A really REALLY embarrassing question

[FifiLámour]

Hi everyone.
Thank Dog the internet is anonymous as I don't believe I am having to ask this question...

My hubbie and I purchased a 2nd hand Disco 3 (petrol) on Friday arvo and he promptly had to ship overseas for work at 5am Saturday morning. So I am left without the "man in my life" for these womanish questions...:mellow:

My boys are dying to head out for a drive in the new car but it needs petrol! The manual is talking about the petrol in a language my female brain cannot cope with, the local dealership is closed and google is not cooperative either!!!

Does the Disco 3 take premium unleaded or normal unleaded???

If I muck it up I will be dead meat I'm sure when my husband gets home in 2 weeks :blush:.

Please are there any able-minded people out there who can help?

(Then I just have to figure out how to get the cap open etc, LOL)

Thanking you in advance

[Lucus]

I cant tell you how to open the fuel cap, but i can tell you that the car should tolerate normal unleaded. I would recommend using premium as its cleaner burning and better for the engine in the long run.:D

[ohleaky1]

jeerezzz i ask embarassing questions alot and thers,s no harm in doing it , people from aulro are very helpful .
Are you sure your its not a diesel ?

someone with a d3 will post what the best fuel for your vehicle is

sorry did,nt see petrol in brackets

[Ausfree]

Don't worry about asking (what you might think are silly questions) I am new to Landies too and the other more experienced people have been great helping me out with to them are basic questions. Anyway if you put the wrong fuel in, it can be VERY expensive to repair.:confused::confused:

[FifiLámour]

Thank you everyone so much for making me feel so comfortable - I am a domestic Goddess about to find her inner Sarah Connor I think PMSL.

Oh, and thanks too, to the moderator for moving this question somewhere more relevant (didn't see this section).

OK - I think I'll go with premium then at least until my husband gets home and he can make the final call. Will cost a bit no doubt, but at least I won't be harming the engine.

Now I will have to have a look and really start reading the threads on this forum. How good would it be to actually be able answer some of my husband's questions when he gets home!!!:D

Once again, thank you:)

[Ashes]

The D3 petrol is recommended to run on premium, Octane 95. Usually 3 grades of petrol available, normal (91 octane), 95, Premium and 98 Premium.

None should harm the engine but it will run best on 95.


Just dont put diesel in it if it's a petrol..

[MobyDisco]

LOL. Fifi, this is your husband speaking...

Please find that page in the manual we were reading at lunch on Friday, which talked about recommended fuel octane or RON.

Here are the RON values of fuel at our local BP:

BP Regular Unleaded = 91 RON (this is definitely not the right fuel)
BP Premium Unleaded = 95 RON (I think this is the right fuel)
BP Ultimate = 98 RON (this may be the right fuel, won't hurt, but will be $5/tank more expensive to buy)

The filler cap is on the drivers side. It locks/unlocks with the rest of the doors. You just push it to open it.

If you're planning to go on any major trips, please check the oil before you take it out, thanks. There will be a page in the manual explaining where to find the dipstick. If the oil is at or below the 'low' mark on the dipstick, you'll need to put a half litre more in it before you go driving. Again, the manual will tell you which specification oil to use, and how to fill it.

Have fun - and remember the drivers side mirror is convex ;-)

[slug_burner]

Unfair MobyDisco should have allowed Fifi to utilise her independence. Poor woman can't get away with anything, you are being watched:twisted:

[MobyDisco]

Unfair MobyDisco should have allowed Fifi to utilise her independence.
Independence...? All I see here is her ongoing dependence on blokes when it comes to cars :D

[WhiteD3]

It'll run fine on standard unleaded but premium is the go for fuel economy and power...well worth the extra cost.:)

[rmp]

There are two D3 petrol engines. From memory the V8 takes premium and the V6 standard. I do know the V8 supercharged in the RRS takes premium and lots of it. Either way the answer for any vehicle including D3s will be in the owner's manual if not on the filler cap door.

[FifiLámour]

:o

Honey! I was trying to get the answer by myself! And what's wrong with a bit of dependance on a man? Isn't it nice to feel needed?

Thanks for sticking up for me slug_burner;).

