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VegasPhil
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7th Oct 09 at 07:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its tesco fuel. It stinks.

I filled up once from Tesco and it reeked.

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dannymccann
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7th Oct 09 at 09:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I get a very occasional eggy smell on my bike and I use normal Tesco petrol
PaulW
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7th Oct 09 at 09:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Tesco fuel is utter shite tbh, even my bike smells funny if I ever get "forced" to use it (ie, nowhere else near and I'm seriously out of fuel)

Also reminds me of the old pre-cat issues on the facelift V6 omegas... they had 2 cats per bank, the precat before the main lambda would fail pretty often and cause stinks like this (aswell as a lovely orange light on the dash) but meh.... they were just a gay design for emissions, sorted by moving the lambda sensor
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7th Oct 09 at 09:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Surely Tesco fuel meets all the basic specifications for the legal sale of fuel in the UK? And I would say its a damn sight better than the fuel my bike would be used to when it first came out in '89
PaulW
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7th Oct 09 at 09:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Each distributor usually have a different mix of additives and cleaning agents mixed with the fuel. Just because, say, BP and Tesco fuel come from the same refinery, doesn't mean the mix will be 100% the same...

[Edited on 07-10-2009 by PaulW]
whitter45
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7th Oct 09 at 10:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i owuld just leave it

if it smells the cat is obviously doing its job

Also I got a great deal from webuyanycar.com on the TT
PaulW
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7th Oct 09 at 10:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by whitter45if it smells the cat is obviously doing its job


eggy smell from the cat though means either poor grade fuel or a knackered cat...
steven_r2008
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7th Oct 09 at 13:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i heard that bp ultimate is better than tesco 99 anyway. despite tesco 99 having a higher ron

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