Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 28-09-2019 Part 2

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Fri 27 Sep 2019 18:01
- Gilesmeng
Dirty, rotten diesel

Try Total Excellium next time you're in France.
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Sat 28 Sep 2019 09:56
- PetrolFan
Supermarket fuel? Might be Shell, might be BP you say.
It might be neither, since BP and Shell have sold or closed their UK refineries.
The remaining UK refineries are operated by Exxon, Ineos, Conoco, Total, Essar, and Texaco.
Then you might be getting supermarket fuel from storage depots like Purfleet, which import from (for example) Rotterdam.
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Sat 28 Sep 2019 20:08
Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 28-09-2019 Part 2 - Falkirk Bairn

ConocoPhillips do not own any refineries or sell petrol & diesel anywhere in the world

COP are an exploration & oil/gas producer.

The UK refinery that was Conoco in Lincolnshire is now owned by Phillips66 AKA Jet who retail fuels & lubricants

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Sat 28 Sep 2019 10:43
- PetrolFan
P.S
Shell and BP fuel.
I don't know the source of their gasoline and diesel.
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Sat 28 Sep 2019 17:02
- stojom
I used to work near kingsbury, warks fuel terminal local gossip was that all tankers filled from same pipeline, all companies, presume drivers added additives after. Any tanker drivers out there who can tell us the usual procedure and if my info correct.
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Sun 29 Sep 2019 00:17
Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 28-09-2019 Part 2 - perusal

I used to work for an oil company albeit on the lubricants side. However our fuels people confirmed exactly what you state above. It’s the additive package makes the difference for standard fuels. The tanker drivers used to dose the fuel with the company’s proprietary adpack as the tanker was being filled

Edited by perusal on 29/09/2019 at 00:18

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Sat 28 Sep 2019 18:41
Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 28-09-2019 Part 2 - Theophilus
Try Total Excellium next time you're in France.

Agreed ... and a much smaller premium (usually 6c, so less than 6p) over standard fuel than the rip-off Shell / BP fuels in UK

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Sun 29 Sep 2019 18:32
- jchinuk
Re High points,
While the driving instructor can buy whatever they like, their successful pupils will notice the difference in their first car, which is likely to be a Fiesta/Nova/C2/etc.
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Sun 29 Sep 2019 18:36
- jchinuk
Re: Losing it's Edge
"I moved wheels front to back and the offside front sensor is still telling me the off side front wheel is losing air." The sensors are built into the wheel, well actually the valve. Therefore if moving the wheels did not "move" the problem, it's unlikely to be the sensor, rather the device that measures the data from the sensors on that corner.
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Sun 29 Sep 2019 18:38
- jchinuk
Re : Driven to distraction
I was on the M11 earlier, the matrix signs offered advice to drivers (I assume commercial) that they might need extra paperwork to go to the EU after 1st Nov. I stress the "might".
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Mon 30 Sep 2019 11:39
- madf
Long posts.

I refuse to read long posts without paragraphs..

Too difficult.
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