Ford C-MAX (2003 - 2010) - 04 1.6 tdci Total Excellium Diesel

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Wed 11 Feb 2009 21:31
04 1.6 tdci Total Excellium Diesel - bigglessnooker
In my old car I used Excellium petrol and found it was economical ,so I was pleased when my local Total garage started stocking Excellium Diesel. I topped up with approximatly 35ltrs and the early indications were that I was getting better MPG.
After about 100 miles I started experiencing sudden loss of power which could only be rectified by pulling over and stopping for a couple of minutes . After the problem occured more frequently I took the car into my Ford garage who after putting it on his computer got the report that there was water in the contacts . He found the contacts on the ERG ( the thingy that recycles the exhaust to clean it ) were wet and the filter was also. Contacts dried and new filter now all is OK.
Whilst researching this problem I came across a Lexus Owners club website and they were reporting the same problem with their cars also associated with Excellium Diesel .
Has anybody else experienced problems with this fuel ?

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