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General Information => General => Topic started by: Infinitrium on July 09, 2008, 04:57:34 pm
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Anyone here use it? I went and filled up a few minutes ago. I stood there, venting and filling until there was fuel at the very top of the filler neck. I managed to pump in 51.4 liters at a cost of $80.32! The fuel gauge was only just hitting the red area before I filled up. Shell's website for the V-Power diesel says it has a cetane booster (nice!), extra cleaning additives, a de-icer and a corrosion inhibiter. It was only 3 cents per liter more than their 'regular' diesel fuel. Curiously, if I drive to the nearest gas station to where I live that has diesel, the price per liter is $1.559 per liter, if I drive an extra 10 minutes away I can get the V-Power diesel at only 1 cent per liter more than the nearest diesel fuel to where I live, plus I get those neat benefits too! I hear the price of fuel is going up tonight so that's mainly why I decided to fill the tank as much as possible tonight.
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i've tried shell's premium diesel before... just doesn't feel the same as sunoco's gold diesel. i use power service anyways... that stuff is a good cetane booster.
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I was reading through some UK based forums and some people say that the UK V-Power diesel is a synthetic fuel, or partly synthetic fuel that has some Gas-To-Liquid components in it. Hmm, synthetic fuel, I'm intrigued! I wonder if the Canadian V-Power diesel is the same?
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I noticed less smoke with V-power out of all the fuels I've tried. I can't comment on mileage though. I did switch to the Stanadyne lubricant at the same time I tried V-power though so it may have been that.
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There is a sunoco station around here that used to put cheaper gas into it's ultra 94 tank. I had a high compression 2L 8v rabbit that was very sensitive to octane ratings. After filling up with "94" one day, it immediated started detonating. A few years later, (after never going there again) I kinda had to fill up there, this time with diesel. I tried their ultra diesel, and without question, it made less power and more smoke than the sunoco ultra diesel I normally purchased from another station.
Unscrupulous!
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I don't like sunoco gold diesel, I find my car runs rough on it
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Why doesnt Esso have diesel at most stations?
I can report a difference in engine roughness using Sunoco Gold too..
Id like to think that my best option here in ontario is V-power
where does someone looking, find a better diesel in ontario?
what's it called? I heard of B100....
What is race diesel's octane or name?
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best diesel by far in Ontario is the Shell V power.
sunoco is all right,
esso diesel, which is rare and hard to find is like running furnace oil in your car, it makes mine smoke, and run really rough.
huskey diesel is really high in sulphur, but burns ecxellent, although the fumes tend to sting the eyes.
I've not run pioneer diesel in my car yet, although they are the cheapest in barrie by far, usually about 3 cents less then shell low-grade, I guess i don;t use it because there gasoline was really ***ty and made my 91 Jimmy knock hard.
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A few months ago I was wondering about gas stations and the cetane rating that their diesel has.
These are the only responses I got from customer service. I emailed a few others, but never had a response. Something to keep in mind: The minimum cetane rating diesel must have in Canada is 40.
Station Cetane Rating
Shell===========40
Petro-Can========54
Petro-Can-Winter===48
Husky Energy=====43-45
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Also, I have never seen V-Power diesel at any shell stations here. They do however have "Ultra Diesel". I enquired about this a while ago and it has the exact same cetane rating as their regular diesel.
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this is very interesting... as i do notice the car runs differently depending on where i get my fuel. damn those bastards!!!!!!
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54 Cetane ? I'd love to have that here. Highest I've seen is 45 @ a Shell.
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i dont think i've ever tried petro can diesel. maybe i will start... theres a station pretty close to my job :)
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I've used it, no noticable difference with my car.
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what about flying j diesel?
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any figures on the sunoco gold diesel cetane rating???
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Up until reading Op-Ivy's post on cetane numbers I had used diesel mostly from Esso or a local independent. I tried the Petro-Canada on the last two tank fills. WOW - noticeable difference in mileage. I can't say anything about power as the 1.6 NA is pretty gutless, but I went from not being able to squeeze out more than 810 km per tank to 880 on my last two. I tried not to change my driving style at all. First tank I was sceptical - had to have missed something, but two in a row would seem to confirm it. I'm on my third tank of Petro-Canada and will then go back to Esso. Should drop and confirm the difference.
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Hmm maybe I should fill up at petro can. My last tank I got 4.67l/100 which was 980 kms. I really want to break 4.5l/100kms
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Is that the Flying J just east of London on the 401 Eastbound? Don't they have B5 and B20 there too? Filled up there once on dino diesel; ran fine. They're on a lot of truck routes; don't image o/o truckers would put crap in their livelihoods.
I've run the pioneer diesel and don't really notice any difference over the PetroCan (900 & 910km/tank). The Esso however, had the Jetta really into the turbo all the time (only got 822km). The best mileage it ever got was with OLCO diesel, strangely enough @ 945km (I read Hagar's saga in case you're wondering; she's set up for max um, "smilage")
Andy
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a corrosion inhibitor???? :?
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a corrosion inhibitor???? :?
probably like some motor oils have. most use something like calcium to neutralize acids. in oils its measured in TBN.