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• Petrol proof tape 21 May 2005 (Forum)
  Is there such stuff? I have a perished petrol pipe and the garage I take the car to is 40 miles away and before I get there it will either a) burst completely b) i'll pass out due to the stench of petrol. I only noticed the petrol smell this morning (had to abandon trip to supermarket and go back home and get another car :-) ) and I can see the pipes around the petrol pump are cracked nastily and the one after the pump has wet marks on the paint below so it must be coming out there when the engine is running. teabelly
• Diesel fuel - where to source it 27 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  All, I know HJ's views on supermarket petrol. Do the same apply to Diesel fuel or is it just a case of buying the cheapest possible. Is there any difference between brands? In anticipation. Robert
• Update on Supermarket fuel 22 May 2006 (Forum)
  t deliver to them and all his deliveries were to garages such as Texaco. He would ask one of the supermarket tankers who load out of his depot. He also explained that when given an order number nowadays you punch this into some device at the loading bay and you know that additives are being injected into the fuel tanker by certain coloured lights on a panel which indicates diesel, petrol, grade etc. and additives.
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  Is premium fuel worth it? 5 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have recently bought a BMW 120i convertible (having reached that time of life!) and was wondering what difference Shell V-Power fuel would make as opposed...
• Paying for petrol in France 10 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Off to Brittany soon for a fortnight. Last year I found my credit card wouldn't work at the automated pumps and had to fill up at supermarkets with a manned...
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  I can endorse your recommendation for Shell V-Power fuel. 22 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I usually put manufacturers' advertising claims down to empty rhetoric designed to do little other than shift a possibly indifferent product. As a user...
• New Mazda 6 1 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  I,ve ordered a new Mazda6 2.0 and was wondering what petrol to use ie ordinary supermarket which i usually use or should i use of the premium brands also has anybody any comments on the new Mazda6? TIA
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  Is fuel from Shell and BP better quality? 30 Mar 2022 (Ask HJ)
  I normally buy from Shell regular unleaded. Is there a difference in quality from companies like Shell and BP compared to supermarket fuel?
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  Taken to the cleaners 5 Oct 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Could you please expand on your apparently disparaging reference to supermarket petrol as a contributory cause of lambda sensor failure?
• Fuel consumption 28 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  On the subject of fuel consumption, I normally use Shell products either Optimax or unleaded and on balance I get 45 MPG. for the last two weeks I have been using petrol from a local supermarket and driving in the same conditions the MPG was only 41.
• Petrol pricing simple-Energy pricing daft 16 May 2018 (Forum)
  Just what would be the impact of 50 different names and prices for petrol?    
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  Petrol Honda CR-V on urban commute - worth using premium fuel? 28 Oct 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I drive a 2013 4WD Honda CR-V, with a 2.0 litre petrol engine (manual). My daily commute is 7 miles each way in urban / suburban traffic. I drive carefully...
• Petrol prices again! 20 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  What's going on. The normally highly competitive supermarkets are jacking up their prices to the extent that they're really no cheaper than anywhere else...
• Citroen or ford? 11 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  I've got to turn in my Leon for a large estate. After a look around the local dealers and supermarkets i'm left with the conclusion that a C5 or a Mondeo estate will do the business. 9995 will get me a 2002 petrol car. I'm more interested in reliability and quality than perfomance and kit. Any thoughts or alternatives?
• water in the fuel pump 19 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  a friend of mine told me his brother had water in his fuel filter on his car. the dealer told him sometimes you can fill up at supermarkets and have this problem he filled up at tesco. do they use the cheapest petrol around and dont check there tanks for water.
• Fuel prices (again!) 1 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  Just noticed that prices near where I live (South Devon) have finally crept above 91p a litre for diesel, even at supermarket stations. I'm accustomed to our prices being roughly 3p/litre cheaper than elsewhere in the country. What price are you paying for petrol / diesel?
• Vauxhall Corsa petrol 1.0 2007 85000 miles - Engine warning light 3 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  Is it simply the sensor at fault and can it be ignored? The garage told us that there may be sensitivity to supermarket petrol which has lower additives. Is this true?
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - 03 1.9 My 318SE petrol sounds like diesel 24 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Just bought a BMW 318SE Auto petrol from a Car supermarket in west London. When car is idle .. below 1,000 rpm I could hear a kind of clunky or diesel sound coming from the engine. the car does have a full service history. Here is a link to a picture of where I think the sound originates from http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensystems/3469178852/sizes/o/in/set-72157617161300359/
• Subaru Legacy Engine flat spot 17 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  I have a P reg 2.0 litre Subaru Legacy which has developed a 'flat spot' in engine response between 2,000 and 2,500 rpm. As soon as it hits 2,500 rpm you can feel the power come back in. It's a non turbo petrol engine but it almots feels like 'turbo-lag'. I though at first it was caused by cheap supermarket petrol but switching to a proper brand has not helped. Could it be fuel filter, HT leads or...? Thanks.
• petrol bias 26 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Chatting in the pub the other day and your column came up and two things surfaced. The first a feeling that your growing biased to the manufacturers regularly...