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From: Artoi on 21 Jul 2010 23:15
Just wondering if there's any difference b/n diesel offered by different
companies? I vaguely remembering someone stating that BP's product is
"better" for diesel engines in small/family cars. Any truth? Any object
difference?
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From: D Walford on 22 Jul 2010 05:00
On 22/07/2010 1:15 PM, Artoi wrote:
> Just wondering if there's any difference b/n diesel offered by different
> companies? I vaguely remembering someone stating that BP's product is
> "better" for diesel engines in small/family cars. Any truth? Any object
> difference?
> --
Never noticed any difference between diesel brands with my Hilux, small
Euro diesels in cars are supposedly more sensitive to the quality of the
fuel but I doubt the average driver could tell the difference.


Daryl
From: Dingo on 22 Jul 2010 06:27
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:15:28 +1000, Artoi <artoi(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Just wondering if there's any difference b/n diesel offered by different
>companies? I vaguely remembering someone stating that BP's product is
>"better" for diesel engines in small/family cars. Any truth? Any object
>difference?

I have a diesel vee-hickel now - what's the story with "winter"
diesel?
From: Kev on 22 Jul 2010 07:14
Dingo wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:15:28 +1000, Artoi<artoi(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just wondering if there's any difference b/n diesel offered by different
>> companies? I vaguely remembering someone stating that BP's product is
>> "better" for diesel engines in small/family cars. Any truth? Any object
>> difference?
>
> I have a diesel vee-hickel now - what's the story with "winter"
> diesel?


diesel when it freezes(or near to it) forms wax
they add heating oil to the diesel to stop the waxing, up to 25% in some
cases(in Aust anyway)


Kev
From: Bernd Felsche on 22 Jul 2010 10:24
Dingo <dingo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:15:28 +1000, Artoi <artoi(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>>Just wondering if there's any difference b/n diesel offered by
>>different companies? I vaguely remembering someone stating that
>>BP's product is "better" for diesel engines in small/family cars.
>>Any truth? Any object difference?

>I have a diesel vee-hickel now - what's the story with "winter"
>diesel?

No difference in most of Australia because its a mild climate.

The requirement for winter diesel is primarily to overcome "gelling"
of the fuel at low temperatures. That might be a problem in some
"alpine" regions but unless you're parked outside at less than about
-10 degrees C for a long time, it's not an issue.
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