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Hi
Just put some of this in today as the mechanic said it has a bit of extra detergent in it. Have to say i am quite impressed. Seems like rocket fuel the 406 hdi (110) was pulling a lot better than it has been for a while. I had a flat spot at 60mph in 4th gear seems to have gone now.....

Anyone else used this diesel before?
Car passed the mot today all it needed was a new flexi hose brakes feel a lot sharper now.

Thanks
Marco

I've never tried it, but I'd be interested to hear if the benefit is sustained, or whether it reverts to normal if you go back to standard fuel.
Nice one with the MOT BTW

I'd be surprised if the fast feeling was anything more than psychological. I found there's a massive provable difference in economy between the worst unleaded on the market (Asda) and the best for the ES9J4 (BP Ultimate), but even so they feel the same behind the wheel, and I'm very sensitive to my car's characteristics

I habitually use Tesco diesel in my 90Bhp, but was forced one day to use Shell V-Power, their top of the range one. My MPG DROPPED by 3 over the tankful. Similarly, having to use Morrisons i lost 1.5 MPG. I cannot detect any difference between any of them from the drivers seat. I use an Excel program to keep records of fuel use for my own interest and the comparison between brands

There must be a difference between these different fuels but I don't have a clue what it is and presumably some will work better in some engines and the other fuels better in other engines. Unless we have masses of data posted and then analysed it will just be a vase of individual trial and error.

There's a thread somewhere about Morrison's B30 biodiesel, which I've been using for three or four tanks now. It's topped up occasionally by regular diesel and/or chip fat from our deep fryer.

B30 gets the thumbs up from me. On Tesco value diesel, I was getting ~ 500 miles to a tank, B30 is easily giving me 600. And it's the same price as their regular stuff, and their prices are a couple of pence less than Tesco around here anyway. It's five miles out of my way to get there, but it's worth it IMO

On the side, her indoors (as some of you may know) is a merry can, and when she tells her family how many MPG we get from our (diesel) cars they can't believe it. I saw a Daily Show recently where some idiot republican was claiming it was a basic human right to drive a gas guzzler if one wanted to.

dogslife wrote:I've never tried it, but I'd be interested to hear if the benefit is sustained, or whether it reverts to normal if you go back to standard fuel.
Nice one with the MOT BTW

Should try it doggy , might give you an edge hehehehe !!

i wont use tesco car smokes like a fookin old tractor on it

puggy wrote:Should try it doggy , might give you an edge hehehehe !!

Can't see me needing it, even if you get your clutch done

Even the advertising fails to deliver - it's supposed to show a video demonstrating improved mpg for ultimate diesel, but it links to one for unleaded....

dogslife wrote:

puggy wrote:Should try it doggy , might give you an edge hehehehe !!

Can't see me needing it, even if you get your clutch done



137bhp 350 nm you never know doggy just might give you a run for your money

coco wrote:I use an Excel program to keep records of fuel use for my own interest and the comparison between brands

Note to self: try not to sit next to coco at the christmas dinner

Only joking fella most of us would love to document all sorts of stuff like this but are mostly too lazy or tired to even bother

Actually when I used to use V-Power I thought the 110 used to pull much harder with less schmoke too. If the fuel has a higher cetane or octane rating then it should follow that if the car's sucking in the correct amount of oxygen then you'd get the old 'bigger bangs' in the combustion

puggy wrote:137bhp 350 nm you never know doggy just might give you a run for your money

Not fair Puggy

My car refused to move off the drive this morning until I got out & looked both ways before geting back in and promising the Pugmobile was nowhere in sight. Needed coaxing to leave the car park at work too.

Fooks sake stop it doggy nearly pissed meself laughing at that one

Note to self: try not to sit next to coco at the christmas dinner

You mean we get food too ????