crap supermarket fuel

[Mr Sam]

i dont buy from tescos as they refused to serve me once as i wasnt facing the right way

[sab6024]

 

In terms of quality checks, we had to do a weekly HM Customs check on each pump to make sure you were getting the amount you paid for but in terms of water/dirt content, I don't think there was any measure. I guess that petrol station should be doing maintenance checks, but I bet they skimp on those to save money.

 

Thinking about it.....technology to cut off a pump if water is detected is hardly cutting edge science, and I'm disappointed that they haven't built it in over the years.

 

I know when I worked in my local Shell garage I had to regularly check the Veeder Root box in the office which gave a measure of fuel left in the tanks, what space was available and how much water was measured in them. When the water level got to a certain (and I can't remember how much it was now) we would have to shut down the pumps that run off that tank and call in maintenance who would drain the water off. Very rarely we had a problem with water though and there is always a level of crap in the bottom of the tanks though, which will settle after a delivery, but some garages are quite happy to open pumps up even if they've just had a delivery in an empty tank. Then who knows what shite you're pumping in.

[escortmad79]

i dont buy from tescos as they refused to serve me once as i wasnt facing the right way

Sam you rebel!!

[bortaf]

a few years ago i used to repair petrol tankers and you will find that all the supermarkets use different oil terminals in one week,ie asda will fill up at texaco oil terminal for maybe a week because thats the cheapest to fill their tanker,but the next it may be cheaper to fill at jet,then the next at bp so you see the pattern who ever does the cheapest fill up is where they go thats why super markets are usualy cheaper than named stations,but i think that the problem stems from all the additive that all the staaions have ie texaco is clean system three & bp is ultima & jet is something else,so i dont think they all mix very well,just my opinion

 

Yours and Bortaf's seem the best responses on here, in that they tie in with my experience of working at a tesco petrol station and taking the deliveries.

 

The tankers and drivers were all Wincanton Logistics (badged up as Tesco) and the fuel would come from (if I remember correctly) Texaco, Gulf and Total. Speaking to the drivers, I understood that the local Tesco fuel buyer would buy batches of fuel from each depot dependant upon the price being offered.

 

More importantly, when the drivers went to fill up they were in the same lines as other supermarkets and even tankers from various "branded" petrol stations, that didn't have a fuel depot in the area. There was no certainly no correlation between where the fuel came from and to where it went.

 

I didn't think to ask about additives, perhaps they get put in prior to filling the tank. Perhaps they all use the same, but market them differently. Fundamentally, fuel is so massively diverse because of the variety in the oil refineries that makes the gasoline and the different crude oils sourced from around the world.

 

In terms of quality checks, we had to do a weekly HM Customs check on each pump to make sure you were getting the amount you paid for but in terms of water/dirt content, I don't think there was any measure. I guess that petrol station should be doing maintenance checks, but I bet they skimp on those to save money.

 

Thinking about it.....technology to cut off a pump if water is detected is hardly cutting edge science, and I'm disappointed that they haven't built it in over the years.

 

Yeah the tankers are seperatly run and rented by whoever, the additives are added after the tanker is filled to the specifications of who ever is paying the tankers wages at the time, that's where Tesco (i think it was?) got done years ago for using washing up powder in thier fuel tankers (i'm talking 15 odd years ago here so memory is vauge as to the actual company but it was a lead replacement fuel they got caught doing it too) i often see tesco, esso, shell tankers in me local tesocs, they have an agreement that if there's a short term shortage they help each other out with supplys ect from other depots, how do i know ? i aked the driver, simples

[bortaf]

i dont buy from tescos as they refused to serve me once as i wasnt facing the right way

 

Tell me about it ! i was trying to fill a petrol can and they would turn the pump on cos the can was the wronge colour

Mind you the round the wrong way bit is cos the CCTV probably wont get the plate (they tend to read the rear plates cos white ones are too reflective and bleed out the letters on poor camers)

They won't let you fill more than 4 gallons in cans, cans must be on the floor prior to filling and the cans have to be the correct colour pain in the ass bloody health and safty overload

[Skoty]

like the profile pic 'antz' Hayley williams=hot as f*** lol.

 

i always fill up at shell or jet, but iv never noticed a problem when i do fill up at tescos.

[D-FENS]

I,ve used Tesco fuel for the last 20 years and had no probs.My wifes brother in law used to be a tanker driver delivering to all different companys including supermarkets,and he was employed by a firm called Hoyer.He was based near Heathrow airport.