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.

Funnily enough wev are next taking out the MDFI tank, I was not aware of the nature of this additive until today , but this is a cold filter plugging prevention (CFPP) additive for winter spec fuel and we have now changed to summer spec. That might help with your comments above.

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!

There are only 7 such places in the entire country.  The north of england and all of scotland use the exact same one!

The raw material is identical.  The quality of the storage tanks, pipes and any additives are what can vary.

.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.

Funnily enough wev are next taking out the MDFI tank, I was not aware of the nature of this additive until today , but this is a cold filter plugging prevention (CFPP) additive for winter spec fuel and we have now changed to summer spec. That might help with your comments above.

The explanation from Kia was the winter of 13/14 was mild and your CFPP additive was only added to the fuel below +7C. So the problem was two fold the fuel company cost cutting and a Kia designe fault.

48000 miles using supermarket fuel both here and abroad and no problems to report with my Honda CRV

The explanation from Kia was the winter of 13/14 was mild and your CFPP additive was only added to the fuel below +7C. So the problem was two fold the fuel company cost cutting and a Kia designe fault.

I can only say we have set change dates from winter to summer and back and as far as I know this completely independent of temperature - what other refineries do, I could not say.

...but if I was Kia....

Hi sailorgirl, well we currently only have one consumer diesel tank and all the diesel, whether it is going to supermarkets or the brands gets loaded into road tankers from that tank, so the basic fuel is IDENTICAL!.  Only if you buy the upgraded version, will you be getting a brand specific additive. All BS EN 590 diesel is low sulphur, and has been for many years. Lubricity chemicals are added during blending and the lubricity of low sulphur fuel is higher than the old high sulphur fuel.

If he loaded from the wrong rack, it may be that it had brand additives... but certainly not lower quality.

(Also turbos don't have injectors, as far as I am aware) 

Write your comments here...cj I am a blonde female maybe I was told a porkie but they stripped down  the fuel system and engine bits that relied on fuel, I know turbo came into the conversation and also  the word injector  however the  car never really  recoverd but the replacement Company car I had which was another Vauxhall Cavalier  was fantastic, so mine might have been the Friday afternoon one...SG2....

I love this post, having  had problems with a blocked diesel filter  the dealer will roll out the supermarket fuel excuse not the fact the filter housing needed to be changed under warranty and try to charge you £80 to change the filter.

Rearly used supermarket fuel because the Esso filling station is just around the corner from me, and the ten mile round trip to the nearest supermarket filling station is not worth the effort

Write your comments here...

Jasper stated that shell don't produce fuel in the UK, my post was l don't use super market fuel but use shell and once a month fill up with v power. Couldn't careless where its refined, l just know l had poblems using supermarket fuel,  like a few others l know

I think this thread should be closed on the grounds of expressing religious views.  It seems that some evangelical people believe in something for which there is not one shred of evidence.

That is not the definition of a "religious view"