WhackyWill Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Good point, but surely 12 litres of contaminated fuel would make a difference especially if the existing amount of original fuel is small. If that's the case we could throw in 70 litres of petrol and 10litres of water to save money as there wouldnt be a difference. That's on a UK 80l tank. Liquids will mix quickly in my eyes especially on the roads in Brecon. still cant see it You should go to Specsavers.... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 There was a garage near me a few years back that hadn't cleaned their tanks properly and petrol got contaminated with "diesel residue" (I'm thinking completely wrong fuel!) and quite a few cars had loads of damage done. They stopped selling fuel within hours because of the number of people braking down within sight of the forecourt and the garage was shut within days because of it. It never re-opened to sell fuel and they now just sell cars from the place. If they were selling duff fuel it would be big news by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Good point, but surely 12 litres of contaminated fuel would make a difference especially if the existing amount of original fuel is small. If that's the case we could throw in 70 litres of petrol and 10litres of water to save money as there wouldnt be a difference. That's on a UK 80l tank. Liquids will mix quickly in my eyes especially on the roads in Brecon. Assuming what you put in at Shell was of similar density to the fuel already in the tank, then yes it would mix (probably before you've even moved actually) meaning that you've mixed whatever the two liquids are 2:1. As Ekona alluded to, if whatever you've put in at Shell is anything remotely resembling petrol, even lower octane stuff, it's unlikely to have such a dramatic effect so instantly - it'd probably be enough to cause det and the associated damage of running low octane fuel in the long term of course, but not to cause these symptoms. For that almost instant result, you'd have to have added something completely different to petrol at Shell. If the new liquid was of a different density it could separate in the tank meaning that whatever was added at Shell is all that is being fed through to the engine... which wouldn't be resolved by adding more petrol to the tank at Tesco as the liquids would still separate. So that brings us back to Ekona's & Lexx's questions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wiltshire Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 How hard is it to clean the MAF sensor? cant see how it would of got dirty though. Spark plugs are good and if there was an air leaks surely it would run poop all the time? No lights appeared on the dash. Would limp mode cause a rough idle etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 If it was driving as badly as you say, I'm amazed there was no CEL! Could've been a bit of moisture sat into one of the coilpacks too, which moved or was burnt off once you'd stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 The MAF could have got wet, probably unlikely if your running a standard air box though unless you had been through some serious water or driving right up the chuff of someone throwing lots of spray. Sent from my Zed using Nangkang tyres front, RE040's rear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wiltshire Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Yeah standard airbox. Confused on this one now, Don't like Betty when she's angry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I blame the previous owner 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Yeah standard airbox. Confused on this one now, Don't like Betty when she's angry! Well let's be honest, we may never know, and as has been suggested it could be any number of things, if it hasn't done it since and it doesn't do it again stop worrying. Have you done any work on the engine recently? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I blame the previous owner :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-350 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 And I wasn't being rude. Youd know if I was being rude, trust me. yea he turns in to a Class A prick Turns in to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Normally I'm a weapons grade version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Normally I'm a weapons grade version you grow on people tho even got me looking at MPSS for my new wheels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Normally I'm a weapons grade version Especially in virtual form on Forza Horizon 2, I have to switch to easy mode when you rock up to stop you stuffing me into the barriers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wiltshire Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Normally I'm a weapons grade version Especially in virtual form on Forza Horizon 2, I have to switch to easy mode when you rock up to stop you stuffing me into the barriers Haha, what's your game tag? There's a 350z on Forza 5, handles pretty well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Normally I'm a weapons grade version Especially in virtual form on Forza Horizon 2, I have to switch to easy mode when you rock up to stop you stuffing me into the barriers yea him and warpedstorm (will370z?) have ruined forza for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Don't worry project cars will be out soon - we can start from fresh on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I'll still be an arsehole on that I'd love to see my own driveatar sometime, everyone complains about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I'll still be an arsehole on that I'd love to see my own driveatar sometime, everyone complains about it! so same as you in real life then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Only because I model myself on you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Only because I model myself on you awww cheers babes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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