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gota6again
Seasoned Pro Location: Gone Registered: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 1,595 Status: Offline |
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sarahsix
Seasoned Pro Location: Cenarth Registered: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 2,996 Status: Offline |
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Gareths eddie30 lives on it its great for getting clubcard points ![]() ________________________________________ keep the machinery between the greeneryR766JKV nile blue gti6 - sold ![]() V634DLR black gti6 - sold Now driving a skoda furby vrs - for sale Currently piloting an Audi a3 sportback |
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gota6again
Seasoned Pro Location: Gone Registered: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 1,595 Status: Offline |
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To be honest I've run a variety of cars on the stuff (including mums 1.4 meridian ) with no issues |
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24seven
Seasoned Pro Location: Derby Registered: 05 Oct 2005 Posts: 6,221 Status: Offline |
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They're not saying it's bad (yet), just that they're no longer endorsing it. Sponsorship deal gone awry maybe?________________________________________ Ph1 306 GTi 6 | RX8 231 S1 | YBR 125 Cafe Racer | MT-03 660 |
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deano9621
Regular Location: plymouth Registered: 12 Sep 2010 Posts: 196 Status: Offline |
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i did fill my xsara vts with the stuff all the time....until one time,my xsara ran like crap,which turned out to be the fuel i used from tesco![]() ________________________________________ french foreverT859HFC now gone ![]() T534 KVR now new home |
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eliotrw
Seasoned Pro Location: Southwark Registered: 18 Jul 2010 Posts: 4,865 Status: Offline |
Post #6
Your not meant to put it in any xu Peugeot due to the ethanol content________________________________________ Ex- Phase 3 China GTi-6 T-Reg |
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deano9621
Regular Location: plymouth Registered: 12 Sep 2010 Posts: 196 Status: Offline |
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all i ever use now is esso 97ron________________________________________ french foreverT859HFC now gone ![]() T534 KVR now new home |
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smegal
Seasoned Pro Location: Leeds Registered: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 5,940 Status: Offline |
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I put it in my SC-6 numerous times.________________________________________ Ex SC-6Now in a Megane R26 |
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6waysforward
Seasoned Pro Location: Benfleet essex Registered: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 3,168 Status: Offline |
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I used to fix road tankers and even the tesco guys used to say dont buy tesco fuel as its dirty and clogs up all there stuff.________________________________________ ***Breaking*** Ph3 Silver GTI 6 High Boost![]() |
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,901 Status: Offline |
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It also says it doesn't recommend it's use to none of there customers. ________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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stan_306gti6
Forum AdminLocation: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,769 Status: Offline |
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I used it last week in the bike. It seemed to make it fly. ![]() Might just stick to V-Power from now on though... ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
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These things are always stupid scare stories, most of the stuff supermarkets get is just "whatever they can get their hands on cheapest", so it can be all kinds of stuff. Yes you can probably get the odd bad batch, yes you can find a s**tty engine and blame it on the fuel, but I've been using supermarket fuel 95% of the time for the eleven years I've been driving, and bearing in mind I've always done fairly high mileage (15k+) that's well over a hundred thousand miles of driving on supermarket fuel and never once have I had fuel related issues. Not on crappy diesels, not on bigger engines (2.7 V6 in my Coupe), not in my modern Astra diesel and not in the '6. I've never had needed a new fuel filter out-of-band, I've never had a mechanic go OH JESUS LOOK AT YOUR SPARK PLUGS, I've never had misfiring issues, so I never believe any of this s**t. I reckon it's just often the easiest thing to jump on. Say a car's over-fuelling and the spark plugs are just covered in black sooty s**t. Someone asks what fuel goes in, and as soon as they hear it's supermarket stuff they lay the blame there because it's easier than finding the actual issue. Until the day I have a prematurely knackered fuel filter, or clogged up injectors, or gummed up fuel pipes I'll just carry on saving myself some money thanks ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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russbez
Seasoned Pro Location: Inverness-Shire Registered: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 7,459 Status: Offline |
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wierdi ran this stuff on off 2/3 years ![]() ________________________________________ TEAM HIGH BOOST SUPERCHARGED RALLYEMy Rallye project thread |
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gota6again
Seasoned Pro Location: Gone Registered: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 1,595 Status: Offline |
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owain wrote: Until the day I have a prematurely knackered fuel filter, or clogged up injectors, or gummed up fuel pipes I'll just carry on being an old fart and collecting my clubcard points EFA |
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
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Hey man, I've had free Pizza Express for nearly five years!________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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steve954
Seasoned Pro Location: norwich Registered: 16 Nov 2008 Posts: 2,213 Status: Offline |
