Waste of time (an other un-necessary worry) or should we pay attention to this?

Morrison's bio-fuel under fire

From website above:

"Concerns have been raised by a consumer website, that using a high-blend biodiesel called B30, which is sold at Morrison’s forecourts across the UK, could be dangerous to certain vehicles. An investigation by a consumer website has put B30 fuel under the spotlight. The fuel, which features a blend of up to 30 per cent biomass, is supposed to be recommended for use by all manufacturers, yet there also seems to be fears from within the auto industry that B30 could damage engine components and customers are being advised not to use it to fill-up.

Industry body SMMT is in contact with Morrison’s and is urging it to improve the warnings on pumps, asking the supermarket to inform drivers that they should check with manufacturers before using the fuel.

The consumer website contacted 17 manufacturers and found that 15 did not recommend the product for their engines in the models quoted, with most concerned over the long-term effect on sensitive engine components. It appears car owners could find their warranties invalidated by using the fuel against manufacturers advice and end up paying for repairs themselves.

Morrison’s website claims that the fuel is “compatible with most diesel engines” and Harvest Energy, which supplies the fuel to Morrison’s, claims there have been no operational issues with the fuel which has been on sale for two years. It also points out the environmental benefits of B30 fuel, which presents a 15 per cent greenhouse gas reduction on a well-to-wheel basis.

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I dont use Morrisons fuel so cannot comment, however the EU dictate that a certain percentage of Diesel fuel is bio, all diesel bought in the UK contains bio now, and in europe the percentage of bio in diesel is far higher than here.

Waste of time (an other un-necessary worry) or should we pay attention to this?

From what i recall, its older engines that might suffer. Most modern engines have been designed to take 100% biodiesel for ages.

My old 1.9tdi Audi (1995) was able to take like 30% biodiesel with no problem.

Biodiesel eats certain types of alloy and rubber components. Skoda clearly state that Skoda cars must not be run on Biodiesel unless specifically designed to do so.

'Standard' diesel has 5% Biodiesel which is fine. Running 30% might cause problems with certain models.

You will also get less MPG with higher Biodiesel content.

since last year when all the petrol satations started to up bio % in their fuel my mpg dropped. love to try a couple full tanks of 99 ron with no bio cr@p in it again to see the performance missed and the mpg i could be getting.

I got 50 miles less per tankfull on Morrisons diesel than other "brands" of diesel in my A-Class :thumbdwn: Same journeys over a tankfull. Lancashire to Cardiff and back.

thats about 5mpg less

From what i recall, its older engines that might suffer. Most modern engines have been designed to take 100% biodiesel for ages.

My old 1.9tdi Audi (1995) was able to take like 30% biodiesel with no problem.

Id have said it was the otherway round, my 1994 citroen xantia 1.9 XUD TD would quite happily run on neat veg oil and did so reguarly

on the other hand, I wouldnt dare put Veg oil in a PD or CR engine