Thread: 4X4 Aust Product test on "Oz diesel" - What's your Thoughts ???

I've been running 2 crd's for 8 years and 1/2 a million kilometres and I'm pretty happy so far without additives. You never know where the facts and paid by sponsors plugs begin and end especially in 4wd magazines. The additive probably won't hurt your car.

Where is the Diesel Fuel Test?

This is just advertorial unfortunately . No procedure . No benchmark . No results.

that's my thoughts Rob.

It's pity a company like that don't give a couple of bottles of this stuff to Aulro (and any other 4x4 forum) to diseminate and publish factual results.

If it is good it would be the cheapest advertising they could ever have.

It's def an ad but I do want to point out how often we hear a diesel car needing new injectors or parts cause of bad diesel. It's possibly cheap insurance in the outback

Besides whether it's a paid ad or not..... Does Aussie Diesel really need these additives added to make it suitable for CRD diesels these days?

I've have a cousin that works in the filtering business, and he's constantly hearing customers coming in sharing their costly stories of having to repair their CRD diesel engine and now they're wanting to install extra filters + any other thing that will help prevent it from happening again......

I know CRD engines have been out here in Aus for a long time and that there will be heaps of owners that have never had any issues, so what is the go then ??

I was filling up at a garage on an autobahn in Germany around 4 years ago and they had an attendant coming around generally helping and wiping windscreens etc. I had stopped at the super clean extra refined euro diesel pump and the guy asked me if I really wanted to put that stuff in the car. He basically recommended the cruder blend at the cheaper pumps saying the "good" stuff was too dry and lacked enough lubrication. Who knows? I sometimes put 2 stroke in with a tank and the car runs a bit quieter and smoother, or is it my imagination?

Just an advert it seems from reading it. Can't comment on other states but in Vic, there's only 2 sources of diesel available - doesn't matter who you buy it from. 'Premium' diesel gets a squirt of defoamer in the tanker before it's filled with regular diesel. Only Mobil at Altona and what was the Shell refinery at Geelong produce diesel for our local markets.

Crappy fuel always comes out of a retailers old crappy tank, not from the refineries. just a scare campaign. Find a retailer you trust and have had no known issues with and stick with them whenever possible.