Humbug
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 posted on 7/3/07 at 11:09 AM |
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Fuel contaminated with silicon or silicone?
Depending on which article you read, the fule has been contanimated with silicon or silicone. As far as I know these are two very
different substances! ...although a search on Wikipedia says that silicon is a component of silicone:
"In the form of silica and silicates, silicon forms useful glasses, cementes, and ceramics. It is also a component of silicones, a class-name
for various synthetic plastic substances made of silicon, oxygen, carbon, germanium, and hydrogen, often confused with silicon itself."
Any idea which is the real culprit? Intuitively, you would think silicone is more lilkely to be found, but ???
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 7/3/07 at 11:11 AM |
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AFAIK, the mystery ingredient is silicone, which leaves silicon oxide/dioxide on the oxygen sensor when burnt in a petrol engine.
But I may well be wrong...
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 7/3/07 at 11:14 AM |
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That's modern journalism for you. It's not that they can't spell, it's just that they don't have to have a clue about
what they write about ( See dictionary under Jeremy Clarkson).  
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 7/3/07 at 11:16 AM |
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silicone is likely cause, it is generally in oil form and is silicon (element) bonded to other bits and bobs (itself, hydrogen, oxygen etc.)
Silicone oil is wierd stuff, really low surface tension so it gets everywhere and very difficult to get off.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone_oil
They are used in those things to make your bumpers black again.
Matt
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 7/3/07 at 11:36 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt_gsxr
silicone is likely cause, it is generally in oil form and is silicon (element) bonded to other bits and bobs (itself, hydrogen, oxygen etc.)
Silicone oil is wierd stuff, really low surface tension so it gets everywhere and very difficult to get off.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone_oil
They are used in those things to make your bumpers black again.
Matt
Perhaps an overly proud oil tanker captain, cleaning all the rubber bits on his ship...
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Agriv8
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| posted on 7/3/07 at 11:50 AM |
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Might be wrong here.
but they add this to Derv to stop it frotting so assume someone had dosed the wrong tank ? opps wander if someone is still employed.
Regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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smart51
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| posted on 7/3/07 at 12:31 PM |
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The silcon(e) additive, whichever it is, is an additive to diesel to stop frothing, as has already been said. It seems pretty clear that someone
added diesel additives to the petrol by mistake.
You shouldn't blame tesco for the problem, they just buy the fuel in.
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iank
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| posted on 7/3/07 at 01:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
Might be wrong here.
but they add this to Derv to stop it frotting so assume someone had dosed the wrong tank ? opps wander if someone is still employed.
Regards
Agriv8
As someone with a delight over the richness of the English language I was much amused by the above typo.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=frotting
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 7/3/07 at 05:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
Might be wrong here.
but they add this to Derv to stop it frotting
Regards
Agriv8
It's Pervs that do frotting, don't you mean to stop Derv frothing?
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Agriv8
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| posted on 8/3/07 at 01:04 PM |
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LOL OOPppps,
That was a typo and a half ! Must be a down wouth thing .
Regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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