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owain wrote: +1These things are always stupid scare stories, most of the stuff supermarkets get is just "whatever they can get their hands on cheapest", so it can be all kinds of stuff. Yes you can probably get the odd bad batch, yes you can find a s**tty engine and blame it on the fuel, but I've been using supermarket fuel 95% of the time for the eleven years I've been driving, and bearing in mind I've always done fairly high mileage (15k+) that's well over a hundred thousand miles of driving on supermarket fuel and never once have I had fuel related issues. Not on crappy diesels, not on bigger engines (2.7 V6 in my Coupe), not in my modern Astra diesel and not in the '6. I've never had needed a new fuel filter out-of-band, I've never had a mechanic go OH JESUS LOOK AT YOUR SPARK PLUGS, I've never had misfiring issues, so I never believe any of this s**t. I reckon it's just often the easiest thing to jump on. Say a car's over-fuelling and the spark plugs are just covered in black sooty s**t. Someone asks what fuel goes in, and as soon as they hear it's supermarket stuff they lay the blame there because it's easier than finding the actual issue. Until the day I have a prematurely knackered fuel filter, or clogged up injectors, or gummed up fuel pipes I'll just carry on saving myself some money thanks ________________________________________ stevie09 308 gt140 cc 03 octavia vrs IF IT AIN'T BROKE, IT AIN'T A GTI6 |
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24seven
Seasoned Pro Location: Derby Registered: 05 Oct 2005 Posts: 6,221 Status: Offline |
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My only notable experience with Tesco 99 is that while my 205 Mi16 was running on dodgy 2 row motronic management, it ran a hell of a lot better on Tesco than anything else. Noticeably more power and massively better fuel consumption, even better than V-power. When I changed it to 3 row management which cured a number of problems I couldn't tell the difference between any of the 97/99/premium fuels except that they were all better than anything 95. On the 306 XS I had, the Xsara I ran briefly and when the Xsara engine was in the 309, all fuels, 95/97/99/tesco/shell/esso/texaco.... all of them performed almost exactly the same as far as I could tell. ________________________________________ Ph1 306 GTi 6 | RX8 231 S1 | YBR 125 Cafe Racer | MT-03 660 |
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asim_pug306
Senior User Location: Bradford Registered: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 933 Status: Offline |
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Don't really use tesco but I know morrisons fuel is s**te. Always the cheapest in town by a penny or two but I get much less miles from it.________________________________________ '01 Astor Grey GTi6'99 Cherry Rallye |
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webster
Seasoned Pro Location: Colchester Registered: 20 May 2007 Posts: 2,059 Status: Offline |
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I use tescos momentum fuel, average 350 a tank mixed driving. I know when I use 95 stuff I barely scrape 300.________________________________________ cress87 wrote: I'm stopped for speeding on a daily basis but now the police are aware that I live for the 306 they dare not interfere, just sit in their cars quaking as I drive past. |
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daver6
Seasoned Pro Location: Durham Registered: 08 Aug 2010 Posts: 2,379 Status: Offline |
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webster wrote: I use tescos momentum fuel, average 350 a tank mixed driving. I know when I use 95 stuff I barely scrape 300. I'm in the same boat there mate, lucky to get 300 on regular, ANY super gets me over 300 (350) Saying its all s**te just can't be true, petrol has to meet standards. Yes, more bio fuels are being mixed in , but supermarket petrol just isn't s**t. I often see Sainsbury's tankers in Total stations ________________________________________ Red Rallye - Rolling "restoration"Wishbone Polybushes available |
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
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daver6 wrote: Saying its all s**te just can't be true, petrol has to meet standards This is exactly right. Remember when BP (iirc) used a blue pump for their new petrol? Blue is best known for diesel, so countless people filled up their cars incorrectly. The company in question had to pay out a fortune in compensation to get everyone's cars recovered and repaired, can you imagine what'd happen if it was proven that Tesco's petrol was gumming up people's engines? They'd be forced to pay out hundreds of millions as everyone would claim that any issue with their car was down to their petrol. Anyway, all this because what? Thorney have written a line on their website? It could be that Mr Thorney got annoyed they didn't have any of the plastic gloves on the forecourt so ruined his manicure and now he's p**sed. ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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24seven
Seasoned Pro Location: Derby Registered: 05 Oct 2005 Posts: 6,221 Status: Offline |
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owain wrote: daver6 wrote: Saying its all s**te just can't be true, petrol has to meet standards This is exactly right. Remember when BP (iirc) used a blue pump for their new petrol? Blue is best known for diesel, so countless people filled up their cars incorrectly. The company in question had to pay out a fortune in compensation to get everyone's cars recovered and repaired, can you imagine what'd happen if it was proven that Tesco's petrol was gumming up people's engines? They'd be forced to pay out hundreds of millions as everyone would claim that any issue with their car was down to their petrol. Anyway, all this because what? Thorney have written a line on their website? It could be that Mr Thorney got annoyed they didn't have any of the plastic gloves on the forecourt so ruined his manicure and now he's p**sed. Judging by some reactions on various forums, this is closer to the truth. Something to do with sponsorship being pulled and/or Tesco's involvement with another team running MG's it seems. This Thorney guy isn't unknown to have thrown his toys out in the past. ________________________________________ Ph1 306 GTi 6 | RX8 231 S1 | YBR 125 Cafe Racer | MT-03 660 |
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mcfc1987
Seasoned Pro Location: lincoln Registered: 13 May 2008 Posts: 1,478 Status: Offline |
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i used it twice, both times it made the supercharged 6 missfire, could have just been my local station having issues but after that stuck to v-power, sometimes sainsbury's higher stuff________________________________________ |
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eliotrw
Seasoned Pro Location: Southwark Registered: 18 Jul 2010 Posts: 4,865 Status: Offline |
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Like i said.Technically you shouldnt use this in an xu10 engine as its 5% ethanol You should use 97ron or higher though as thats what the book says. I normally just get 95 though but it runs better on vpower or sainsburys/bp 97 definetly ________________________________________ Ex- Phase 3 China GTi-6 T-Reg |
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BlackSix
Regular Location: northampton Registered: 30 Jul 2012 Posts: 156 Status: Offline |
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i use sainsburies fuel, have done pretty much since i started driving. seems ok, never had problems that i could blame on fuel |
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