Porthmadog Texaco garage

[Dannyb]

Did anyone have problems after filling up at Porthmadog Texaco garage on the C2C? 

We filled up just before the start with Vmax and only managed 8 miles before we had to retire. Running like a dog with loads of white smoke. Thinking the head gasket had blown we pulled out. 

This morning I did a compression test... All good. 

I cleaned out the carbs and and fuel lines from the engine bay electric fuel pump and run a pipe to a Jerry can with known good petrol. It ran OK no smoke. 

Next will be to drain the full tank and clean it. 

As a side note RH insurance breakdown.. Got us a cab all the way home to Essex and the car turned up in the afternoon. 

Danny

[Nick Jones]

5 minutes ago, Dannyb said:

Running like a dog with loads of white smoke.

Diesel does that……

If it says v-max on your receipt but you have diesel present - go after them!

[Dannyb]

17 minutes ago, Nick Jones said:

Diesel does that……

If it says v-max on your receipt but you have diesel present - go after them!

Just looked at the receipt and there is nothing to say what it is. Just £26. 

Diesel makes sense. I know I used the petrol pump because both the Vmax petrol and diesel were next to each other. I remember thinking it would be easy the mix them up. 

Looks like I've got to now get rid of 8 gallons. 

Danny no

[Pete Arnold]

26 minutes ago, Dannyb said:

Did anyone have problems after filling up at Porthmadog Texaco garage on the C2C? 

 

That's interesting, Danny

I know Porthmadog reasonably well but I'm not sure where the Texaco garage is located.  Neither petrolprices.com nor the Texaco website lists one!

The only possible garage I can think of is on Penamser Road near the Travelodge but that is currently shown as Essar brand.

[Dannyb]

32 minutes ago, Pete Arnold said:

That's interesting, Danny

I know Porthmadog reasonably well but I'm not sure where the Texaco garage is located.  Neither petrolprices.com nor the Texaco website lists one!

The only possible garage I can think of is on Penamser Road near the Travelodge but that is currently shown as Essar brand.

Sorry my mistake its the Shell garage. 

Danny

[yorkshire_spam]

41 minutes ago, Dannyb said:

Shell garage

Sneaky f**kers at our local Shell nearly caught me out the other day with their VPower diesel.

Luckily I spotted it just before I started filling in the tank. 

[Nick Jones]

41 minutes ago, yorkshire_spam said:

VPower diesel

Uh huh…..🙄

[Nick Jones]

1 hour ago, Dannyb said:

Looks like I've got to now get rid of 8 gallons. 

Your old side-valve mower will run reasonably well on a blend (and presumably with just £26 spent in these testing times, it’s a fairly petrol-heavy blend). Might need a whiff of carb-cleaner to get away from cold and might small bit funny, but it will work.

Nick

[Batch]

Interesting, on the Summer Trial this weekend two cars made a similar mistake of filling up with BP ultimate diesel when they thought they were using BP Ultimate petrol. The filling station was only a couple of miles from the hotel. It was after 11:00pm before they got it out of the tanks, it took an age to get it out of the Volvo because it had a foam filled safety tank.

[Rubce]

Porthmadog Shell garage does not sell E5 V Power Petrol. They do however, sell V Power Diesel. I nearly made the same mistake on Friday evening when we called in there. I had the pump in my hand before it registered in my brain that the pump cover was black and yellow rather than the correct red and yellow.

Regards

Bruce

[chris2]

 At work i have had many trucks filled wrong fuel petrol . after draining fuel replace fuel with diesel  keep fuel in can over a week the fuel will separate different weight . i can not remember if petrol is at top or bottom .  

i have soon a cly head been blown up running someone had but petrol in  on a diesel ford sierra 2.3 had a dent in bonnet cly head had a gap below block  head been hold by injector pipes and exhaust    

 

[Dannyb]

I've now got to find a way to dispose of 8 gal of fuel.  I'll have a word with local garage. 

Danny

[Tim Hunt]

Bad luck Danny but good to know RH Insurance can offer such stunning service when the chips are down!

Tim

[Dannyb]

4 hours ago, Tim Hunt said:

Bad luck Danny but good to know RH Insurance can offer such stunning service when the chips are down!

Tim

Yes Tim.  I can't fault them, for the service they provide, that's why I've been insured with them for the last 18 years. 

Danny

[thescrapman]

On 28/06/2022 at 07:52, Dannyb said:

I've now got to find a way to dispose of 8 gal of fuel.  I'll have a word with local garage. 

Danny

Got to Be worth seeing if it does separate out.

[Dannyb]

5 hours ago, thescrapman said:

Got to Be worth seeing if it does separate out.

My local garage who service my modern took it for me. I had a couple of old 20 ltr red diesel containers. I didn't want to mess with all that petrol 8.5 gals I was lust glad to get shot of it. 

I did womder what the company's do with fuel they pump out of cars every day. It must be used somehow. 

Danny

[cook1e]

I filled my Dolomite with VMax Diesel once, it's easy to confuse with the V-Max Petrol on the pump. I only live 1/2 mile away from the petrol station and the car started to misfire just before driving onto my driveway and then it conked out when I stopped. When I got out of the car I could smell diesel, then I looked at my receipt and sure enough I'd bought V Max diesel rather than petrol. I drained it all out and replaced with petrol but even so I had to change the plugs 3 times over the next couple of weeks before it would run well. 

Edited July 7, 2022 by cook1e