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To: Webster Groves who wrote (64186)	3/4/2007 3:47:51 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Seemingly a silicon product is used as a anti foaming agent in diesel. Whatever, if my memory serves me right, this is not the first instance, just maybe the biggest and latest. Legal tussles are already breaking out.. guardian.co.uk ======================================================== Petrol probe finds silicon in fuel Mar 2, 2007 6:43 PM GMT today.reuters.co.uk LONDON (Reuters) - Trading standards officials said on Friday they had found traces of silicon during tests on petrol which thousands of motorists say damaged their vehicles. Motorists across the country have said their vehicles broke down or suffered serious problems after leaving filling station forecourts. The Trading Standards Institute (TSI), which began an inquiry after complaints from motorists, said officers had found silicon in a sample of petrol supplied by a member of the public in Cambridgeshire. "Silicon products are used by fuel producers as anti-foaming agents in diesel," said Ian Hillier, Lead Officer Petroleum for the TSI. "However silicon can cause serious problems in petrol engines, particularly in modern cars with computerised fuel management systems. Silicon can build up as a deposit on sensors causing them to malfunction." The TSI said that, because the findings were preliminary, it would not reveal where the petrol had been bought. Several motorists have blamed petrol they bought from supermarkets Tesco, Morrisons and Wal-Mart's Asda. The supermarkets said on Thursday they had carried out tests and found no evidence of problems with the fuel they sold. Most of the fuel sold by supermarkets in the southeast comes from suppliers Greenergy and Harvest Energy, which also both said checks had turned up no abnormalities. Energy company BP, which is not involved in the investigation, said it had offered its technical resources to help the trading standards probe. The TSI, which groups trading standards inspectors from local and other authorities, said officers were working with the supermarkets to track down the source of the problem and to "ensure customers obtain proper redress". "They are also checking back through the supply chain in a bid to identify how and when the petrol became contaminated," it said in a statement. Consumer Direct, a government-funded advice service, said it had been contacted by more than 2,500 people concerned about possible fuel contamination. "Motorists have a right to be angry over what has occurred," said Geoffrey Theobald, chairman of the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services.