petrol problem

[maggie01]

I caught the tail end of the news about contaminated petrol causing problems with some cars. This was in the Portsmouth and Southampton area. Has anyone heard anything. I ask because my daughter is having problems with her car. ie loss of acceleration and one small local garage couldn't find the cause.

[has]

Yeah, I posted a similar question yesterday 27/02/2007 -Wrong mix of petrol...- but from the majority of the repsonse I received, nobody seemed to be taking it seriously. I've not actually seen it on news yet, so I hope the problem is hi-lighted.

[LostSheep]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6405051.stm

[ermm...]

it sounds alot like when you put diesel in a petrol, so i shud imagin that the petrol has been condensed wrong and sliped through the quality chaecks so is i wont hurt the car to much but if it stops will need the tank draining!

[maggie01]

has sorry didn't see your post yesterday. It only happened to my daughter today when she went to take the kids to school. It drives normal for a very short distance and then loses power and just crawls along. Hopefully it wont be anything too expensive to fix.

[derekpara]

This seems to be a problem with supermarket ( Tesco)petrol in the south at present. I think the answer is to keep topping up with good quality fuel like BP Ultimate until the old is cleared through.

[rosojoly]

it appears morrisons petrol also causes thesame trouble , but both companies deny any problems

[wduk2005]

its got some stuff about it on msn news.
I saw your question too has, i bet norman the dog feels pretty stupid now

[maggie01]

As I said in a post above. My daughter filled up in a small Esso garage near her home and her car is now in a garage and it is going to cost her at least �200 to put it right.

[Miss Inquiry]

Maggie, did your daughter complain and get any joy from Esso? My car was off the road for 2 weeks, oxygen sensor was damaged as a result of contaminated fuel, from Tesco, but wondered if they too were going to apologise and hopefully pay out.