Message Forums

Hi

Up to recently i have always bought the cheapest deisel available . We have done over 8000 miles through the winter just gone travelling France and Spain.I am not a fast driver rarely getting to 60 mph but noticed my van would struggle up long gradual inclines that you get near the mountains and other traffic would be accelerating past me , i also now realise that i was probably overweight which we can rectify on future trips.

When returning from our recent trip i filled up with deisel near Folkstone and put in the expensive performance variety by mistake . The van went like stink all the way home easily reaching 70 mph and the engine sounded much smoother

Do you think the better performance is as simple as using the higher grade fuel and is the value deisel abroad of the same quality as the uk

Palaceboy

Quote: Originally posted by Karim on 13/4/2009
& yes Tesco & Shell tankers do load at the same depot from the same tank. The Shell driver adds the additives himself.

---

hi john

What difference did you notice when filling up from a supermarket

Palaceboy 

Quote: Originally posted by palaceboy on 13/4/2009

---

hi john

What difference did you notice when filling up from a supermarket

Palaceboy 

---

Not so much umphhhhhh.....!!!!!  Also more noise.

Someone said something about removing the sulphur in diesel. I found this info on adding 2 stroke oil in your diesel tank. There is also another thread on it in this forum.

to all interested:
due to the pollution control measures of the EC diesel-oil is nearly sulphur free and contains up to 5% of bio-diesel. Sulphur has the property to grease the high pressure injection pump and the injectors. Without sulphur, the reduced greasing property of the new diesel has already shown negativ impacts on the long-term stability of the injectors and the high pressure pump. The pump manufacturers have tried to react by lining the moving parts of the pumps with teflon or other suitable material. However, the long term stability is still not achieved as with the old (sulphor contained) diesel.
The engine-research centre of a well known German car manufacurer has conducted some long term tests of diesel additives to find out whether any one of them will have an impact on the long term reliability of the diesel engine components. This introduction to explain were my information comes from.
The results of this research: any diesel additive of any manufacturer presently on the market is not worth the money!
BUT: 2-stroke oil, which we use in our motor saws, lawn mower or in 2-stroke motor engines has shown to have an extreme positive impact on diesel engines, if such 2-stroke oil is added to the diesel in a homoeophatic dosis of 1:200. In practical terms: 0,300 litre of 2-stroke oil into the 70l diesel tank. The 2-stroke oil will be absorbed by the diesel (emulsion) and grease every moving part of the high pressure pump and the injectors.
Besides this, the 2-stroke oil will keep the diesel engine clean, as it burnes cleaner as the diesel itself.
In other words, the 2-stroke oil has a much lower ash-content as diesel, when burned. This proven fact delays the DPF (diesel particulate (soot) filter) to clogg, and the "burn free" process of the DPF will be much less.
One more information: in Germany we have to present our cars every 2 years to the TUV -Technical Supervision Organisation - who will check, amongs others, the pollution of petrol and diesel engines.
The measured cloud-factor of a diesel engine without use of 2-stroke oil has been 0,95.
The same factor with the use of 2-stroke oil has been 0,47 - reduction of nearly half of the soot particles.
Besides this, the use of 2-stroke oil in the diesel will increase the milage by 3-5%.

Makes you wonder eh?

I'm going to try it out in my 2002 ford transit van ..

Blimey my head hurts

Palaceboy

Quote: Originally posted by josiewales on 01/5/2009

---

   Tried it and I am convinced the engine runs quieter and has a smoother tickover even allowing for an over active imagination   More power too I will definitely continue to use 2 stroke      Each to their own eh?

---

Quote: Originally posted by josiewales on 03/5/2009

---

    I have an 80 litre tank or roughly 18 gallons and I put in 350 ml to a full tank.    works for me but haven't used it enough to get proper fuel consumption figures yet.   Hope this helps

---