[Rapide561]

Fuel

Hi

With the car - I use what ever is cheapest and convenient. Same for the van.

In two separate posts, however, I have commented that foreign diesel seems to quieten the engine and quicken the pace.

Russell

 

[dethleff]

super market fuel. I add Millers.
branded fuel I don't.
Stan

 

[96523]

Fuel Source

Hi Banjobob59
I only add Wynnes when I buy supermarket or similar "lower grade" fuels. I normally use the additives in about 1 in 3 or 4 tanks. If I have more than 4 tanks in a row without a "high grade" one I usually use the additive in two consequtive tanks.
Alan

 

[Mikemoss]

Rusty, you're right about tankers filling up at the nearest refinery or distribution terminal, but my original point still stands - the difference between the brands is in the additives, and the different brands are thus drawn from their respective storage tanks.

Also, just a small point, but Mobil is no longer anything to do with BP, it's ExxonMobil (ie Esso).

Having met a number of highly-paid fuels/lubricants/additives boffins employed by the big oil companies, I'm still convinced there really is a difference between brands, and an even bigger difference between the branded stuff and the pool fuel that supermarkets dispense. May be right, may be wrong, but for the relatively small difference in price I'm not risking it.

 

[teemyob]

Oil

I have just changed my Auchan Semi Sythetic oil for Mobil 1 5w-40 Turbo Diesel

Purchsed from Auchan @ £21 for 5 litres UK Price is around £38-40, if you buy it in Alcampo it is even Cheaper.

When in France has anyone ever noticed that the diffrence in price between normal BP Diesel and BP ULTIMATE is around 3ppl whilst here in the UK it is at least 10p a litre?

Trev

 

[CatherineandSteve]

DIESEL

Hi all,

We have a distribution centre in Plymouth, all the main distributiors go there, the reason the supermarkets are cheaper is that fuel prices are of set against profit in there supermarket.
Never had a problem with fuel economy or engine problems what ever fuel supplier whe have used.

Cheers Steve.

 

[101368]

Re: Fuel

Hi

With the car - I use what ever is cheapest and convenient. Same for the van.

In two separate posts, however, I have commented that foreign diesel seems to quieten the engine and quicken the pace.

Russell

French diesel is what's sold in this country as biodiesel that is 15% vegetable oil.

 

[gromett]

Ran my last hymer through 2 tanks of vegetable oil. It was a bugger lugging it from the checkout till to the tank and I did spill a bit. It "seemed" to run smoother and I did notice a slightly nicer smell from its back end but the economy was pretty much the same.

Other than that experiment I alway use forecourt fuel and never use supermarkets (I hate shopping).

Karl

 

[103818]

I work at an oil refinery and can say that all the road tankers that leave this refinery loaded with diesel have filled from the same storage tank. We supply branded and supermarket filling stations and do not put any different additives in depending on where it is going to.

Diesel specs change between summer and winter. The obvious difference is ambient temperature where in winter the diesel will crystallise more readily and plug the filter so we add a chemical to stop this and a lubricant which lubricates the fuel side of the engine.

I tend to use supermarket filling stations for both diesel and petrol mainly because they are a little bit cheaper and, in some, get points back. Of course, I have used branded filling stations but have not noticed any difference whatsoever.

Gwyn

 

[motaman]

supermarket diesel or branded

WE have a buiseness where we meet research employees from Castrol etc. ask them whos petrol and diesel they use.'' it aint supermarket if you have any respect for your motor'' Years ago we had the likes of Jet and Gulf who always were a couple of pence cheaper and that was before the days of supermarkets making a big noise in petrol retailing, the reason for that couple of pence then was cos they were no additives