Confuzzled
01-03-2007, 10:39
As petrol retailers investigate reports of contaminated fuel, drivers have been contacting the BBC News website with their own experiences.
Jonathan Earl from Barnston, Essex filled up his Vauxhall Vectra at Tesco in Harlow. He says 10 miles down the road something went wrong with the car.
"It started misfiring and juddering. I think it happened as the engine started burning the fuel I had just bought.
"I am not aware of any permanent damage as yet, but I am still trying to run the fuel down."
Wesley Williams from Milton Keynes bought his petrol on 16 February at his local Tesco. It began losing power three days later. When he took it in for repair he says the garage told him his car was not the first with these problems.
"They were surprised at the number of cars they'd had with a similar problem. The fix they're proposing is the same as the others - a new sensor.
"I'm now out of pocket by £220. My car's still in the garage while they get the part, and I have an eight-month old son who needs taking to nursery. If it is Tesco's fault I'd like them to pay for it."
Helen Perry was driving home to Standon, Herts, last week when her car lost power and began to judder. She says she had last filled up her Peugeot 307 at Morrisons in Welwyn.
"I had to pump the accelerator pedal. The engine could only get up to about 2,000 revs and no further."
She was forced to abandon her car at a garage for repairs. "At the garage they said they'd had a few with the same problem.
Even when I was collecting my car, someone else was picking up theirs. The same thing had happened."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6405701.stm
DO NOT PUT UR PETROL 4RM SAINSBURYS/TESCOS/MORRISONS
Jonathan Earl from Barnston, Essex filled up his Vauxhall Vectra at Tesco in Harlow. He says 10 miles down the road something went wrong with the car.
"It started misfiring and juddering. I think it happened as the engine started burning the fuel I had just bought.
"I am not aware of any permanent damage as yet, but I am still trying to run the fuel down."
Wesley Williams from Milton Keynes bought his petrol on 16 February at his local Tesco. It began losing power three days later. When he took it in for repair he says the garage told him his car was not the first with these problems.
"They were surprised at the number of cars they'd had with a similar problem. The fix they're proposing is the same as the others - a new sensor.
"I'm now out of pocket by £220. My car's still in the garage while they get the part, and I have an eight-month old son who needs taking to nursery. If it is Tesco's fault I'd like them to pay for it."
Helen Perry was driving home to Standon, Herts, last week when her car lost power and began to judder. She says she had last filled up her Peugeot 307 at Morrisons in Welwyn.
"I had to pump the accelerator pedal. The engine could only get up to about 2,000 revs and no further."
She was forced to abandon her car at a garage for repairs. "At the garage they said they'd had a few with the same problem.
Even when I was collecting my car, someone else was picking up theirs. The same thing had happened."
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42625000/jpg/_42625595_pump_bbc_203b.jpg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6405701.stm
DO NOT PUT UR PETROL 4RM SAINSBURYS/TESCOS/MORRISONS