Thread: Woolies Sell Its Service Stations to BP

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Get's confusing when you go around buying fuel, an independant i saw the other day was 8cents cheaper than the nearby woolies, Woolies advertises Vortex, and charges a premium, but the nearby indy servo has no labels on their pump. So is he selling the dirty diesel?
Some one told me there is Truck diesel and car diesel, I don't see any pumps that specifically say for Trucks only. Assuming diesel injectors are so fine, you would want to ensure your diesel is clean regards less of truck or other vehicle.

7/11 stores have ''Special Diesel'' on their sign poles. Special Diesel? is this a diesel that's on special or is it some really good diesel?

Yes, it can be confusing - that's what they want. In Melbourne there's only 2 suppliers of diesel - Shell and Mobil. Shell sells at Shell and Coles outlets, and the Mobil diesel is pretty much everywhere else. 'Premium' or 'Special' diesel is the same as normal diesel with an additive squirted into the tanker befoe filling - this is usually just a defoamer. There are places around the country that sell a different fuel for trucks, but not here. Diesel is diesel. The only thing to look out for is old tanks at old servos that have moisture and other crud in them - that will ruin your day, but what you buy and where you buy it makes no difference. Buy the cheap stuff, it's the same as the expensive stuff.

I only know all this myself after doing a job at the tanker facility - I was there a couple of times a week for nearly 6 months. I learnt a lot there - the queue of tankers of all different names and brands that came through was astounding. All filled up from the same diesel storage tanks which were all filled from a line that ran accross to the Mobil refinery.

I was none the wiser myself until then.

Facts about the Australian transport fuels market. Not sure about some of these facts. Especially those about security of shipping in time of war.

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Don't all fuels have to meet the same technical standards no matter what brand they are?
Reminds me of the time I let the BIL talk me into buying a tank of premium unleaded for the Mazda, which made absolutely nil apparent different to performance or economy. Just a waste of money.

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Even if it's just a 'perceived' difference, I'll keep buying BP because I perceive that the vehicle runs better on it.
...good to know diesel is diesel though 😜

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Don't all fuels have to meet the same technical standards no matter what brand they are?
Reminds me of the time I let the BIL talk me into buying a tank of premium unleaded for the Mazda, which made absolutely nil apparent different to performance or economy. Just a waste of money.

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I was told, or perhaps I read somewhere, that in order to get the benefits of premium unleaded it was necessary to use three fills of the more expensive petrol.

I ran three consecutive fills of premium in my SV21 Camry and it used 8.25 litres/100 km for each of the three fills. For several years before that I had been using E10 and used 8.25 litres/100 km. Ever since then I have been using E10 and using 8.25 litres/100 km.

I don't buy premium any more.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Don't all fuels have to meet the same technical standards no matter what brand they are?
Reminds me of the time I let the BIL talk me into buying a tank of premium unleaded for the Mazda, which made absolutely nil apparent different to performance or economy. Just a waste of money.

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You need to run it regularly, 1 tank of premium unleaded will start to clean. I have run a few cars on it and there is a definite power and economy increase but marginal with the 10c per litre higher cost and sometimes more. With the V8 Statesman found it gives around 50kms per tank more if run regularly and in the BMW about 70kms a tank more.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Don't all fuels have to meet the same technical standards no matter what brand they are?
Reminds me of the time I let the BIL talk me into buying a tank of premium unleaded for the Mazda, which made absolutely nil apparent different to performance or economy. Just a waste of money.

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