Nighty night all (and where are all the kissy-kissy emoticons, clearly you need more girls on this site!)
Fi :p

[slug_burner]

:o

Honey! I was trying to get the answer by myself! And what's wrong with a bit of dependance on a man? Isn't it nice to feel needed?

Thanks for sticking up for me slug_burner;).

Nighty night all (and where are all the kissy-kissy emoticons, clearly you need more girls on this site!)
Fi :p

Isn't that just XXOXXO

[DiscoSaffa]

Hi All

For what it is worth I tried them all when I bought my D3 V6 about a year ago..... ran it on 91 (Regular), 95 (Premium), and 98 (Super Duper Premium??). Compared costs of fuel with fuel consumption etc.....

In the end, premium, 95, is the way to go. Extra cost of fuel is saved by improved fuel consumption, so it is actually cheaper to run on 95 than 91, despit 91 being cheaper by the litre. 98 Is considerably more expensive and no notable improvement in fuel consumption. Funny enough, after trying all this I read the manual and it recommends 95.....

Some of you guys mention power, and I can't say I noticed any difference.

[300+]

You don't mention your engine, but with my V8 you can feel the difference with 98 octane in power and better economy. I've never done the maths but I don't think it costs more to run on this as you get better economy. The smile factor covers any difference...

However, my wife put 91 octane in it once. We thought it was broken. Very slow. To the point that you had to allow bigger gaps to pull out into, etc. It was quite unnerving until we got used to it.

It seemed to take a couple of tanks of 98 to get the system back to normal. If I'd been thinking I'd have dropped a bottle of octane booster in as soon as she confessed.

Cheers, Steve

[The ho har's]

:o

Honey! I was trying to get the answer by myself! And what's wrong with a bit of dependance on a man? Isn't it nice to feel needed?

Thanks for sticking up for me slug_burner;).

Nighty night all (and where are all the kissy-kissy emoticons, clearly you need more girls on this site!)
Fi :p


Isn't that just XXOXXO


well we better keep an eye on this pair:p me thinks while hubby is away the wife will play:p:wasntme:


Mrs ho har:angel:

[drivesafe]

Hi Fifi and welcome to the forum, you will get great support here and as others have pointed out, no such thing as silly questions, just ask away.

If you do something wrong because you didn’t want to ask, that would be silly.

My wife has a petrol D3 and as WhiteD3 posted, it will run on any unleaded fuel but you get better results if you go for the good stuff.

[MobyDisco]

well we better keep an eye on this pair:p me thinks while hubby is away the wife will play:p:wasntme:
/Ted Bullpitt

"Not the Disco! You're not taking the Disco! I just changed the air in the suspension!!!"

[FifiLámour]

Mwah haha very funny MobyDisco - I knew you had a Ted Bulpitt in you somewhere. He's come up before hasn't he???:p

Mrs Ho Har??? Another girlie to play with? Coool!!

Well no more excuses, today is cheap petrol day, so I will take the plunge. I dropped in at the local Caltex yesterday and picked up a pamphlet. As most of you have suggested, I will put Vortex Premium in her which is 95. Not the Vortex 98 and see how she runs.

Did you note the feminine article when I refferred to the Disco? Yes, I have decided there are not enough females in our family and as I am Queen of Everything, she is to be christened a girl.

Darling (MobyDisco, that is) I have arranged to have some special pink car seat covers made. Don't worry, they can fit them around the airbags, so the kids will still be safe. And they are throwing in a fluffy pink dice for the mirror too:D.

[WhiteD3]

Well no more excuses, today is cheap petrol day, so I will take the plunge. I dropped in at the local Caltex yesterday and picked up a pamphlet. As most of you have suggested, I will put Vortex Premium in her which is 95. Not the Vortex 98 and see how she runs.

Fifi, do us a favour and reset the trip meter when you fill up. Be interested to see what sort of economy you get.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I have arranged to have some special pink car seat covers made. Don't worry, they can fit them around the airbags, so the kids will still be safe. And they are throwing in a fluffy pink dice for the mirror too:D.

Thats what this place needed,,

a woman with CLASS.:cool:

Rock On Fifi.

[MobyDisco]

Darling (MobyDisco, that is) I have arranged to have some special pink car seat covers made.

