Thread: Diesel Additives

Originally Posted by kelvo

Your not far from cheap BP fuel.

BP in Waikiki are generally the same price or sometimes cheaper than Shell Coles or Woolworths Caltex even with their 4c discount.

...off topic, but the crazy thing is the next BP a few kms down the road can be 8-10cpl more expensive....

Originally Posted by onebob

discorevy..... you do realise that 14l/100km is not 1400km per tank but 14L per 100km or 14L consumed to travel a distance of 100km...

Yes onebob , I was just doing a quick Calculation based on my average hwy consumption (10.5 litres /hundred) from a brimmed tank (> 95 litres) works out to around 1400 kilometers....... BUT , only if using the additive used by yourself, which you say can give you up to 4 litres /hundred improvement, hence my inquiry as to which additive you didn't mention that you sometimes get 14 litres / hundred in your original post

Originally Posted by onebob

discorevy..... you do realise that 14l/100km is not 1400km per tank but 14L per 100km or 14L consumed to travel a distance of 100km...

I think/guessing he read your comment as 4L/100km not 4 litres less than normal/100km?

Originally Posted by joel0407

I think/guessing he read your comment as 4L/100km not 4 litres less than normal/100km?

Actually did read it as 4 litres less than normal / 100km, which, when using my own figures (see above post) means a world beating ( for a disco) 6.5 litres / 100 kilometers

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

...off topic, but the crazy thing is the next BP a few kms down the road can be 8-10cpl more expensive....

Both the Rockingham & Warnbro ones are a lot more, I think the Waikiki one is more of an independent.

Originally Posted by discorevy

Actually did read it as 4 litres less than normal / 100km, which, when using my own figures (see above post) means a world beating ( for a disco) 6.5 litres / 100 kilometers

Well it depends a lot how and where you drive. Living in Darwin, we have a lot of 80km/h speed limits which means braking for traffic lights then accelerating to 80km/h frequenty. I find around town, myh fuel consumption can get to 15 - 16L/100km. Add a little slow off raod to that and I can get over 18L/100km. Then go for a drive out of town at 100km/h and it's back to 10.5L/100km.

I highly doubt that a fuel additive can make 2 - 4 L/100km difference. My confidence isn't helped when no specific additive was named as they all differ greatly.

http://www.fuelly.com/car/land_rover...0296/fuelchart

I don't know if you guys can follow that link but it'll show how my fuel usage varies. I log every tank.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

The other alternative to adding your own additives is to run a tank or two of BP Ultimate Diesel every so often. I know specialist BMW and Audi Indies who swear by it in high tech turbo diesels and say you can see the difference when doing repairs with less carbon build up.

Do your own research and make up your own mind. If you are into adding additives, then going with the fuel companies mix can not do any harm.

I can't comment on the engine internals being cleaner but I know for fact that the premuim Caltax Diesel or Vortex as it's called, does nothing for fuel economy. I did 10,000km in my 2L diesel Skoda Yeti about 2 weeks ago. I did that in under 10 days and when I could, I filled with the premium Diesel. A few times I was able to fill multiple tanks of the premium in a row incase it was a prolonged use kind of change but still nothing. Again. I log every fuel up with km and fill the tank up the spout so I know exactly where its at.

Happy Days.