Best diesel for golf 2.0 tdi

[yogles]

what would be the best company to use, have heard that BP is good? Also what's the best way to run in a new diesel engine (1st diesel I have owned)?

[Seano]

Any of the big brand names generally supplies decent quality diesel. That said I have heard it said that Caltex/Ampol diesel is typically the cleanest (fewer impurities) while the BP diesel is routinely of the highest compliance with the new low sulphur standard at the moment. Either way though your new TDi will happily consume either with no issue.

It may be best to avoid no-name and some supermarket suppliers at least until the new diesel fuel standard is regulation. You've bought a premium vehicle so be prepared to pay a small premium for decent quality fuel.

As for running in.........use all the gears, don't stay at one engine speed (eg cruising) for any longer than 10 minutes at a time , minimise straying above about 2200 revs, don't run air con until engine temp is well warm. Generally take it easy for the first five thouand you'll have a motor that'll last longer than the car it is sitting in.

By the way.......welcome to the diesel fold.

[yogles]

Having come from cars that used 98 octaine fuel price is not an option

[smithy010]

I've heard that Caltex diesel is one of the brands that still has a marked amount of sulfur still in it. It has improved from the "dirty" days, but still is not nearly as low sulfur as BP, for instance.

You may need to check this.

In any case, i'd doubt it should make any difference to a euro diesel like the TDI.

Enjoy your car.

I'm jealous.

[brackie]

Diesel is diesel is diesel.....

Mate... I've owned and driven diesels all of my motoring life. Everything from tractors to trucks to vans to 4WDs to cars...even a quad bike with a Yanmar diesel in it. I can honestly say that I have never noticed any difference in the way that they have run using any brand of fuel. (In WA there is only one refinery...BP at Kwinana so it doesn't matter who's diesel you buy it all comes from the same elution column.) If you are really keen check the cetane rating.
When I did my apprenticeship in a diesel injection shop I pulled down 100s of pumps and injectors from lots of different diesels using lots of different brand fuels and there were no noticable differences in wear. Probably the most important hint for any diesel owner is to change the fuel filter very regularly. I recommend two filters one of which has a water trap. I won't put a milage on changes because the biggest variable in how long they last is the service station operator. Those that have clean tanks pump clean diesel.

All damaged pumps that I have pulled apart and rebuilt are from vehicles that have been run dry regularly or have not been serviced often enough.
Beware snake oil salesmen and keyboard "experts".

[brackie]

Running in

....what's the best way to run in a new diesel engine (1st diesel I have owned)?

Check out the "Interesting articles" forum.

[Edison]

There'd be no easy way to work it out unless you test it yourself. I agree with brackie in that it probably all comes from the same place (the prices certainly do too) and it's a clean tank/dirty tank at the servo that would make a bigger difference if any at all. and brand name servos won't have better tanks than independants because big companies love to go cheap and nasty too.
If you seriously want an easy way to totally extend the life of your engine in a simple way look into secondary oil filters for the engine oil, fine particle filters, and oil reconditioning. You will find a way there of making a serious difference to the life of the engine. you can go from the usual oil shows it's own age from the look of how dirty it is to always looking clean and new. though in diesels soot colours the oil faster...

[brackie]

Diesel fuel adverts

Here's one form BP UK. I'd like to see some hard data to support their claims.
http://www.virginradio.co.uk/djsshow...pultimate.html

This is from Caltex.
http://eriss.erin.gov.au/atmosphere/...ubs/caltex.pdf
Notice it talks about the blending of diesel fuel to achieve a cetane rating consistent with the Australian Standard.

And Shell's new ULSD refinery
http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web...e!OpenDocument
Note that it states: “From early December 2004, we expect that ultra low sulphur diesel fuel produced in Geelong will be delivered to locations across Victoria as well as Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.”

The Geelong Shell refinery has been operating for 50 years and is one of Shell’s most sophisticated operations worldwide. It provides around half of the fuel used in Victoria and all of the fuel used in Tasmania. The refinery also supplies fuel to New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand. "

I wonder if this means all of the Shell fuel or ALL of the fuel.....

[Seano]

No question Brackie there ain't too many sources for diesel in this country......Geelong , Perth and imports from Indonesia. Although is there a diesel refinery owned by one of the majors in Adelaide? I know there's a biodiesel factory down there.

The biggest drama in my experience has not been the quality of the diesel from the refinery (as far as I can tell!) but what various wholesalers and service station operators do with it once it leaves the refinery. I've had dramas with water in diesel from one station I used to use regularily (turned out they stored their diesel in a compromised tank which they 'fixed' using water absorber poured down the fill tube) plus fuelled at another where colour and odour appeared to be anything but (although the Landie seemed to chew it OK at the time).

In truth I've never really had any mechanical issues that can be traced to crap diesel but I am firmly of the opinion that you always get what you pay for. If the diesel is ridiculously cheap then there's probably a reason and for me that's a good enough reason to go somewhere else.

[Macca]

Diesel costs

Hi

What are you guys paying for diesel? At my local in Adelaide today diesel is about the same cost as normal unleaded $1.40 to $1.42. Petrol goes to low $1.30s but diesel stays the same.

Cheers Macca

[brackie]

In Tassie....

Diesel's around $1.48 here. "Servosavers" helps with <24c/L <30L if you keep your receipts. I topped up the TDI the other day for $36.00 when the bowser read $43.20

She's doing 5.2L /100km on mixed running and still only has 1700km on the clock. That's around 53mpg by my reckoning.

Diesel always used to be cheaper than petrol but now India and China are consuming so much of it the price has gone up. Diesel costs much less to produce than does petrol.

VW void warranty on TDIs with the PD system if you use biodiesel or biodiesel blends. Plenty of N American TDIs have been running around for years on B100 with no problems but I wouldn't risk it (yet ). Not because I don't think that properly made bio isn't OK, just for the warranty issue.

[Seano]

Woo-Hoo. Brackie got a new car! Very nice mileage too.

We're being offered diesel at between $1.45 and $1.48 per litre at the moment in Mildura. ULP is cheaper at a smidge under $1.40.

[yogles]

Diesel going good.. have about 3000k's on it now at an average of 5.2l/100km
just about to take it on a nice cruise up the coast of NSW... see how the fuel goes then... hope to see good low l/100km.