Tesco Fuel

[Dave Goody]

Originally Posted by RichK

I've been running my 1.8 on Tesco regular unleaded for a couple of years, the car is slow/unresponsive, I've always put it down to the 1.8 being too small an engine to drag a heavy car.

Don't forget though, if you buy a gallon of petrol from Tesco, how much of that gallon has been "watered down" by additives?

You won't be getting a full gallon of petrol, you'll get about 85% petrol and 15% additive, if you follow my drift...

The additives dont water it down, "they beef it up" without any additives you would find your engine would probably self destruct after a few thousand miles, the major companies additive pack is much bigger than the supermarkets Dave

[Commodore]

Originally Posted by Tootall

I know for a fact i get more miles per tank from Shell diesel than from a tank of Morrisons fuel.

The one and only time I ever filled up at a Morrisons forecourt the car was most unhappy (was my last car, a Pug 106, rather than the 75).

Coughed, spluttered and crawled for days until I worked it through.

Unless it is an emergency, I always fill up at Sainsburys. Probably not the best petrol in terms of additives, but where I am it is the cheapest by a mile and the cars seem to like it.

[Tatts]

Originally Posted by driverjgp

Can't wait to hear your findings, I also notice there are quite a few of you using super fuel according to the poll, So are there any great benefits? also does it warrant the extra cost? I have noted that V power is an extra 10p litre that is alot of money over a tank full and over a year!!!

True.

But, 10p/litre = about £5 a tank.

I get around 20 miles per tank more using premium fuel -v- regular unleaded, thats about £4 worth of fuel.

So, it costs 'roughly' £1 a tank more to use. Like I said, the car feels more responsive, and if I believe all the advertising blurb about how much cleaner, greener and efficient it is, then it's worth £1 a tank!

[DJO]

The weekend before last I visited my sister, my brother in law had spare tesco voucher so I filled up on the way home. Never filled up there before in the ZT.

I filled up on their 99RON stuff, and the ZT seems very happy. Seems to be using lower revs to maintain progress on the motorway, and I find I'm having to watch my speed more!

Before that I filled up on the BP expensive stuff and that seemed OK, usually I find a BP so I can get Nectar points!

David

[Rushy Racer]

Somewhere I have read a thread ( on another forum) where Tesco fuel came out better than Shell Optimax & BP. I will try and find it again and post the link but it was by a Company who tuned the K Series engine for the Elise

[Rushy Racer]

Try this
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/t...57&h=&t=221733

[Mel75]

I think people miss the point with petrol every one wants more performance do you realy want to thrash your car,there is enough idiots on the road now that think they are on a race track

With the big companies its not about out right perfomance yes more performance is part, the main idea is to keep your engine clean and in good condition inside thus getting a better burn which also helps the environment this is the main point, if you use top grade fuel your engine will run just as well in years to come as it does now with reduced wear and tear, less polution.

most of you are to young to remember the days of de-cokeing cars because they can hardly climb hills.

forget about boy racer fuel and choose the one thats going to look after your engine best now and in the future, can save a lot of money in the long run.

Mel75

[Tootall]

Originally Posted by Zebedeedooday

....happily, being a facelift model and only having the one fuel pump I can run my tank down without fear of failure!

Is this a fact first time i can remember this being mentioned or have i been asleep seeing as i 9 times out of 10 run my CDTi down to the light.

[driverjgp]

Originally Posted by DJO

The weekend before last I visited my sister, my brother in law had spare tesco voucher so I filled up on the way home. Never filled up there before in the ZT.

I filled up on their 99RON stuff, and the ZT seems very happy. Seems to be using lower revs to maintain progress on the motorway, and I find I'm having to watch my speed more!

Before that I filled up on the BP expensive stuff and that seemed OK, usually I find a BP so I can get Nectar points!

David

Hi David and welcome to our mad world, I tried the Tesco Super a few months ago, I have the 2.5 V6 engine and to be honest with you I didn't really feel much difference to Shell regular fuel so I didn't think it was worth the extra 4p a litre, although I will try a tank of V power when my light comes on again so I will post my findings once the test is complete although it will have to be something special to warrant an extra 10p a litre,, I.m not just expecting extra power and a cleaner engine but its miles to the gallon, if it gives me an extra 20 to 30 miles to the tank I would think it would be a good fuel taking into account extra performance when ever you may need it to get you out of trouble and the piece of mind to know that your engine is being cleaned as you drive so surly it would save you money over a period of a year or so?? we will see once i have been through a tankful or two, I would be happy to hear of other people's findings.

[Lord Minty]

Originally Posted by Dave Goody

The additives dont water it down, "they beef it up" without any additives you would find your engine would probably self destruct after a few thousand miles, the major companies additive pack is much bigger than the supermarkets Dave

Well I used 'normal' Tesco fuel in my old '92 K-reg 214Si for 13 years/113k miles and it never caused any problems. I accidentally filled it up with super unleaded once and it made absolutely no difference to the performance either.

Just my 2p.