Diesel Fuel in Vans.

[Latte]

Hi Guys

Yes i am an anorak before anyone say's it :p

Since 1st August i have been keeping a record of my milages and fuel used to see if different brands of fuel give better performance.

These are the numbers so far

1) BP Ultimate Diesel 2579 miles covered at 41.28mpg ave

2) BP Normal Diesel 2770 Miles @ 38.62mpg ave

3) Texaco 3807 miles @ 39.69 mpg

4) Total 563 miles @ 43.41 mpg

This for the record is in a Vauxhall Vivaro 1.9 (03 plate)

Basically for the extra cost it doesnt look like these new so called performance diesels give better fuel consumption.

The question i was wondering is why do you use the fuel you do

Regards

Fatboy

[Karl Hofmann]

I would say that all this guff about special diesels is a case of the Kings new clothes. The engine management of a modern vehicle will adjust itself to allow for differing qualities of fuel

[Brian_UK]

I have to admit that due to the company providing a fuel card but a lousy van I do not pay much attention to the price/effeciency of the fuel I use.

I don't go out of my way to find the most expensive or anything like that have a limited choice of fuel suppliers in the area anyway - 1 BP, 1 Shell, 1 Tesco, 1 Esso

And, no, you are not an anorack by any means - if you were you would have included the particulate emmissions as well :rolleyes:

[chemi-cool]

Hi Raymond.

In the past few years, diesel engines have made a great jump forward. Do not forget that the pollution is less.

They give you a lot of power in low rev, engine's life is longer,
In many countries, diesel is cheaper. (only $0.6 per litre), better millage, not as many electronic gadgets under the hood.

We got used to petrol when it was cheap and so are cars manufacturers but I think its changing slowly.

If I'm not mistaken, then in the UK, in spite of the high petrol prices, there are 40% to 45% of privet owned vehicles are diesel

Chemi :)

[chemi-cool]

Learn a bit here about diesel engines:http://www.bmwworld.com/models/diesel.htm

Chemi :)

[whiffnsniff]

I've recently been looking at biodiesel.
During the fuel blockades in the UK a few years ago some people were running their diesels on veg oil, there are problems with the viscosity of veg oil but there are conversion kits which start your car on normal diesel then heaters in a separate tank holdind the veg oil reduce the viscosity and then switch the supply over to veg oil.
Unfortunately the UK gov don't like this even though its cheaper and renewable they'll hammer you for more duty than petro fuel.

[chillin out]

The way I drive I must get about 15 mpg.....LOL

New tyres every month and water lasts all year.

Also my van can live quite happily without any oil.

Chillin:) :)

[phil68]

I stuck my '04 plate new-shape Vito in for it's 60,000 mile service last Friday. Still not got it back; needs wheel bearings, brake calipers on all 4 corners etc.:eek: I drive it hard but company cars I've had in the past have taken the same abuse & still been sweet after 120,000 miles:(

[reefermadness]

i have never got above 10mpg's. 7.3L turbo diesel

[Bob45]

Hi guys,

Biodiesel is a nice thing. Been working on it for heating in Canada. But the same thing here then in UK. Not legal. Government would loose to much taxes on it.

Any way Bio is easy. It's vegetable oil with methan, you normaly run a diesel on B20 max. Which is 20% vegetable and 80% diesel. But you could run B100 with heating kit, to warm the oil to 170°F before running it into your engine. Remember the guy that created those engines. Is name is Diesel.... He was running on vegetable oil.:)

Straight vegetable oil work the same way but has to be heated up to 170°F.

You can also run 80% diesel and 20% or so straight veg oil no problem.