Thread: Premium Fuels

I was myself thinking it may have been some placebo effect aswell. But the extra km's were not there on the Vortex or Stock Diesel. I have never been a huge believer in all these hyped products, say the least for crap like Hilclone and Magnests.

But she is pulling better and the economy is my my recording better.




Josh

I didn't get into the exact details of it - it was something about the new deisels being to clean and not compatible with the old seals. MR Automotive asked if I had been using BP Deisel which I had and they suggested not to as they have had quite a few injector pumps requiring rebuilds where the vehicle owners had been using the bp deisel. Mentioned it to someone else (non landrover) and they had had a similar experience. Regardless its an expensive exercise so I no longer use bp deisel. I have no idea which deisel had been run in the car prior to my ownership.

Just be aware with Bio...

From BP site:

What are some of the differences of BP Diesel with up to 5% biodiesel compared to conventional mineral diesel?
Energy content is about 0.5% lower than standard diesel as such there could be a minor increase in fuel consumption but this would not be noticeable under normal operations.

Originally Posted by skuilnaam

Just be aware with Bio...

From BP site:

What are some of the differences of BP Diesel with up to 5% biodiesel compared to conventional mineral diesel?
Energy content is about 0.5% lower than standard diesel as such there could be a minor increase in fuel consumption but this would not be noticeable under normal operations.

ALL diesel sold in AU can have up to 5% bio without labelling.

Diesel Fuel Quality Standard

Also - everyone should be aware that if you are in a state without a BP refinery, then chances are you are not buying BP fuel - even at BP servos! The same goes for other refineries.

The Matilida servos produce their own fuels

Back when I had brown hair (and more of it..) my v-8 Holden ran better/smooother on one particular brand with its Super-Dooper Additives, but gave more ooomph and mpg on another. Caltex with CX-3 was one... can't be sure of the other
- Allegedly the same base petrol, but differant additives.

Differance was'nt much, but consistant. I would imagine additives would have a similar effect diesel, especially if the cetane is differant.

The biodiesel I used to brew gave a quieter running, the same mpg, torque-band that extended lower, but less top RPM / top speed. Speed limits on the open road were'nt as easy to exceed as with 'normal' diesel...