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Fuel in Australia is contentious, to say the least.
Early Euro 3 engines without the DPF had one issue injection failure, mostly because many folk were not aware of two fuel types being available,that is 10ppm and 15 ppm,the later is still available at high flow pumps for the older American trucks such as Kenworth,and Sterling.
Additives such as Redline of which are not an alcohol based additive work well if continuously, used throughout the operating life of the vehicle.
Redline has two additives one for Winter grade fuels and the other for Summer grade fuels,, the third option from Redline was called a wetter something meant for Alpine fuels to negate water entering into the fuel filter and wax build up due to modified Diesels fuels such as bio-diesel.
Euro 5 fuels Liqui Moly has a professional DPF re-generator of which many dealerships use, but don't tell the customers, at least not with Benz.
VW dealerships state the manual and that's it.
Euro 5 EECV Fuels 2011 onwards for Euro six is not available in Australasia,and therefore as noted in your factory build sheet states as much.
Straight Diesel fuel from Shell and Caltex, and whats left of the BP outlets is less than 10pp/m in Summer it's closer to 7 pp/m Winter in Australia there lies a problem with Mountain grade Diesel Alpine grade Diesel and the non modified Diesel without a thinner, refereed to as Kerosene, that is nothing more than a paint-stripper originally developed from Mobil Exxon called either Solvo 100 or Solvo 150
The above will cause many issues with diesel engines if not kept in check, with outside non factory additives to assist in maintaining your engines.
LIQUI MOLLY is EU certificated and approved for use in both Mercedes and VW engines Daimler AG acknowledges this providing the correct oils are used,in fact many of the preferred and certified oils used prior to 2011 were DE-certificated under license as no longer being capable of holding hi-soot sulphate molecules in suspension for long -term-service intervals.
Bio fuels are a major problem? more so with stale diesel ,life span three weeks before biocides develop in the fuel tank,fuel filters can gel up in Winter at high alpine regions, highlands, or desert territory plains, with engine temps on cold starts till engine reaches full operating temperatures.
EGR failures are duel to excess soot contamination build up as a result of UN-burnt fuels. turbo actuator valves will seize up and require maintenance,turbo intakes need to be kept clean including the filer box,especially at the base of the filter vacuum regularly if in a suspect area where gritty dust is prevalent, if used correctly both turbos will benefit and thus reduce a DPF forced regeneration as an end result.
EGR cleaners are available in two types off the shelf ad for professionals, the latter requires above mechanical experience to operate the additive cleaners Wynn's and Liqui Moly are equal.
Diesel additives liquid purge add to the tank and direct to the rail, again the latter is for the pros as restarting a Crd, Cdi engine is difficult once the additive has been used,as there are no 12 v high-lift priming pumps past the fuel filter if air has entered the lines leading to the injectors.
Liqui-Moly has many additives, which one, depends on your best practice for maintaining a diesel engine.
Cetane ratings 51 Cn many additive have up to 3 to 5 added cetane increases ideally according to Wynn's 55 Cn is required with an added biocide eliminator or if just adding Fuel injector cleaners to fuel to keep the fuel pattern spray even just use Liqui Moly Part number 2786 300 ml per sixty liters for maximum performance every 200 klm.
Richard
Fuel in Australia is contentious, to say the least.
Early Euro 3 engines without the DPF had one issue injection failure, mostly because many folk were not aware of two fuel types being available,that is 10ppm and 15 ppm,the later is still available at high flow pumps for the older American trucks such as Kenworth,and Sterling.
Additives such as Redline of which are not an alcohol based additive work well if continuously, used throughout the operating life of the vehicle.
Redline has two additives one for Winter grade fuels and the other for Summer grade fuels,, the third option from Redline was called a wetter something meant for Alpine fuels to negate water entering into the fuel filter and wax build up due to modified Diesels fuels such as bio-diesel.
Euro 5 fuels Liqui Moly has a professional DPF re-generator of which many dealerships use, but don't tell the customers, at least not with Benz.
VW dealerships state the manual and that's it.
Euro 5 EECV Fuels 2011 onwards for Euro six is not available in Australasia,and therefore as noted in your factory build sheet states as much.
Straight Diesel fuel from Shell and Caltex, and whats left of the BP outlets is less than 10pp/m in Summer it's closer to 7 pp/m Winter in Australia there lies a problem with Mountain grade Diesel Alpine grade Diesel and the non modified Diesel without a thinner, refereed to as Kerosene, that is nothing more than a paint-stripper originally developed from Mobil Exxon called either Solvo 100 or Solvo 150
The above will cause many issues with diesel engines if not kept in check, with outside non factory additives to assist in maintaining your engines.
LIQUI MOLLY is EU certificated and approved for use in both Mercedes and VW engines Daimler AG acknowledges this providing the correct oils are used,in fact many of the preferred and certified oils used prior to 2011 were DE-certificated under license as no longer being capable of holding hi-soot sulphate molecules in suspension for long -term-service intervals.
Bio fuels are a major problem? more so with stale diesel ,life span three weeks before biocides develop in the fuel tank,fuel filters can gel up in Winter at high alpine regions, highlands, or desert territory plains, with engine temps on cold starts till engine reaches full operating temperatures.
EGR failures are duel to excess soot contamination build up as a result of UN-burnt fuels. turbo actuator valves will seize up and require maintenance,turbo intakes need to be kept clean including the filer box,especially at the base of the filter vacuum regularly if in a suspect area where gritty dust is prevalent, if used correctly both turbos will benefit and thus reduce a DPF forced regeneration as an end result.
EGR cleaners are available in two types off the shelf ad for professionals, the latter requires above mechanical experience to operate the additive cleaners Wynn's and Liqui Moly are equal.
Diesel additives liquid purge add to the tank and direct to the rail, again the latter is for the pros as restarting a Crd, Cdi engine is difficult once the additive has been used,as there are no 12 v high-lift priming pumps past the fuel filter if air has entered the lines leading to the injectors.
Liqui-Moly has many additives, which one, depends on your best practice for maintaining a diesel engine.
Cetane ratings 51 Cn many additive have up to 3 to 5 added cetane increases ideally according to Wynn's 55 Cn is required with an added biocide eliminator or if just adding Fuel injector cleaners to fuel to keep the fuel pattern spray even just use Liqui Moly Part number 2786 300 ml per sixty liters for maximum performance every 200 klm.
Richard
) have built in obsolescence and many people these days are buying a new car every 4-5 years or even sooner, from the fear of the expensive repairs. You can expect 200,000km - 250,000km service life from your common rail injectors in your TDI and since they very expensive, you will not want to keep your car much longer than that. 
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