Though petrol firms have denied any contamination of the fuel batches, preliminary test of the fuel that caused thousands of cars to break down, has revealed traces of silicon in it. Motorists who had filled petrol from forecourts at Tesco and Morrisons supermarkets have said that their motors are losing power and coming to stop.

Television stations have reported that they are being bombarded with thousands of e-mails from angry drivers about their motors being broken down after filling petrol at filling station forecourts.

Meanwhile the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has come out saying that the presence of contaminated petrol must have damaged sensors in cars which would have led to the stopping of car in order to save the engines.

"It's still fairly unclear what's going on. It's affecting all types of cars but it tends to be cars, which are 3 years old-plus. It doesn't seem to be so much of a problem with brand new cars", said a spokesman for SMMT.

Ian Hillier of the Trading Standards Institute has said that tests are currently being conducted on samples from the motors that have been affected by the problem as well as the petrol pumps from where the petrol had been filled.

"Officers are investigating these complaints, and samples of fuel from some of the affected cars are currently being tested for contamination, as are the contents of the pumps from which the petrol was drawn," he said, adding that the problem was more apparent in those motors that had used unleaded petrol.
 

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