Marked gas oil

blahblah06

Hi lads just a question in my local fuel station it has on the pump beside normal diesel marked gas oil?

What does this mean is it the green agri diesel?

CJhaughey

yes

blahblah06

Very tempting to use at 1.08

CJhaughey

blahblah06 wrote: »

Very tempting to use at 1.08

Yep, its all good until customs call to your place and dip you and give you a 2500+ euro fine.

homingbird

So tempting that their must be someone out their using a 2 tank system to combat being pulled over . Sorry it is not me as i am all petrol !!!

CJhaughey

homingbird wrote: »

So tempting that their must be someone out their using a 2 tank system to combat being pulled over . Sorry it is not me as i am all petrol !!!

Yep there sure is two tank systems out there, but customs commonly take samples from the fuel system in the engine bay, I've seen them take hoses off the fuel filter and check there.
They didn't come down in the last shower anything that can be done they will have seen at some point.

homingbird

They would want to be very suspicious of you to check any further than the fuel tank on the side of the road with other cars to check. If you are only a private user they are not going to call to your house to check your car.

Del2005

homingbird wrote: »

They would want to be very suspicious of you to check any further than the fuel tank on the side of the road with other cars to check. If you are only a private user they are not going to call to your house to check your car.

The spider webs usually give away the dual tankers and it's not that difficult to pop a fuel line off in the engine bay

blahblah06

Why would they call to your house and how would they know if you filled at said garage

CJhaughey

blahblah06 wrote: »

Why would they call to your house and how would they know if you filled at said garage

Did you notice the old Corolla parked near the filling station?

snowman707

CJhaughey wrote: »

Yep there sure is two tank systems out there, but customs commonly take samples from the fuel system in the engine bay, I've seen them take hoses off the fuel filter and check there.
They didn't come down in the last shower anything that can be done they will have seen at some point.

they very rarely go to the engine bay unless as stated they found some thing a miss in the tank area

they failed to get a sample from one of ours a couple of years as it was in the red and they wanted to open an injector pipe, I refused , and told them to follow me to my mechanic and I would give the sample there.

After much discussion they declined and went on their way. It wasn't on green BTW, think they knew that anyhow.

dougie-lampkin

CJhaughey wrote: »

Yep there sure is two tank systems out there, but customs commonly take samples from the fuel system in the engine bay, I've seen them take hoses off the fuel filter and check there.
They didn't come down in the last shower anything that can be done they will have seen at some point.

Would they be paying for a mech to bleed the airlock from my diesel lines after pulling a hose off the filter? Are they actually qualified to start pulling apart my fuel system?

CJhaughey

dougie-lampkin wrote: »

Would they be paying for a mech to bleed the airlock from my diesel lines after pulling a hose off the filter? Are they actually qualified to start pulling apart my fuel system?

I don't know is the answer. But they can and do do it.
I don't care if you don't believe me, I don't run green diesel and never will but I know of two recent cases where fuel lines were opened and samples taken in the engine bay.
Customs have extraordinary powers in this country.

Thinkingaboutit

homingbird wrote: »

So tempting that their must be someone out their using a 2 tank system to combat being pulled over . Sorry it is not me as i am all petrol !!!

I know of someone who had that on their lorry.

Customs and revenue officers don't need warrants to enter property and I cannot see them caring if a check for green diesel disables a vehicle.

Markcheese

What happens when you go for doe/ Nct if yr running a dUal tank or on green, do they check..pass on info ?

bbam

I know of a cattle dealer and he ran a duel tank system for about 20 years. Was dipped many times but no suspicion. He would however empty the regular tank often an throw some fresh diesel in. Reckoned he saved a fortune.
I was stopped years ago in a loaner truck from the garage, the customs chap didn't like the look of the sample and brought it to the back of his car for testing. Turned out to be rust!

Id say if they take the regular tank visual sample and everything looks good then you'll be checked no further. They would only look to check under the bonnet if they were very suspicious of something or had a tip off.

But it's not worth the fine. And it's defrauding the state.

wilson10

Funny story about customs dipping tanks, a friend's father about 30 years ago had a tipper truck carrying sand & gravel.

He was in a shop when someone came in and told him his tank was being dipped by customs.

He didn't have much time for the customs but knew that his tank was clean.

He came out to find a rear end projecting from under the side of the truck at the fuel tank, whereupon he proceed to give it a flying kick of a hobnail boot.

The unfortunate customs man, groaning and rubbing his ass managed to extricate himself from under the truck, and was greeted by mock surprise and apologies from the trucker who told him that some bastard had put sand in his tank a few weeks back, costing him a fortune and putting him off the road for 3 days, so he thought this was a repeat.

He got away with it.

eagerv

Have over a half million miles on diesels and never checked yet..

cena

I seen a lad on Saturday fulling up his pickup with agri diesel. I know was this because the home heating oil is sold beside it

wilson10

Regularly see a few taxis filling up at a filling station in Dundalk, in public view, so they're obviously not too concerned about being caught.

They're saving so much that I suppose they're prepared to pay a fine and still be in money.

blahblah06

CJhaughey wrote: »

blahblah06 wrote: »

Why would they call to your house and how would they know if you filled at said garage

Did you notice the old Corolla parked near the filling station?

LOL no I didn't

Our man in Havana

There are sadly loads of snitches everywhere.

Wossack

wouldnt be surprised if customs start requesting forecourt cctv footage of those particular pumps

balcan

Years ago a lad from the revenue was telling me of one chap that had an NI reg car impounded by customs.Whiles your man was in paying to get the car released the custom boys were out dipping his 4x4 which was running agri. Expensive day for him.

Esel

wilson10 wrote: »

Funny story about customs dipping tanks, a friend's father about 30 years ago had a tipper truck carrying sand & gravel.

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