petrol damage

[gina32]

we now hear that the petrol stations are getting rid of the petrol that they have which is contaminated, but where are they going to put it???

[Whickerman]

It'll most likely be refined to have the extra silicon taken out, then sold as normal.

[anotheoldgit]

I know this does not answer the question.

But I was wondering about this petrol contamination. At first they said it was a problem all over the country, but in the last couple of days they seem to think it only effects the South East. Has this affected cars in other parts of the country?

Could aviation fuel be contaminated in the same way? Doesn't bare thinking about.

[Whickerman]

There seems to be a glut of reports from all over the UK, but we have Tesco stations here in Ireland and there's been no issue - assume the same source? It seems to be eminating from a particular storage area in SE England only.
As for other types of fuel, if people cut corners then yes, the possibility is there. However, the regulation is fairly tight, (indeed, regulated by the same EU that most people on here rail against), but is really only as good as the people operating the monitoring systems. This seems to be the weak point of any business system.

[Bazile]

Funny how Tesco and Morrison at the start came out with statements that they had tested their deposits , and that there was nothing in the fuel that shouldn,t be there

anotheoldgit - re your last para - That is a worrying thought .

[jno]

seems to have involved just a single storage facility in Essex. I doubt Tesco etc would hold all their petrol in one place (eggs in one basket). Their explanation is that their usual tests weren't designed to look for silicon so it's taken them a few days to locate the problem. That sounds plausible; there's unlikely to be a single test that checks absolutely everything, and this is an unusual contaminant.

[kwicky]

Why chuck the stuff away. Surely all thats needed is to test the tanks for silicon? Or is it a PR exercise?

[Miss Inquiry]

The extra silicone only effects certain newer cars, older cars are unnafected by it, maybe to save binning it or refining it at a huge cost, I think the supermarkets should sell it cheaplyb to thoes who's cars will function perfectly well with it.

..... off to get the train, my car has been sat @ a Peugeot garage for the past week awaiting a new oxygen sensor as a result of contaminated fuel !!