A batch of contaminated petrol left many UK motorists stranded and out of pocket paying for repairs in early March,after filling up at certain supermarket forecourts.The petrol was later found to be contaminated with silicon,causing cars to judder,backfire and lose power.Fuel supplier Harvest Energy,which supplies Tesco and Morrison's-two of the fuel retailers affected-said 'unusually high levels of silicon' had been traced to four storage tanks at Vopak's depot in Essex.The AA also told the BBC that traces of silicon had been found in petrol taken from the cars affected.
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