Diesel that doesn't foam up

Last edited by ramblingboy42; 11th June 2011 at 04:36 PM. Reason: spelling and punctuation.......don't you hate bad spelling and poor punctuation?

Yes. :p

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Well this is interesting. As far as I know there is only two diesel manufacturers in australia......please correct me if I am misinformed. One is BP qld. I believe diesel is trucked all over Australia...I know for a fact that the William Ck Hotel is going to be(or already being) charged an extra 22c/litre transport costs. I assume this is the new diesel fuel. But I'm sure there cant be that much variation. Where do Freedom fuels mix their 20% biodiesel before distribution and by the sound of it other brands mix additives too. There should be website declaring all this so motorists can be clearly informed

Even though there are only two manufacturers in Australia, that does not mean that there are only two varieties of diesel. The diesel supplied will vary as the source of crude varies, and in addition I would be surprised if there are not additional cargoes of refined diesel imported on an ad hoc basis both by the refiners and by other wholesalers or even retailers. Add to this the (small) production of biodiesel, which may be blended in varying amounts, possibly at a retail level, and there is a lot of scope for different varieties of diesel - all of which is required to meet the specification (and probably mostly does), but that specification does not include the extent of foaming - it is concerned mainly with cetane number, sulphur content and pour point, and little else.

John

Caltex fuel check

Refuelled today at Woolies with foamy diesel. Last run on Caltex was 9.21l/100km. Again nothing over 80km/hr due speed limits and running around after kids etc in the traffic.
Will be interested to see how the Woolies goes but I think it is Caltex anyway.

When I remember will do a specific gravity check on the two suppliers.

Cheers