Tesco Petrol

patrickc

I filled up on Tesco diesel in Clonmel a while back just to see was the a difference on the mileage i got per tank.. none though

craichoe

Shell are selling Super Diesel here claiming higher MPG.

Total are selling this stuff called Excellium. Haven't tried it though, diesel is diesel to me

L1011

antodeco wrote: »

Fantastic marketing ploy by Dunnes there!!

It was Tesco trying to prevent people from going to Dunnes by offering the higher discount...

Sam Kade

I cant figure out why people think that if they can get petrol for the lowest price per litre that they save money. Tesco petrol is the lowest grade you can buy I used it a few times, while I was using it my car was doing 4-5 mpg less than 95 octane petrol and the engine would cut out in traffic low grade petrol is also bad for the car. I buy 95 octane petrol for 1.15 cent/litre which is better value and better for my car.

tuxy

Sam Kade wrote: »

I buy 90 octane petrol for 1.15 cent/litre which is better value and better for my car.

That's terrible, 90 octane will cause misfires and damage your engine. Petrol has to be 95 octane to work on cars here. Tesco's is 95 octane or they would not be allowed sell it.

Sam Kade

tuxy wrote: »

That's terrible, 90 octane will cause misfires and damage your engine. Petrol has to be 95 octane to work on cars here. Tesco's is 95 octane or they would not be allowed sell it.

I meant 95 octane if 90 octane does all that which it doesn't American cars must be wrecked because their regular is 87 octane. Tesco as well as a lot of garages don't display the strenght of their petrol.

tuxy

Sam Kade wrote: »

I meant 95 octane if 90 octane does all that which it doesn't American cars must be wrecked because their regular is 87 octane. Tesco as well as a lot of garages don't display the strenght of their petrol.

How would it wreck American cars? Your posts are very confusing.
Octane ratings are calculated differently in America then in Europe and the ecu in American cars is set-up differently to accommodate the different fuel.
Tesco fuel must still meat EU requirements. It would not meet requirements if it was under 95.
So are you saying Tesco is selling illegal petrol?

Seth Brundle

Sam Kade wrote: »

Tesco as well as a lot of garages don't display the strenght of their petrol.

Is there a legal requirement to display the RON?

Our man in Havana

91 octane petrol is still legally available in Austria, Poland, Hungary etc, which are all EU countries.

Sam Kade

tuxy wrote: »

How would it wreck American cars? Your posts are very confusing.
Octane ratings are calculated differently in America then in Europe and the ecu in American cars is set-up differently to accommodate the different fuel.
Tesco fuel must still meat EU requirements. It would not meet requirements if it was under 95.
So are you saying Tesco is selling illegal petrol?

Seeing that you are such an expert on petrol why does my mazda 6 cut out in traffic and do less miles to the gallon on tesco petrol whatever octane it is compared to 95 octane petrol that I now use?

L1011

Its still 95 octane. It has different additives, detergants, and possibly a different mix to obtain the 95 figure - differing oxygenates could have an impact on performance, for instance.

I find I get signficantly less mileage on Tesco petrol too, but no performance issues.

kona

ive a 91 mini cooper. I use texaco petrol:D, with this new techron stuff in it(its meant to protect engine internals), i have to say, the car loves the stuff, the difference in performance between that and esso and statoils is amazing(not saying they are the same!!). Its a bit expensive at 1.19 when i filled up last but , i think its great.
my mate has a glanza 1.3 non turbo and his runs better on it too.
i really believe you get what you pay for. also i couldnt be arsed queing at teso for petrol 2c cheaper(and rubbish by the sounds of it!!)
i didnt spend 3g on a engine build just to skimp on the oil and petrol i put into it.

Sizzler

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/petrol-prices-pumped-up-even-as-cost-of-oil-drops-1260008.html

Duckjob

For a long time, I filled up with Tesco petrol because it was cheapest per litre in the area.

Then, one day about 6 months ago I was caught short and filled up with Shell V Max- I couldn't get over the different. The engine felt much smoother and the car much pokier in comparison to what I had become used to. Also, although it costed about 5c/litre more it lasted a lot longer.

I haven't been back to Tesco for petrol since - i think its a false economy to only consider the price per litre.

Sam Kade

Sam Kade wrote: »

I meant 95 octane if 90 octane does all that which it doesn't American cars must be wrecked because their regular is 87 octane. Tesco as well as a lot of garages don't display the strenght of their petrol.

Like they do with many things they measure it differently.

Their 87MON is equivilent to 92RON here.

You don't have a clue what you are talking about :rolleyes:

bcmf

My tuppence worth.
I had a 1.8 TD 00 Mondeo.I brought it to a Diesel pump specialist engineer who came highly recommended by a lot of people I spoke to.1 of the injectors had seized and he gave me his opinion on why.
When I went back to pick up the car he told me that to stop buying cheap diesel.I told him that I usually mix the fuels with the different makes BUT have bought it a couple of times from a certain place (which I wont name unless mods allow it) which was very cheap.He told me that Diesel is different everywhere AND AVOID THE CHEAP STUFF.IT'S CHEAP FOR A REASON.
I was lucky only cost me €150 for the injector but if I could has easily damaged my fuel pump if I continued to run on the cheap stuff. As he said with some cars you can replace each injector seperatley and isnt too bad cost wise but with some you have to change the lot if 1 goes and the cost can run to 4 figures.
I have also noticed that when I am in France on hols in my jeep that even though I give it a good service just before I go thru the course of the few weeks I am there it gets smokier and smokier the longer we are there.I usally fill up on supermarket fuel (anyone who has been will know the price diff.)In the future I will not be using supermarket fuel as I believe this to be the problem.Sod the price.
Just my experience.
And remember it is Diesel I am talking about.

