Thread: What Fuel Brand Do You Use & Why?

If talking diesel - I don’t think there is any noticeable difference. My preference is to support companies that still refine fuel here in Australia - but all the refineries typically supply different brands now from the same refinery in their respective states and all done to the same Australian standards.

I dunno what happens up north. But down south here, diesel is diesel. All comes from two refineries(Shell or Mobil).
Makes no difference if you buy from any retailer, it's all the same stuff.
Only difference is the premium which gets an additive added at the time of filling the tanker.
What the additive is, very few actually know.
So if you buy 'el cheapo' premium diesel from one of the independents the premium additive could be different to say BP or Mobil or whatever.

Mate works in tankers and tells me this stuff.
He works for an indie fuel service and delivers from Mobil(and sometimes Shell) refineries to all manner of indies, and BP stations.

I usually buy at a local Metro, who retails at about 5-10c/lt less than everyone else, and in my D1(tdi) it foams up like stupid silly, and the last 10 lt takes longer than the first 70lt!
So annoying.
Got caught out the other day, in a rush and filled up premium at a BP. In effect close to zero foaming, so the last 10lt took me by surprise and I almost overfilled it over the filler neck!

Have to say, zero difference in the way it runs(on BP premium) compared to all my 'el cheapo' fills prior to this fill up.

Many years ago I filled my ZD30 Patrol up from a certain independent and paid cash. The fuel was cheaper than average. I had used the alpine route from Coffs through Canberra and Jindabyne to Sale and it was running perfectly until about 10km after a fill of cheap diesel and there was a miss which got worse.
I left it at aNissan dealer who confirmed bad fuel, so a new fuel system later and $$$$ I got it back. From then I only used the big three and paid only with my MasterCard and a tax invoice. Yes about 50,000 km later the grenade detonated. 147,000km.
I then bought my new D4, put only premium diesel in it or used mr funnel in suspect outback places and 250,000 km later have no problems. I also keep at least the last 15 fuel receipts to provide a paper trail. I always fill immediately after a trip so to leave no space for condensation.

Usually who ever is cheapest, a few servo's near to work or on my way home are 5-10c cheaper than the big brands. Although current pricing at 1.14/ltr i just fill when i need to at whoever is close.

I always fill up whenever,where ever, never had an issue.
But I do change fuel filter every service, and always keep a spare in the vehicle.

Whichever is cheapest in the area when I need fuel, which is generally BP, Costco or Puma.

BP to collect Velocity points and for their fuel guarantee but I may change soon back to Shell where Flybuys have gone to.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

BP to collect Velocity points and for their fuel guarantee but I may change soon back to Shell where Flybuys have gone to.

Me too but at this stage flybys mean nothing to me so sticking with BP