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froggy
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It was Shell V-Power diesel but that was the most expensive fuel I’ve ever bought. Need to keep on with it too if the claims about cleaning injector nozzles are true ?
Alan_uk
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Back in 2016 I posted about a Swedish A2 1.2tdi running on 2nd generation HVO biodiesel
dj_efk
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@PlasticMac and I disagree on this but Millers Diesel Power Ecomax should give you a similar effect (cleaning additive package and a bump in cetane) for only a two to three pence per litre on top of the cost of supermarket fuel (albeit Shell I would suggest would be the superior product overall). There’s a thread on this in the fuels section.
Also a number of people on here swear by adding two stroke oil to the fuel, (@DJ 190 and @timmus are two that come to mind). I understand that has detergents in it too although no additional cetane of course.
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Erlingtheyounger
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Dad ( @Erlingtheelder ) and I use this religiously. We’ve done probably close on 500,000 miles in A2’s (he’s 400,000 of them tbf!) and have never had any injector issues at all. Could be purely a coincidence or the type of driving but……..
Howey
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Is that premium fuel or 2 stroke oil?
Cheers will do.
To be honest the whole of the unit looks to be in great shape, the plug pins could do with a clean it is a 2003, it's when you open it up (focus in on the image) and you can see how poor a condition it is in.
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greywolfhound
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Me to ive used it for years now ...?? this is my own ratio I use ...AND not a recommendation we all have our thoughts on wether to use or not .. ..30 litres of diesel 100mil of oil ...
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I drove for an oil and fuel supplier in the 90's and there was the equivalent fuel additives by Shell etc then. I pick up fuel from Manchester fuels terminal and Shell Stanlow Cheshire. I would follow a Shell tanker through the loading bay with another Shell tanker behind me. The same fuel went into All the tankers and the supermarket tankers filled up at the same bays.
Kerosene was added at 200 ltrs to 17,800 ltrs for winter fuel. (Euro 3 diesel then).
If you wanted oil that was different as the pipework had to be purged between fills (approx 30-40 process) to have the correct mix.
Hope that helps.
Howey
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So Stan are you saying supermarket fuel is exactly the same as shell
Everything at the terminals are automated, the tankers now are bottom loaders back then they were top loaders through 4inch pipes. The artic tankers of 32,000+ltrs took 20mins to load. The tanker itself has several compartments so you could pick up multiple loads. Also help stop fluid surge when moving and turning, that's why thankers can turn over on corners at less than 20 mph.
I only picked up petrol once, this had to be gravity fed (never pumped) like diesel, red diesel & Kerosene. Shell's red diesel had the most dye in it and was know for coming through warm like their diesel. When it cools you have less, Imagen if you have thousands of ltrs worth being delivered every week you are short over the year £££££.
Never saw anyone add anything to a load in 5 years I did the deliveries
Howey
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Naughty Shell!
Excuse my ignorance/stupidity but does that mean all the fuel was exactly the same? For many years diesel specialists have said to avoid supermarket fuel?
Tomscar
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I've seen the tankers from supermarket and named brands queueing up at the docks in Belfast, all filled from what appeared to be the same source ... where are these additives added in, just assumed they delivered straight to the forecourts?