Goof
Thursday 3rd November 2005, 14:44
Let's not start another fuel debate, but if you fancy 150 miles of wondering what's up with your T5 try this:-
Run 2 or 3 tanks of your local supermarket/Jet/other scabby brand "95RON" - all might feel OK if a little lethargic but you get used to it.
Fill up with BP Ultimate and after 10 miles or so your T5 might seem real lazy. I even convinced myself that the turbo was coming in later and was poss a knacker!
For the remaining first half a tankful keep thinking of what you're going to do with the old lady (T5 ;)), still wondering what else could be wrong and where to start looking...
When you start to get into the second half of the tank the old girl perks up and continues like a train, even better than ever before maybe?!!!
The above happened to me - I can laugh now, but at the time I was picking the next car! (even considered a di*sel!).
I wasn't using "supermarket" fuel totally out of choice - just got a bit lazy to make a special journey to BP / Shell. It won't happen again!
Run 2 or 3 tanks of your local supermarket/Jet/other scabby brand "95RON" - all might feel OK if a little lethargic but you get used to it.
Fill up with BP Ultimate and after 10 miles or so your T5 might seem real lazy. I even convinced myself that the turbo was coming in later and was poss a knacker!
For the remaining first half a tankful keep thinking of what you're going to do with the old lady (T5 ;)), still wondering what else could be wrong and where to start looking...
When you start to get into the second half of the tank the old girl perks up and continues like a train, even better than ever before maybe?!!!
The above happened to me - I can laugh now, but at the time I was picking the next car! (even considered a di*sel!).
I wasn't using "supermarket" fuel totally out of choice - just got a bit lazy to make a special journey to BP / Shell. It won't happen again!