Pink seat covers? Well at least it will give other 4WDers something else to laugh about as they tow us out of ditches :(

[rmp]

This thread is perfectly acceptable without photos.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

This thread is perfectly acceptable without photos.
:Rolling:

[Shonky]

Haha! Funny thread! :lol2:

Fifi - as far as car forums go, I doubt there is one on the web that has as many (active) lassies as this one. In fact, AULRO has many female moderators. ;)

Welcome. :)

[FifiLámour]

Fifi, do us a favour and reset the trip meter when you fill up. Be interested to see what sort of economy you get.

Tripmeter? :o

*Sneeks off to read manual*

Nahh, happy to do. Will be interested to see the result myself.


Seatcovers - Chanel Pink Lambswool of course! (have to match my nail polish ;))

[Chops]

You don't mention your engine, but with my V8 you can feel the difference with 98 octane in power and better economy. I've never done the maths but I don't think it costs more to run on this as you get better economy. The smile factor covers any difference...

However, my wife put 91 octane in it once. We thought it was broken. Very slow. To the point that you had to allow bigger gaps to pull out into, etc. It was quite unnerving until we got used to it.

It seemed to take a couple of tanks of 98 to get the system back to normal. If I'd been thinking I'd have dropped a bottle of octane booster in as soon as she confessed.

Cheers, Steve

Filled the beast up with BP 98 for the run from Albury the other week, had the same problem,, now back on Caltex 95,, :D

And,,, NO,,, this thread is NOT acceptable without pics,,, pink,, "go you good thing",,,:Rolling:

:rulez::rulez:

[Milton477]

Well I have heard that one needs to communicate with ones spouse:D - but in the public domain??? I not sure whether to feel honoured by these unbridled displays of communication, or embarassed for the couple in that they seem to have lost each others phone numbers. Where does it go from here? Stuff the fuel consumption or whatever the question was. I think I am learning something here.

[FifiLámour]

Milton, he's in South America at the moment. Telephone communication there is difficult at the best of times! Not every country has fabulous Telecoms like Telstra :p :angel:!

Actually it wasn't my intention to communicate with him on here - I didn't tell him I became a member. Just happened we both found the forum at similar times and then he recognised me. Oh, that sounds bad, doesn't it :blush:?

300+ and Chops - those were very interesting comments. Thank you for taking the time to make them.

[300+]

Filled the beast up with BP 98 for the run from Albury the other week, had the same problem,, now back on Caltex 95,, :D

Just to rule out any typos, your economy/power were poor on the BP Ultimate 98?

Cheers, Steve

[WhiteD3]

Thats what this place needed,,

a woman with CLASS.:cool:

Rock On Fifi.

Pedro the Swift....soon to be Pedro the abused:wasntme:

Come in Mrs Ho Har, Dullbird, NM, et al........

[Shonky]

Pedro the Swift....soon to be Pedro the abused:wasntme:

Come in Mrs Ho Har, Dullbird, NM, et al........

I was thinking "Pedro the Violently Deceased"...

[slug_burner]

Milton, he's in South America at the moment. Telephone communication there is difficult at the best of times! Not every country has fabulous Telecoms like Telstra :p :angel:!

...... Just happened we both found the forum at similar times and then he recognised me. Oh, that sounds bad, doesn't it :blush:?

300+ and Chops - those were very interesting comments. Thank you for taking the time to make them.

Que? Comunicacion con Australia, señor hemos perdido el satelite.

Fifi, I guess it was not meant to be xx0xx

[FifiLámour]

LOL Slug Burner. The government didn't lose the satellite, they sold it to some drug cartel for a couple of kidneys and a truck load of coke (and I'm not talking Cola) :twisted:. Never mind, in our next life perhaps (unless I come back as a Porsche girl) ;).

Shonky and WD3, a little voice inside my head is telling me that maybe, just maybe, Pedro was being sarcastic. So I don't think the girls should take offence. I almost got swayed by some Betty Boop covers in Big W today. Now that's class! Stick a couple of frangipani's on the back window, some dolphin wind chimes inside and we're ready to roll! All good feng sui I'm sure.

Oh, and Milton, at least it wasn't "unbridled displays of affection" :p.

[WhiteD3]

Stick a couple of frangipani's on the back window, some dolphin wind chimes inside and we're ready to roll! All good feng sui I'm sure.

