the top brand name. I'm convinced it's the same with fuel, all made at the same refineries, there might be some argument that they contain slightly different additives but thats about it. In my scientifically based (made up) opinion, supermarket fuel is cheaper to tempt you to the store not because it's inferior.

          Drew......agreed mate.
          My missus is a team leader in Asda and the fuel is lower priced as it's to entice customers who finish their shop and then go into get fuel on the way out the car park.
          If your driving out the car park and you see petrol at 0.99p a litre or diesel at 1.08 a litre, you gonna stop and fill up rather than head out of your way to a station and pay 1.15 or 1.20 a litre.

          As you said the fuel is refined in the same places as others.......I can't see it storing inferior fuel in seperate tanks just for supermarkets.
          It's got to be manufactured and conform to the same standards as the rest.

          My dream would be an Aldi or Lidl station

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          • #35
            True, all the same base fuel. Just the branded fuel has extra/more expensive additives etc. which obviously pushes the prices up but perhaps excessively. I am sceptical but I do think there is a slight difference in the properties of the petrol. I used cheaper fuels early on when I bought my Insignia but found if it stood for a few days, it didn't run perfectly for a few miles. When I switched to Shell and BP to see if there was a difference, it was fine from the off. Maybe it's less of a problem with diesel. The Vectra however doesn't care what's in it

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            • #36
              I'm just sceptical because I live near Teesside, the refinery there that's now run by Green Energy no longer refines but still distributes thousands of gallons a day (1/4 of all UK) and their tankers deliver in any livery you like, such as Esso, Morrison's Sainsbury's etc. Another clue is Sainsbury's were in cahoots with BP but have recently switched to Texaco. I just suspect it's all the same stuff.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by Drew View Post
                I'm just sceptical because I live near Teesside, the refinery there that's now run by Green Energy no longer refines but still distributes thousands of gallons a day (1/4 of all UK) and their tankers deliver in any livery you like, such as Esso, Morrison's Sainsbury's etc. Another clue is Sainsbury's were in cahoots with BP but have recently switched to Texaco. I just suspect it's all the same stuff.
                Are Texaco not in bed with Esso to?

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Alex421 View Post
                  Are Texaco not in bed with Esso to?
                  Who's not in bed with who nowadays

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                  • #39
                    Years ago my daughter worked in a petrol station when the tanker delivered different tanks on the lorry was for different brands additives being the reason nowadays because of deals and join ups don’t think this applies I just go for cheapest and add redex etc don’t seem to get it much nowadays was garages with old storage tanks letting in water particularly in diesel some garages were avoided doesn’t seem to happen much now

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                    • #40
                      A few years ago I even considered brewing my own, when it looked like prices were going over £1.50 a litre. I looked at the kits on ebay. Some people are still doing it, I think at the time there were a lot of taxis running old chip oil, you could smell it if you followed one!

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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by Drew View Post
                        A few years ago I even considered brewing my own, when it looked like prices were going over £1.50 a litre. I looked at the kits on ebay. Some people are still doing it, I think at the time there were a lot of taxis running old chip oil, you could smell it if you followed one!
                        I know someone who used to do that with an old non turbo diesel back in the day, he saved a packet

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                        • #42
                          I use the local BP but only because it's the closest to me.
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                          • #43
                            Before delivery of any fuel in tankers the refinery adds additives to preserve fuel, the best fuel to use is shell and BP they add the best additives I know this because my grandad drove tankers at shell for 22 years. Shell fuel has a more lubricant additive which is better for your engine plus doesn't do a lot of damage to your DPF filter. If you drive your car short journeys in a diesel it is bad for ANY DPF filter.

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                            • #44
                              Didn't Shell come out with a 'new' fuel years ago that the older 8v-16v engines didn't like,can't remember what it was called?
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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by Shane redfearn View Post
                                Before delivery of any fuel in tankers the refinery adds additives to preserve fuel, the best fuel to use is shell and BP they add the best additives I know this because my grandad drove tankers at shell for 22 years. Shell fuel has a more lubricant additive which is better for your engine plus doesn't do a lot of damage to your DPF filter. If you drive your car short journeys in a diesel it is bad for ANY DPF filter.
                                I'll stand corrected. I've never had any problems though, but maybe I am missing a few bhp....

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