You may have read the post about my rx not working, well it just so happens that i filled up with £50 worth of tesco fuel on the 16th of feb and looking at the AA paper work my car went wrong on the 17th feb. Bare in mind that I had about £10 of fuel in the car when I filled up.
Could it just be coincedence or could tesco have killed my beloved rx7??
Just thought id see if anyone had any thoughts on the matter??:3Confused
Not sure... do you still have the fuel in the tank? IF so save some and see if theres a way of getting it tested...
How about draining the fuel out and filling up with V power and seeing if it works then??
Or has it already blown?
it was on the radio today about contaminated fuel may have caused some cars to break down on, in the south of england. check the news matey, see what it says!
i stopped using tesco 99 ron a few months ago cos my car ran like sh1te when i used it.
well got about £40 worth still in the tank, so might file a complaint. bit late to drain it my internals are f.... well not good
Cyhpon (spelling!?) some out to keep a sample. Have you got a receipt for the fuel? If so keep hold of that as well and complain.
I reckon what ever is wrong with the fuel is significantly lowering the octance rating, this, as we know could kill a rex.
On the other thread apparantely the fuel was contaminated and full results middayish tomorrow.
I believe Tesco have said that people with car problems should keep the receipt and they will tell you what to do when they know what they are dealing with 100%.
Oh should be intresting that be nice tesco paying for a rebuild lol.. well these\'s always hope. :2Rolleyes
Come on you guys, it\'s only a second gen we are talking about here... :Yawn
Ooooh! You biatch! :rollin
Have heard reports of it being too much silicon additive... (stops it frothing or something)... final word later today.
my uncle has a rover in at the mo with the dodgy fuel problem. when he took the plugs out they were white. indicating that it was running very lean. and as we know rotarys dont like lean. you could have a case :Thumbs-up
was there not something a while ago saying that there 99 ron fuel was only something like 97 ron? it was earer but not much better than there normal stuff
Cant imagine that using only £10 worth of petrol (35 miles worth ) will be the death of the engine, the fuel seems to be killing Lamba sensors so there will be your first clue. Good luck and keep everyone posted on your findings
My sister had an old Clio, filled it to the brim with Tesco\'s crud and the next day had blue smoke coming out the exhaust!
Think it maybe just a coincedience though!
Spoke to the lass in my local Tesco\'s where I am a regular (too regular at the mo :rollin )and it appears that the petrol affected was only the 95 RON stuff, and alsmost all the outlets affected were in London - the contaminated batch was delivered about 2 weeks ago - so if you\'ve filled up very recently or filled with 99\' - no worries. :driving
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6421783.stm
Should help a few people out.