For the record I got just under 300,000 miles on the Mondeo before the original clutch went and was still driving on a sniff of Diesel!!

E92

Germany also sells 91 RON.

The Americans call it "octane number" for a reason, we call it "RON", because an Octane number is the average of the RON and MON(Motor Octane Number). 87 Octane in the US is the same as 91RON here, and "Premium Gas" or 91 Octane as they call it is what we call 95 RON.

E5 here is 99 RON, there should be an improvement in the performance of JDM, direct injection and high performance petrol engined cars(these would not be set up for 95 RON).

It should use around 3-4% more fuel than normal 95 RON set up car running on 95 RON(but with a car set up for 98 RON or higher in the case of a JDM car, it should only use a fraction more fuel).

I never use the cheap ass petrol, if it sounds too good to be true.... and plus I've heard a few stories about the "quality":rolleyes: of the discount petrol as well on Motors(and not just this thread either)!

L1011

ronoc wrote: »

Their 87MON is equivilent to 92RON here.

Except the US doesn't use MON, it uses PON - an average of MON and RON. And MON/RON vary only due to completely different testing systems used, an octane rating is an octane rating and if tested identically the numbers are, obviously, identical.

Remember that octane - which is a measure of the auto ignition factor of a fuel and nothing more - is not the be all and end all of its quality. You can have 91 PON fuel (which is 95RON, ish) thats complete and utter piss compared to 95 RON from a different vendor in Europe. And you can have 95 RON thats piss compared to another 95 RON...

bcmf

I think the best thing for people to do is to try out different brands as possible in their cars and see which one suits it best.If if it crap for the engine you will know it fairly quickly.Different cars different set ups.

aphex™

Texaco outside Rathfarnham village sell premium with techron and all (we know it's not higher Octane anymore) for the same price as regular. In fact they don't sell regular. I got the stuff for 115.something last night. Anybody who gets Tesco petrol in Dundrum would be better off going to Texaco Rathfarnham IMHO.

Sam Kade

ronoc wrote: »

Like they do with many things they measure it differently.

Their 87MON is equivilent to 92RON here.

You don't have a clue what you are talking about :rolleyes:

They use PON get your facts right before you start judging people:D

Sam Kade

ronoc wrote: »

Like they do with many things they measure it differently.

Their 87MON is equivilent to 92RON here.

You don't have a clue what you are talking about :rolleyes:

And you know what you are talking about

TouchingVirus

MYOB wrote:

...applegreen...

Where is this Applegreen in Maynooth?

Cionád

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Where is this Applegreen in Maynooth?

Its in Celbridge, just by the interchange (take the Leixlip West turn-off the M4)

L1011

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Where is this Applegreen in Maynooth?

Maynooth Road Interchange, Celbridge if you want the address off the receipts. Its only barely in Celbridge if you consider that Crofton's Garage is in Maynooth

TouchingVirus

MYOB wrote: »

Maynooth Road Interchange, Celbridge if you want the address off the receipts. Its only barely in Celbridge if you consider that Crofton's Garage is in Maynooth

I'll be taking a trip up there next time I need some juice - thanks

Sundy

bcmf wrote: »

My tuppence worth.
I had a 1.8 TD 00 Mondeo.I brought it to a Diesel pump specialist engineer who came highly recommended by a lot of people I spoke to.1 of the injectors had seized and he gave me his opinion on why.
When I went back to pick up the car he told me that to stop buying cheap diesel.I told him that I usually mix the fuels with the different makes BUT have bought it a couple of times from a certain place (which I wont name unless mods allow it) which was very cheap.He told me that Diesel is different everywhere AND AVOID THE CHEAP STUFF.IT'S CHEAP FOR A REASON.
I was lucky only cost me €150 for the injector but if I could has easily damaged my fuel pump if I continued to run on the cheap stuff. As he said with some cars you can replace each injector seperatley and isnt too bad cost wise but with some you have to change the lot if 1 goes and the cost can run to 4 figures.
I have also noticed that when I am in France on hols in my jeep that even though I give it a good service just before I go thru the course of the few weeks I am there it gets smokier and smokier the longer we are there.I usally fill up on supermarket fuel (anyone who has been will know the price diff.)In the future I will not be using supermarket fuel as I believe this to be the problem.Sod the price.
Just my experience.
And remember it is Diesel I am talking about.

For the record I got just under 300,000 miles on the Mondeo before the original clutch went and was still driving on a sniff of Diesel!!

I suspect he was refering to washed diesel which does destroy engines. I saw a power floater once which was ruined by washed diesel. The fuel filter was blocked and the engine corroded

Oh and i buy tesco diesel sometimes, no difference to any other fuel. Mpg is always +/- 5 mpg