Supermarket fuel

.it had nothing to do with dirty fuel it was the fact that Huyndi/Kia 1.7 diesel filters could not handle waxing in low temperatures and a housing with a heater had to be fitted, cost cutting for the UK market.

Does diesel wax anymore? I've had a few diseasals over the past few years & never had any problems, even over the winter a few years ago when it stayed at minus brass monkies for weeks.

There is certainly a summer spec and a winter spec for diesel. The winter spec has less water in (classed as the haze point). As the temperature reduces, the water comes out of the fuel and It goes hazy.  

If you are filling a Jerry can with diesel, do it in the winter!

The car went into limp mode on a freezing day, not nice in the outside lane of the motorway. The filter had been changed at the last service but the fault code showed a blocked filter. Kia had started to fit the new filter houseing with the heater in too new cars, but had no intention of a recall but retro fitings on cars with the problem.

It was a known problem in the 2013 14 winter.

http://www.rac.co.uk/press-centre/press-releases/diesel-biofuel-content-suspected-cause-of-unexpect

Its the exact same fuel that goes into the tanks.

What happens between the tank and the pump could be different.  Could there be dirt getting into the tank etc.

The Hy/kia cars also had a recall for some models as the inner lining on the cars fuel tank was falling off and blocking the fuel supply.

The Hy/kia cars also had a recall for some models as the inner lining on the cars fuel tank was falling off and blocking the fuel supply.

And this is the crux.  Cars break down.  A lot of cars (not saying that the case here, but I bet it is in a lot of "I heard about" stories) where the cars haven't been well-maintained with Fuel Filter replacements etc.

But since many people buy supermarket fuel & many people have problems, its very easy to draw conclusions

Since buying my towcar @ 13K miles, I've now completed a further 18K miles entirely on supermarket fuel apart from one fill-up in Scotland with no ill effects.

The Hy/kia cars also had a recall for some models as the inner lining on the cars fuel tank was falling off and blocking the fuel supply.

And this is the crux.  Cars break down.  A lot of cars (not saying that the case here, but I bet it is in a lot of "I heard about" stories) where the cars haven't been well-maintained with Fuel Filter replacements etc.

But since many people buy supermarket fuel & many people have problems, its very easy to draw conclusions

My car was less than a year old but had covered over 20000 miles, kept it another year then got rid of it.

no supermarket fuel for me i have seen what it can do only  b/p  or  shell bassett.

no supermarket fuel for me i have seen what it can do only  b/p  or  shell bassett.

 ACTUALLY, no, no you have not! - neither bp nor Shell manufacture fuel in the UK. Those stations buy the same fuel as the supermarkets from the local refinery or depot!