Best Diesel Fuel?

[Riv39 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Riv39]

Well good news for those located in Sydney, BP is finally selling Ultimate Diesel here. Filled up a couple of days ago and the lack of foaming was clearly evident.

[rjg1973 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close rjg1973]

Hi all,
Just bumping this thread for the latest wisdom.
Unfortunately the end of my novated lease (thanks Krudd) means surrendering my BP fuel card and from next month I'll be paying for fuel out of my own pocket. Is it generally accepted that BP Ultimate Diesel is the best and most expensive? How does this scale run from value for money through to cheap and nasty? What brands are the folks on here buying?
Cheers,
Rob

[smakb Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close smakb]

Hi all,
Just bumping this thread for the latest wisdom.
Unfortunately the end of my novated lease (thanks Krudd) means surrendering my BP fuel card and from next month I'll be paying for fuel out of my own pocket. Is it generally accepted that BP Ultimate Diesel is the best and most expensive? How does this scale run from value for money through to cheap and nasty? What brands are the folks on here buying?
Cheers,
Rob

We don't have BP Ultimate in Vic. I try for Shell first, then BP, then Caltex, and never United or Liberty. I get increased engine noise with Caltex and with the last 2 I have heard to many horror stories about contaminated fuel.

[cfryback Find all posts View Profile Close cfryback]

I kinda have to laugh at this - as here in Hobart, tankers come in and fill the bulk tanks - and then it is distributed to the resellers. BP, Shell, Caltex - all come from the same bulk tanks. BP Ultimate Diesel just doesn't exist down here (to the best of my knowledge). Primarily fill with Shell for Flybys.

[SWR Banned Find all posts View Profile Close SWR]

I kinda have to laugh at this - as here in Hobart, tankers come in and fill the bulk tanks - and then it is distributed to the resellers. BP, Shell, Caltex - all come from the same bulk tanks.

A big +1 cfryback

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A quick "JOKE" for the kiddies!

Where do Bee's go when they want a Pee!...

The Bee Pee station!


PS i think the main objective here is to find a servo with clean tanks as the fuel will change if dumped into dirty tanks!

Have a nice day ay! lol

[cfryback Find all posts View Profile Close cfryback]

A big +1 cfryback

......
A quick "JOKE" for the kiddies!

Where do Bee's go when they want a Pee!...

The Bee Pee station!


PS i think the main objective here is to find a servo with clean tanks as the fuel will change if dumped into dirty tanks!

Have a nice day ay! lol

Well, like a lot of other people - got a 30 Micron PreFilter/Water Separator installed. Just waiting on my filter to arrive for the primary and secondary tanks.

[blkd4d Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close blkd4d]

I won't touch Shell if I can avoid it as I see how the biodiesel gets loaded and comes out of the tanker .
For us ppointers in Melbourne who want to use shell not all service stations have Bio but you have to know what service stations get trucks out of Geelong or just fill up with B5.

[Riv39 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Riv39]

BP and Shell both have a warranty on their fuel where Caltex does not as far as I know if that makes a difference for you. .

[Bushbasher Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Bushbasher]

I won't touch Shell if I can avoid it as I see how the biodiesel gets loaded and comes out of the tanker .
For us ppointers in Melbourne who want to use shell not all service stations have Bio but you have to know what service stations get trucks out of Geelong or just fill up with B5.

Don't you get your fuel for free - just syphon some off out of your tanker every now and then?

[blkd4d Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close blkd4d]

Don't you get your fuel for free - just syphon some off out of your tanker every now and then?

Dave i wish, when you carry 46500- 52000 ltrs of diesel and you cant get a drop it's annoying.

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Who do you drive for?

[blkd4d Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close blkd4d]

Who do you drive for?

Dave i can't tell you that .lol
Cootes if you still call them that on the Shell contract.

I could also do BP, Caltex but stay on Shell.

Anders

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BP is the only company in Australia that produces their diesel fuel to the European standard of 50+ cetane. All modern diesel engines are designed around this standard because it's the biggest market in the world for vehicle manufacturers. So BP is the only fuel to use.
For your information : Caltex 46 cetane, Shell 49 cetane. All independents use these two brands so no going there, at least for me.
The Roo.

BP for me......apart from using fuel other than BP when I did my last Simo trip. Always use BP.

[jss Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close jss]

I like BP the best, then Caltex. Oh and BP doesn't stand for bloody possum.

[Pog Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pog]

An old thread, but worth noting that I have always filled up my work 2007 D4D Hilux with United Diesel because their service station has 6 or 8 Diesel pumps and I don't have to wait. My ute did 200,000km without any issues until I upgraded to an SR5 in June.

Most of our company D4D Hiluxes fill up with United or Woolies Diesel, and we have never had injector problems. One of the utes was just traded at 278,000kms.