woolworths petrol ripoff

Fred,

Interesting comment. I have found that sometimes the figures don't equate with the expected economy with a supermarket branded fuel outlet, but never seen it quite spelt out as you have.

More than that you should consider the poor quality of the fuel used by that particular brand of stations.
It is all imported and particularly the Diesel is of dubious quality.
We have been warned a number of times at the Toyota Landcruiser Club about quality problems with the imported fuels.
As was pointed out the saving of a potential few cents per litre is nothing compared with the problems it may cause with your vehicle.

You may end up ripped off in more ways than one.

Also if the pump is out its a matter for weights and measures.

Fred .... I was buying Woolies petrol from their Miranda store in Sydney for about 3 or 4 months. The performance of my Jackaroo went downhill and consumption went up. I've gone back to shell and never looked back.

Also, in recent weeks that particular Woolies station has been consistently about 3c/L dearer than Shell (before any discounts are claimed). So there isn't any incentive to go there anyway.

Fred
I would IMHO keep a distance from "Woolies" fuel as I have had some bad experiences with using it. I have a GQ 4.2 Diesel and have used 3 outlets in the Newcastle area and the 1 big worry was the amount of water I was draining from the CAV filter, as you might be aware Diesels & water are a deadly mix for the motor. The tank in the GQ is 72 litre and cannot confirm increase in tank fill amounts as I never get below 1/4. Since having these experiences I changed to using either Mobil or BP. A few more cents/litre is worth it compared to $$$$ engine rebuild.

I always fill the sub tank on the Patrol first. In a 30l tank I have put anywhere from 26 to 35 litres, judging by the pump. If its any more than 32 litres I go talk to the station owner and advise their pumps are out and request an adjustment before I fill the main tank. All but one has come to the party. That one I only paid for the sub tank fuel and went elsewhere.

I have als had probs with Safeway diesel. Rang them to complain and they said, "Oh Diesel, we have had reports from others about the unleaded" hahahaha, what a clever panel operator.

Over the past few years I have known of a number of people in trouble with rotten diesel / petrol from Safeway {Woolworths} here in Melbourne {East Burwood area} and until recently I have avoided their outlets like the plague. About 4 or 5 wks ago I noticed the local outlet had a large & prominant CALTEX sign up, so I emailed Caltex H/O in Sydney asking if the fuel was exactly as dispensed at Caltex servos. Their reply was as follows--

Thank you for your enquiry re Caltex fuel at Safeway petrol outlets. As you have mentioned, when Caltex branding has been put on the site, fuel being delivered will be Caltex fuel and will meet the same standards as fuel purchased at Caltex / Ampol service stations throughout Australia.
However it is the responsibility of each individual service station to regularly inspect and check their fuel tanks to guarantee that the fuel being delivered at the pumps is of the highest standard - as was delivered to the site.

I have started using their fuel recently { for the discount } & so far so good, but I wouldn't be going near an outlet unless I knew that the Caltex brand had been in place for afew weeks at least.

happy travellin,

I can't understand why people queue up at these woolies & coles servo's to save a $1 or $2 in their fuel bill as iv'e seen them sit there for 20min to fill up with 30ltrs @ 4c a litre saving = $1.20 = stupid. As to different brands it makes no real difference in Sydney as there is 2 refineries Caltex & Shell. BP comes out of Shell & Mobil out of Caltex.

Gday fred
Firstly, i had a similar experiance in a wollies servo, putting 65l in what i thought was a 60l tank. I did nothing at the time, but will now double check and complain if it is a 60 tank.
Now secondly, it is possible for you to fill the main and some of the fuel find its way into the aux. The valve is no way a 100% seal, so there might be your discrepancy. I know with my 80, filling the aux ends upfilling the main aswell.
Andrew

Here's an idea........

........ forget Avgas.......

........ use Woolies petrol!!!

If their pump is out that is illegal. Weights & Measures (Gov department) are ment to inspect and calibrate the pumps. I would ring them and let them know.

Dozer has the answer. Petrol always finds its way into the sub when I fill the main. Never had a problem with Woolies petrol and have been using it for almost 150,000 kms.

Bottom line - if you find a petrol station with dodgy pumps go straight to the police and customs and excise.

What they are doing is ILLEGAL....