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MG ZR ZS ZT Technical - Beware of Supermarket Fuel!

Just 234 miles on the clock and it was time to top up with fuel. Without thinking i put £20 worth of cheapo supermarket brew in. Big mistake! this stuff is that low sulphur the goverment want us all to use.

We me friends, this "Fag fuel" totally F**ked up my Type "R". With in 2 miles i started to have "Pinking" and the engine would not run clean.

Went to a Shell station right away, and put in good clean "Good stuff". This helped, but still had some problems. Anfter discussing them with a few "Old hands" i filled up with Shell Optomax "Fag Flush"

Normal service is back!

You have been Told!
Mega
MEGA

First time here, who is this loser?

Fag fuel, fag flush?

Still if you drive the latest gay icon and it happens to look like a public lavatory what do you expect I suppose.

Are you all like this guy?

I came here to read about the best up coming mainstream car company the UK has had in years and there's this drivel.

MEGA should be DICK
Get Real

And what's he doing with those "Old hands"?

Eh DICK?
Get Real

I thought Mega bought this Type R some time back yet only 200 odd miles? Must be a weekend driver. By the way, its Optimax, not Optomax.
John

Spelling has never been Mega's strong point.
JLD

Beware of that simpleton, Mega.

He tried to put me in his cruddy Honda today, but I soon pissed on his chips.

Supermarket Fuel

Extraordinary situation! It would appear the old peoples’ car does not work with the old peoples’ fuel. I thought modern cars were fitted with all sorts of electronic gizmos to cope with variable fuel quality. I know Japanese cars major on reliability rather than engineering but I am amazed that they cannot fit decent electronics.

Mega’s whinge reminds me of the old parade ground shout “sonny your mother would be proud of you, you are the only on in step!"

Cheers

Patrick
Patrick Beet

The MGF is obviously more advanced in this respect then, Mega. Copes perfectly well with supermarket petrol.

The government may want us to use low sulphur petrol, but I think for once that their motives are pretty good. And, if you remember, they even used it as a pretext to cut fuel tax too. Anyway, isn't almost all unleaded low sulphur now?

>>>>He tried to put me in his cruddy Honda today, but I soon pissed on his chips.

Maybe someone pissed in his tank!


David Bainbridge

>> By the way, its Optimax, not Optomax. <<

Maybe this old hand needed something for his eyesight? ;o)

Mega, you know you shouldn't use the red or the black pumps mate. Stick with the GREEN ones. The Opthalmomax will doubtless help you spot these.
Rob Bell

This Mega guys an idiot, I bet he's 17 years old and drives an White E-reg Micra Colette.
7zark7

MEGA are u sure it was actually a petrol station u was at and not a pub.Easy mistake as theyve both got pumps. I bet u had a dodgy pump coz ive suffered from those running problems after ive had a dodgy pint too.
darren

Mega, For your info Shell has one of the lowest sulpher contents of all the UKs market fuels?!

I fill my 180 up with Asdas own for 71.3p / litre brew!! and it still goes like sh*t off a shovel..

Kev
K Heaton

I think that almost all unleaded is low sulphur now - it was Gordon Brown's excuse for dropping fuel tax a couple of pence without being seen to give into that fabled beast, the 'road lobby'.

Oh, and Mega, don't use petrol as 'fag fuel'. It's rather too explosive for that.

No. Hang on. Go ahead.
David Bainbridge

I love these threads with Mega in them, they are so funny. Not because of Mega, but the put downs he gets!
Cecil Kimber

yeah they are brilliant Cec, Mega is a 38 year old WANNABE!

Hahahahahah
K Heaton

MEGA always makes his mistakes in pairs. First he screws up, then he tells everyone he screwed up. Honest enough, I guess.
George B.

This thread was discussed between 15/06/2002 and 20/06/2002

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