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Duncan

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Interesting information from DFT came through today - turns out NSW Department of Water, Heritage and the Arts enforce fuel regulations. Random. http://www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/f...mers/index.html

They will want the fuel sample for testing.

Even so, only the CTTT can make a binding order on the seller so I guess that is where I will end up.

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Don't be stupid. The government needs that revenue to implement a new ticketing system for our inadequate public transport system and make more cycle lanes for the .01% of the population that rides to work.

Heaven forbid they invest it back into something useful like roads and infrastructure or effective oversight of a known dodgy industry...

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Don't be stupid. The government needs that revenue to implement a new ticketing system for our inadequate public transport system and make more cycle lanes for the .01% of the population that rides to work.

Heaven forbid they invest it back into something useful like roads and infrastructure or effective oversight of a known dodgy industry...

Could have sworn that YEARS ago there was a 3c/L excise put on fuel to pay for exactly that... Now we're out of money? Hmm, what happened to that 3 for 3 or whatever they called it?

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HMM very unfortunate news duncan. The only caues of ping in an engine is either high comp, too much advance or over heating and seeing as hills just tested your car i doubt any of that is the case leaving the only other culprit of engine ping too be fuel octane level. Definatly somthing sus there .........

I saw a news arcticle about 2 weeks ago where there are 'fuel police' and recently have been hired to a much larger number than before. They go around with mesuring and testing devices and test about 50 servo's a day. Maybe look them up and ask them for a favour if they are around that area???

Personally i havnt had a problem with fuel as of yet, i try sticking to the highway servo because i feel the fuel is more fresh.

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Don't be fooled into thinking one particular company is selling bad fuel, they tend to all get their fuel from the same tanker (at least they do in smaller towns)

Up in Cairns, I know FOR A FACT that all the servos are getting their fuel from the same tanker, Shell just has first fill as they own the lines up here.

This means if one particular servo is having problems, it's either

A) Water in the tanks, though this tends to only cause a drama when the tank is nearing empty

B) Wrong fuel ie 91 in the 98 tank

C) They sell very little fuel and it has literally 'gone bad'. Fuel does seem to get shittier over time, a month or so is all it seems to need.

Send them the bill though, they'll only investigate if it's going to cost them money. Trust me, they will listen if they get more than one complaint from the same station

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Duncan Grand Master

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Thanks Dave, that was very helpful.

None the less....I have reached a dead end and despite my initial plans I am not going to pursue this further.

Basically Fair Trading put me on to the fuel testing guys, but they do not beleive the sample will be accepted as valid because I have not stored it properly (water bottle, not cleaned out, stored in sunlight).

I would suggest anyone else who has a similar issue keep a good fuel sample in a proper fuel safe container, and have it tested ASAP after the issue. I left this too long, bad luck for me.

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