There were severtal threads to this story -
garages selling diesel smuggled from southern Ireland, where fuel duty is lower
garges selling diesel which had been mixed with kerosene
plants removing the dye from red diesel
In the second case, it was easy to tell the difference. Normal diesel should be almost colourless. The mixed stuff looked almost the same as cooking oil.
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I missed the programme. The red dye can be taken out with absorbents, so that the fuel looks kosher, but this won't touch the chemical tracers. The abrasive absorbents will also have unpleasant effects on fuel pumps & injectors.
I didn't know kerosene/paraffin mixed with diesel would work.
It might be wise to start keeping receipts for diesel fuel. Customs and Excise may start more widespread testing in response to the cooking oil scam. Motorists will get penalized, even if they've unwittingly bought dodgy diesel from a forecourt, unless they can provide receipts corresponding to their mileage.
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This subject was discussed at some length in this thread: www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?f=4&t=81...8
I've tried to put as much factual information as I could in there.
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