Tesco No Diesel

[NorthernRaider]

(8 February 2012, 09:47)Scythe13 Wrote: This one really caught me off guard.

I was running my tank as low as possible to see how many miles I got from the flashing fuel light. I got to 31 miles, felt a bit too edgy, and pulled into the Nailsea Tesco to refill last night after the gym. I got there and the diesel pump I pulled up to had a yellow tag on it saying out of use. As I looked around at which pump to go to, I realised not one of them was "Available for use" they were all out. I set back home hoping to go to Sainsburys before work tomorrow, but that's a fairly long drive.

My girlfriends dad suggested I go to Budgens 24hr petrol station. So I phoned to check if they had fuel, because I didn't want to waste any more. Thankfully they did!

In the end, the flashing fuel light managed 38 miles!

I'm not going to be playing that game again. It's regular refilling from now on, and also stocking up at home. Where I can.

FFS !! You wont let me lay and rest in my sick bed will you. After a vehicle has been in use over 2 years sometimes less rarely more the bottom of your fuel tank becomes coated with a green black algae, water, sediments and particulates, You are going to wreck the seals in your injector pump, cause excessive wear to your injectors and if you are unlucky you will squirt uncompressable water into your engine which will blow your head gasket at best, or wreck your engine at worst.

NEVER go under a 1/4 full, especially if you use supermarket fuel stations that buy and sell the crappest grades of fuel they can find.

Its always worth occasionally adding a shot of fuel treatment into your tank which breaks up water globules and crap.

Right back to my sick bed.