Here was I going to invite you guys on our next outing............................................ ........have you no decency[FishSlap][FishSlap][FishSlap]








Oh....I love new the fish slap smiley:D

[Chops]

Just to rule out any typos, your economy/power were poor on the BP Ultimate 98?

Cheers, Steve

Yep,,, lost most of my power :(,,,however, the fuel economy "may" have been alright,,, but when your passed by a B-Double, :eek:,,I dont care how good economy may be,,, I didn't get a V8 to get passed by trucks at their whim,,, :( :mad:

I'll confirm exactly my economy when I do the same run this coming weekend,,,,, It will be done on Caltex 95,,,

[The ho har's]

Thats what this place needed,,

a woman with CLASS.:cool:

Rock On Fifi.


Defiently off the xmas card list here :angry2:


Mr ho har:angel:

[300+]

Yep,,, lost most of my power :(,,,however, the fuel economy "may" have been alright,,, but when your passed by a B-Double, :eek:,,I dont care how good economy may be,,, I didn't get a V8 to get passed by trucks at their whim,,, :( :mad:

I'll confirm exactly my economy when I do the same run this coming weekend,,,,, It will be done on Caltex 95,,,

Have you ever tried Caltex vortex 98? I use it sometimes as it is the other locally available 98. Don't think I've tried the 95.

Cheers, Steve

[drivesafe]

Yep,,, lost most of my power :(,,,however, the fuel economy "may" have been alright,,, but when your passed by a B-Double, :eek:,,I dont care how good economy may be,,, I didn't get a V8 to get passed by trucks at their whim,,, :( :mad:

I'll confirm exactly my economy when I do the same run this coming weekend,,,,, It will be done on Caltex 95,,,

Hi chops, I only use BP or Shell ( or Mobil if I can’t get the other two ) and have never had a problem.

It sounds like you may have got a load of contaminated fuel.

This is my personal preference but I wouldn’t put Caltex ( Woolies ) fuel in my lawnmower let alone any of my vehicles.

[midal]

Drivesafe

Just out of interest, what is wrong with Caltex fuel......and does this apply both to petrol and diesel?
(No, I'm not involved in the industry at all, just a query)

Cheers
Mick

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Darling (MobyDisco, that is) I have arranged to have some special pink car seat covers made. Don't worry, they can fit them around the airbags, so the kids will still be safe. And they are throwing in a fluffy pink dice for the mirror too:D.


Thats what this place needed,,

a woman with CLASS.:cool:

Rock On Fifi.




Seatcovers - Chanel Pink Lambswool of course! (have to match my nail polish ;))


Pedro the Swift....soon to be Pedro the abused:wasntme:

Come in Mrs Ho Har, Dullbird, NM, et al........


I was thinking "Pedro the Violently Deceased"...


Defiently off the xmas card list here :angry2:


Mr ho har:angel:



:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:
Nice bait by Fifi,,
Great hook by Pedro,,

one fishy Mrs HH.
:p;)

[Chops]

Have you ever tried Caltex vortex 98? I use it sometimes as it is the other locally available 98. Don't think I've tried the 95.

Cheers, Steve


I used to be a "Shell" boy years ago, and whilst towing a 5.5mt alloy boat, loaded with all the gear needed for 1 wife and 4 kids up to QLD, I tried quite a few different scenario's. At that time, Vortex 98 prooved to give me the best of everything. (we wrote down all miles/litres and $$ too) so it was full on, also gave description of route, you know know, hills etc encountered) Towing and being fully laden, you could notice everything that let you down in every way.
Having being broke for the last couple of years, I've only been useing the cheep stuff,, noticed the loss at first, but got used to it :(,,, Now back with higher grade, the servo I go to stopped selling 98, 95 and 91, and went to 95 and 91 only (gas and Deisel too). I cant say I notice alot of difference between 95-98, but deffinately can feel it from 91-95.

And Drivesafe, I did wonder if it was contaminated,,, it may be time for me to do my filters, but I dont think so,,its a well used servo.

