Thread: Breakdown - P0191 Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor

Originally Posted by letherm

To avoid buying fuel in that area.

“Area”. So every station in the area is tarnished with the same brush because of one incident?

Is the issue a tank issue at the premises, a batch issue that could affect more than one? And has the bad batch gone by now?

Etc. If you don’t name the place then it’s pretty pointless. At the very least you might avoid one site in a town but more than that .....

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

“Area”. So every station in the area is tarnished with the same brush because of one incident?

Is the issue a tank issue at the premises, a batch issue that could affect more than one? And has the bad batch gone by now?

Etc. If you don’t name the place then it’s pretty pointless. At the very least you might avoid one site in a town but more than that .....

So every station in the area is tarnished with the same brush because of one incident?
No, but it does mean that you will avoid the one that did sell bad fuel.

Is the issue a tank issue at the premises, a batch issue that could affect more than one? And has the bad batch gone by now?
Don't know so I would prefer not to take the chance.

Etc. If you don’t name the place then it’s pretty pointless. At the very least you might avoid one site in a town but more than that .....
Which is why I asked about suburb/area to avoid which is sufficient in and of itself to mitigate the risk of getting a bad tank of fuel. I agree that if you're in a small town it's a waste of but I'm not and have the option to go elsewhere if I want to.

Might not have been a bad batch, as there is also the theory of not buying fuel after a tanker delivery, as that stirs up all the sediment and water in and underground tank.

Avoiding a suburb to avoid bad fuel is statistically not viable.

What was good today can easily be bad tomorrow depending on the root cause.

Best “rule of thumb” is to buy from high turnover stations of known brands. Obviously this can’t stop bad fuel either but fresh fuel is more likely to be in their tanks.

Just don’t fuel up straight after the tanker has been sitting there, at this time all the sediment is stirred up.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Avoiding a suburb to avoid bad fuel is statistically not viable.

What was good today can easily be bad tomorrow depending on the root cause.

Best “rule of thumb” is to buy from high turnover stations of known brands. Obviously this can’t stop bad fuel either but fresh fuel is more likely to be in their tanks.

Just don’t fuel up straight after the tanker has been sitting there, at this time all the sediment is stirred up.

It seems so obvious, that knowing the cost of repairs on modern diesels from contaminated fuel, that fuel companies would be putting in some sort of filtration/alert system that would either filter fuel or alert when contaminated.
Such a system would not be that expensive to add to their fuel dispensing, and might even attract diesel users if they had some level of assurance that fuel was "clean".
Had a situation in Port Hedland where a local station had extreme water contamination every time it rained.
Not only did they knock out about 60 vehicles, they also disabled all the towns ambulances.
That station eventually sold so little diesel they had to install new tanks to lure customers back, with most of us just shopping elsewhere after that anyway.