Grades of diesel...... your thoughts

[Eshrules]

Well, this stuff is designed for diesels alone. Millers is also a reputable company for making this (and oils - I also use their PD oil in my engine)

I've yet to try the sport 4. I have some ready for my next tankful which is in about 300 miles time. Been using diesel power plus for a good time before this, and although it was meant for older diesel engines, it's been good for my car. The Sport 4 is labelled as good for "Euro IV compliant engines" which I believe the PD engine falls in to.

so wots the difference, between this and say STP or redex or or the other brands? is millers like the castrol of additives?

[Eshrules]

FUEL SOURCES,


if you wish to look in to your fuel charactaristics i'll post links to thier respective technical data sheets which are free to obtain off their websites.

this is the total link. follow instructions at bottom of page for product name type DIESEL and for unleaded type MOTOR SPIRITS

http://www.total.co.uk/uk/ukcorporat...nt&LG=English&

this bit confused me? not sure how to do it ?

[Ben]

redex and other associated addatives I can not speculate on as I have never used them or looked in to them. there maybe a website on the back of the bottle which clould help with further info.

[Eshrules]

redex and other associated addatives I can not speculate on as I have never used them or looked in to them. there maybe a website on the back of the bottle which clould help with further info.

LOL i was asking you about the website you gave a link to..... you left me a little confused LOL

a for the additives, i used redex on the brava and i cant say it did a right lot, so im just wondering if id be better of pi$$ing in the tank instead LOL

[Ben]

click on quick fds.com, enter any company name (make one up) enter a name and a email address

click continue

enter total in supplier box

click continue

click total uk

click saftey data sheets

enter product name either diesel or motor spirit

bingo

follow the links and download the info

[Ben]

this is the same procedure for finding the correct engine oil for your car. i use solaris LLx in my golf as total are our supplier i paid £3.15 a ltr + vat and bought 18 x 1ltr bottles its cheaper than halfords or the dealership that charge up to £12 / ltr

also evoloution crv 0w-30 is ok for my car as well as touaregs

i'm only talking diesel tho as they have to be vw approved

for lubricants tho visit

http://www.lubricants.elf.com/lub/lu...4?OpenDocument

click on the engine link

[ian]

I will be getting the car remapped again on cheap stuff, this time with Millers Sport 4 additive mixed in.

devonutopia, what is this Millers Sport additive you talk about and what dose it do for your engine ????

[NicholasP]

this thread is getting very confusing! Its filled with links etc..

I read that Five report...ultimate fuels really look like they make a difference!

Even though the test didnt include diesel fuels, I am now very anxious to try Shell's vpower diesel...

With regards to additives, I put an additive in every fuel tank which i bought from halfords. 99p/shot and apparently cleans the injectors

However these premium fuels claim to have these additives in them already so is it really worth adding anything else...?


I was thinking of performing a small test...

Run my tank dry...and then fill half a tank with;

-> Tesco's standard diesel
-> BP diesel Ultimate
-> Shell V-Power Diesel

and then performing a very small test with my car. Maybe late at night, i can run three 0-60 tests (taking an average) and seeing if i can find a difference

very crude i know but i think it would provide interesting results! Don't wanna get in trouble with the police though

[ian]

this thread is getting very confusing! Its filled with links etc..

LoL... yeah takes a bit of following..

Run my tank dry...

i wouldnt advise running your tank right down as i have heard that all the $hit and sedement gets stired up and isnt good for your engine when you burn it..

... not entirely possitive this statement is 100% true but heard a few ppl say the same...

maybe a techie can confirm this ???

[Huweth]

i wouldnt advise running your tank right down as i have heard that all the $hit and sedement gets stired up and isnt good for your engine when you burn it..

Running the tank too low is not a good idea, but is usually OK even deep into the red. You're only really likely to suck up the crud if you run it down to the dregs. It's not so much going to damage the engine, but will more likely clog the fuel filter, which isn't so bad, just annoying to have to change it.

I once ran a MK1 Golf dry. I would have expected the 17 year old car to have built up a lot of crud, but when I put fuel back in, the car ran as normal. No clogging of the filter, but did have to crank it a lot to get some fuel through!

Still, it can't be a good idea to let it go that low. European fuel is a lot higher quality than that in the US. Those Yanks are probably more likely to suffer crud problems than us.