The other thing is, whilst there at the "BP" Wodonga servo, I purchased "Caltex" oil products, so who really supplies the fuel???? Every one seems to own everybody else, so whos fuel are we really buying,, and I cant keep up with it all. :(

But I like Caltex :D well,, my car does anyway,,,;)

[Tote]

BP Australia have stopped marketing their own lubricants in the automotive space. Apparently there has been a tie up between BP and CASTROL for some time and now BP service stations sell Castrol oil. I found out when I went to buy Corse plus for my ute and found out it's no longer made, had to use Castrol Edge instead.
Regards
Tote

[FifiLámour]

Well I know the old ad said "Oils ain't oils" but I always thought that was just advertising chutzpah. So, I'd like to know what's wrong with Caltex too, as it is what I generally buy. I dislike Coles as a grocery shop, so it will be a big thing to change from Woolies. Mind you, at the end of the day I suppose I am only saving 90 litres x 4 cents ($3.60).

So, Drivesafe I'm not doubting you, but I'm one of those people who likes to understand things. Could you please explain how you came to this conclusion? Is it personal opinion via experience or scientific fact read somewhere?

Ahem...White D3: It appears that your Blue Smilie is hitting the Pink Smilie with a large fish. What should I glean from that? Are you advocating violence against women? I think we'd better clear this up now before I have to call Mrs Ho Har for back up;).

And I'm shattered that you are discrimating against me just because of the frangipanis. What about a sticker saying "Magic Happens"? Would that still be a no-no?

[WhiteD3]

Ahem...White D3: It appears that your Blue Smilie is hitting the Pink Smilie with a large fish. What should I glean from that? Are you advocating violence against women? I think we'd better clear this up now before I have to call Mrs Ho Har for back up;)

Ya see I wooda a thought a french Sheila like yaself woodnunt be one to be gender-casting blokes and Sheila's with blue and pink. Might happen in frogland love where yous come from, but here is orzstralya we blokes are don't have those sort a hangups.........



And I'm shattered that you are discriminating against me just because of the frangipanis. What about a sticker saying "Magic Happens"? Would that still be a no-no? Magic happens? Too deep for me, I'm a bloke and only think on the most superficial levels. Where's ya hubby? I think I need rescuing:eek:

[drivesafe]

So, Drivesafe I'm not doubting you, but I'm one of those people who likes to understand things. Could you please explain how you came to this conclusion? Is it personal opinion via experience or scientific fact read somewhere?

Until Howard forced higher standards on the fuel industry, only Shell and BP guarantied the quality of their fuel.

New quality standards are being introduced, they are being phased in at gradually over a few years and will not be at the highest level of world parity until 2011.

The problem is that a couple of years back, when one of the mandatory increases in quality was to be met, Caltex requested an extension ( and got it ) as they still couldn’t produce their fuel at the next level of quality.

As posted, I only use BP and Shell and occasionally, Mobil and so far the only problem I have had was from Mobil when I filled up at one of their servos here on the coast.

I still had at least 4 Lts in the tank and managed to put another 106 Lts in.

Not bad for a 100 Lt tank.

PS, I hate shopping at both Woolies and Coles.

[FifiLámour]

Thanks for that Drive Safe, I didn't know about it. I might play around with some different brands of fuel then and keep some stats on their performance to see what the difference means in mileage etc.

ETA: Dravesafe I meant to say too, that's a bit crook about the mismeasurement of the Mobil fuel. I've heard of that happening before too.

Quote D3:
Where's ya hubby? I think I need rescuingLast heard of deep in the wilds of South America. And he wasn't too well, so I'm getting a bit worried about him actually as he hasn't responded to any of my messages today. :( Maybe some boa constrictor has had him for lunch?

[Chops]

heres one for you,, you may want to check this thread,,, :D

:whistling:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-chat/91329-police-should-doing.html

We try and be ever helpfull here,,,, (but certain things just don't belong)

:angel:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

BP Australia have stopped marketing their own lubricants in the automotive space. Apparently there has been a tie up between BP and CASTROL for some time and now BP service stations sell Castrol oil. I found out when I went to buy Corse plus for my ute and found out it's no longer made, had to use Castrol Edge instead.
Regards
Tote

tied up alright,,
BP own Castrol,,,

[midal]

Gold......:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Cheers
Mick

[FifiLámour]

ROFLMAO @ Chops - classic!! :D Touche! OK OK, you guys win this round.

So I guess I have to go with an Ed Hardy skull sticker then.

There you are, you've broken my spirit :(. Time to change the avatar...