Thread: BP Diesel Ultra

What's the price difference? I haven't seen it at the pump. Do they have 'normal' diesel too?

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It was about 2 weeks ago, 133 to 134.5 for ultra as I recall 1.5 cents for about 68 litres, $1.... Extra for the tank.

Regards

Gerald

VK3GJM

I have used BP Ultimate for years in WA.....must be close to 10 years of having it in WA.

I recently had a "miss" or "surge" with 180 litres of Vortex on a trip to Kalbarri and back, plus highway trips south off home. It always occurred around 110.

Dealer was unable to work it out.

Went back to Ultimate and it has gone away.

Will avoid any change in the future and will only put enough in to get me by until I can fill with ultimate.

Brett...

Hi Brett,

Wow, that is serious. At least the anomaly was realised.

Regards

Gerald

Originally Posted by VK3GJM

Hi Brett, Wow, that is serious. At least the anomaly was realised. Regards Gerald

Well can't confirm it was the reason.....maybe just coincidence but all clear within a handful of kilometers after the fill.

Brett....

I used BP Ultimate for a while, got worse economy out of it, vortex was considerably worse. I use Shell, and get about 10L/100km in a mix of city and highway, and about 10.5 just in the city. TD5 Defender 110, just a bullbar and light payload.

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That's petrol though, right? Diesel sounds like a new product?

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Remember there are only 2 refineries in Victoria - Mobil at Altona and Shell in Geelong. All the other companies get their fuel out of these 2 places, and don't do much with it before taking it to thier servos. They only take one feed of diesel as that's all the refineries supply.

I've worked in most of these places and there isn't much difference between normal diesel and 'premium' diesel. A squirt of foam inhibitor into the tanker before the fill is about all that happens.

I've run some very unscientific tests between standard and premium diesel from both Caltex and BP, and I've found very little difference overall. Not enough to be paying the extra couple of cents per litre IMO. In Victoria at least, Vortex and Ultimate are one and the same product.

Most differences people notice are due to the tanks at the servos the product is kept in, not the fuel itself. It's the main reason I buy my fuel from just one known outlet, unless I'm too far from home.