Dodgy Diesel

[tiny]

It is quite common for traffic police to dip tanks to asses the fuel in suspect cases, but that is all they can do (it happened to me). Its just a visual check nothing more(its also difficult to do on modern cars due to anti-syphon filler necks).

 

However when customs and excise check your tank, they take a sample and analyze it on the spot. Ive been told they can also confiscate your fuel filters on the spot for further laboratory analysis(and replace them with nice shiny new ones), but ive yet to meet anyone who has had this done.

 

I know of 2 people that were caught using dodgy fuel and they both got

[marty16610]

Good point tiny, i will leave things as they are and not worry about it