'New' BP diesel

In the writings of Dom J, the scrolls contained these prophetic words:

I've been caught out this way, see your CAB about false advertising. I managed to get some photographs of the pumps that prove that they had not clearly marked the pumps (other than price on the pump when you fill). This forced the garage to remark all their pumps. However I didn't get a refund nor a apology.

Also make sure you watch the pump handle colours... 2 shades of blue one light blue for Ultima Unleaded and a darker blue for U. Diesel. Unfortunately I managed to fill a diesel car with unleaded due to this because they matched the Blue with Esso's Diesel handles :o(

I might be paranoid here but i read a post ages ago about a chap who felt that he was getting less mpg and no better performance from BP's ultimate fuel. I log my fuel and had noticed a differance too, so i swopped to shell

Anyone else noticed a differance between fuels?

Mark

Most definitely!

I can almost tell which garage in the local area I filled up from by the total distance from a tank.

Typically, the garage in the village is better when doing motorway runs, and the superstores in Rugby are only any good when you want to waste your money!

Si

On or around Sun, 2 May 2004 19:57:39 +0100, "Dom J" enlightened us thusly:

did it run any better?

On or around Sun, 2 May 2004 22:16:49 +0000 (UTC), "Jinx" enlightened us thusly:

IME with diesels, only Shell is any better. most of the others seemed about the same.

I'm afraid I'm wary of any such claims, since they seem to be well within the limits of variation set by the driver's right foot.

In a word no!. It's going in the garage tomorrow as last week they tell me the turbo is U/S. Not bad for 5,500 miles from new, glad I'm not paying the bill. My trail bike hates the 'enhanced' unleaded, come to think so does Mums car as well. All this talk of fuel etc got me thinking, my V8 Efi RR is also pinking badly, could this be down to using unleaded fuel on a engine designed for leaded??.

Dom J

On or around Mon, 03 May 2004 10:31:24 +0100 (BST), snipped-for-privacy@zhochaka.demon.co.uk ("David G. Bell") enlightened us thusly:

well, yeah, but then again, I tend to drive much the same. But my impression was that the engines ran better on shell.

On or around Mon, 3 May 2004 20:09:15 +0100, "Dom J" enlightened us thusly:

yes, if the timing's set for 4*. try retarding it about 3 degrees, see what happens.