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Bob:
I have had 3 different diesels over the past 20 years and always selected the cheapest outlet to fill the tanks and over the half million km I travelled in that time, I never once had any fuel problems.

From my 20 years of keeping a fuel usage spread sheet I could not tell you which brand was better than the other as every tank full has been with slightly different driving.

To say Shell or BP is better is just good marketing on their behalf but it is all bull$hit.  :occasion14:

maweida:

--- Quote from: Bucko on Jul 11, 2025, 12:59:51 PM ---If mixed Kero, or heating oil and or diesel will not separate.  They are petroleum-based fuels that are similar in composition and will form a homogeneous mixture.   I have used all three in my old Fordson tractor.
For the mixture to separate one would "not" be petroleum based.   

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thanks Bucko, I've learned something today!

maweida:

--- Quote from: Bob on Jul 11, 2025, 04:36:55 PM ---I have had 3 different diesels over the past 20 years and always selected the cheapest outlet to fill the tanks and over the half million km I travelled in that time, I never once had any fuel problems.



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It was probably "bad luck" rather than cheap fuel (the likely culprit is water).

Must admit, my wife has only used independent (Metro) service stations (for petrol), no issues in 30 years (yes... before you start... ethanol e10).

maweida:

--- Quote from: Bucko on Jul 11, 2025, 12:59:51 PM ---

Here's a couple of photo's of fuel contamination.   I've got an old hi-lux (1984) which a caretaker put some fuel into.  He wondered why the fuel light came on and warning buzzer sounded. 

 

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Is that water in the fuel?? (at first glance, i could only see a cold beer!)  ;)

257Bob:

--- Quote from: maweida on Jul 10, 2025, 11:20:13 AM ---So my collegue just sold his Dmax with 300,000km to his son. No problems, just wanted a new one. Car was so good he just bought a brand new 2025 dual cab dmax (he loves it, the extra cog and electric steering).

He said only 2 issues. The cabin fan stopped working, and injectors needed replacing. He said the injectors suffered from fuel contamination from "Speedway at Liverpool, Sydney" not due to the car itself. He sampled the fuel and left it overnight in a clear container. In the morning the fuel had separated into 2 layers. His theory was they had diluted the fuel with heating oil.

Note to self, don't buy cheap diesel (it will cost you a fortune)

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Back in the 90s heating oil was used to blend 'winter diesel' to lower the gel point.  I worked in the fuel industry at that time and it was common knowledge.  I was surprised as that's as technical as it got.  No way to avoid it, if filling with 'winter diesel' which would be most of us in the southern parts of the country.  I don't know if that is still the case but I wouldn't be surprised if it was. 

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