Comments on: New Shell FuelSave Fuels Promise Improved Efficiency

By: james

james — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:47:05 +0000

got reply from shell, they say problems with my car are not the fault of shell fuelsave. they said they checked the petrol supplied to the garage and now closed the case i opened with them. so thanks a bunch shell!

By: Libby

Libby — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:34:54 +0000

Roland,
I have not had much replies from Shell other than deny all responsibility. I have sent the report on the car and they refuse to answer.
Should ‘watchdog’ be notified of this page then see if they can get some answers. I am still over £800 out of pocket .

By: Van Rental

Van Rental — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:01:33 +0000

Thanks John, I wish I’d seen the programme!

Regards, Roland

By: John Donovan

John Donovan — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:49:45 +0000

Check out this article:

Shell false claims over FuelSave featured on BBC TV Watchdog programme: 21 October 2011

http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2011/10/21/shell-false-claims-over-fuelsave-featured-on-bbc-tv-watchdog-programme/

By: JAMES

JAMES — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:30:43 +0000

got a 53 plate ford mondeo, filled up with fuelsave drove home, left car on drive. tried to start next morning and it would turn over but not start. Turns out the fuel pump has busted. My brother filled up at same garage but with diesel and had a problem with some valves on his audi a4. Waiting for reply from shell….

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:12:38 +0000

I’ve got a 57 plate Fiat Grande Punto 1.2 8v. I’ve been using this since it first came out and almost immediately my MPG went down from an average of 49MPG to around 44. I’ve slowly managed to get it back up to around 48MPG but that’s taken a good 6 to 8 months and I’m definitely not seeing the claimed fuel saving on this petrol. Sadly both my local (and cheapest) stations are Shell and filling up with petrol that’s 3 to 5p a litre more expensive to test the theory that the petrol is naff isn’t in budget.

I’ve not changed my driving style at all, 90% of my mileage is on the urban cycle and as I rely on my car for getting to and from work at unsocial hours it’s been well maintained from when I bought it new so the only variable is the petrol. I only ever fill the tank to half to maximise economy too and I still can’t pull they claimed figures out of the hat. Very disappointing but at least it’s the cheapest near me.

By: Stu

Stu — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:26:07 +0000

I own a 07 plate V6 deisel vauxhall signum and do approximately 30k miles per year, mostly business.

What made me scour the Internet for this thread is that, I believe, my car shows a regular MPG 3-4 miles lower than with the original shell fuel, or with BP / Esso.

There are no problems in terms of loss of power, it’s just with the same driving style, my mpg is lower than expected.

Is this co-incidence or feasible that the new fuel from shell is actualy worse for mpg, even on a 4yr old car??

By: Libby

Libby — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:58:37 +0000

Well I sent a letter and bill to their General Manager UK Retail on 23rd December. Heard nothing. Sent a recorded delivery letter on 7th February – still heard nothing.

Thinking if they just ignore me I might just crawl away…..

Anyone had a response?

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:56:42 +0000

I have a Renault megane dci and decided to try the fuel save After using v-power for the past year and a half I had done About 200 miles In it when I got a warning saying “check emissions” I ran the car till empty and refilled with v power and I had the ecu reset and since then no problems.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:23:51 +0000

I recently filled up my Skoda Octavia 1.6 2003 model with 47 litres of V-power petrol when it was on reserve. After running for 50-60 miles the engine management light ( testing engine electronics) came on. Also there the car was pinking a bit like it needed more rev to the get the same power. Drove another 100 miles with it.While googling I came across this website which made sense . Later I filled 23 litres of normal tesco petrol when the tank was close to half full. Meanwhile I booked an appointment with a local garage to check the error also send a email to shell , didn’t get much response from Shell after updating them on the details of the fuel station and details of my problem. After 60 miles of driving my engine management light has gone off. Praise the Lord! and Hope it stays like that.