shell diesel gives better mpg

[jmc]

It was ratcav who suggested running on shell diesel as he found it improved his fronteras mpg.
I thought I would try it to see as its the same price as tescos.
There is an improvement.
Tesco diesel I used to get 150 miles from 25 litres.
Shell diesel I am geting 180 miles from 25 litres of fuel.
Even allowing for me getting it wrong and allowing 160 miles to 25 litres its still an improvement.
I have yet to work out whether we'll lose out in the long run without saving Tesco points on the clubcard.
Thanks ratcav

[BoxCleva]

I would trial this but Shell are the most expensive garage around these parts

[Drift]

I dont see any difference in anything I use.

I once went laning with a member on here years ago, he had a Toyota but had a Frontera before, he was a manager at a refinery.
He was telling me the all the fuel is the same until it reaches the tanker wagon, at this point the fuel is in sections in the tanker for delivery to the different customers, and each customers requirements for fuel additives is introduced to the load at this point .
But he did mention the excess price you pay more than offsets the mileage you gain and more especially on an older engine and especially in older diesels, the additives are less useful in their purpose.

[jmc]

Interesting reading drift,my father in law tries hard not to buy supermarket diesel as hes convinced its not as good as petrol station fuel.
The shell petrol station is close to me and Tescos so it could be they keep the price the same this makes it easy for me.
I forgot to say that its Regular Diesel I've been buying not the V Power which I put in twice without realising and its a lot more expensive.
Wondered why that pump was always free
So the 2.5 is doing 32mpg on Shell.

[country_Est]

Seems to be worth it a that rate, calculated it to be

Miles Litres MP/L MpG
150 25 6 27.28
160 25 6.4 29.09
180 25 7.2 32.73


Trev

[jmc]

Provided the price dosnt go up lots more than Tesco yes I think its worth it.
There's an ad in this somehow

[huggy]

[Krusher]

I have to say that I only use mainstream filling stations. All the supermarket fuels here cost the same as branded fuels so
I dont use the supermarkets just in case there is any truth in this...

[gregster]

I tend to use mainstream stations too...

Any one here use MURCO garages...I never feel inspired to use their fuel, must be the name!

[Drift]

We use Asda in mine and the Citroen 2005 reg HDI mostly, when using others there has been no difference and Asda here is nearly always 4 to 5p a litre cheaper than other places. As said no difference in power or consumption with other brands or when added after market additives in the fuel.

Remember all our cars are driven in very different ways and carry different loads, even down to how much is carried in the tank, also all our engines are old and have differing rates of wear and tear as well as drive train so its very unlikely you will get two cars identical in fuel consumption.

[RatCav]

Cheers for the mention buddy.

I have to admit I probably wouldn't of noticed anything unless I was doing the miles I do a month. The Shell garage I use is £1.32 at the moment for diesel (probably will go up) but is almost matching the Tesco's supermarket just down the road. Also its on the route to work. I also did my calculations after a couple of months using just Shell to get a good reading and letting all the detergents clean the engine. I will add that the V-Power Diesel isn't as good as they say. No noticable performance and less economy from first impressions. I would even say its worse performance than the normal stuff in my 20 year old engine (and my 2.3 Frontera for that fact) but I do put half a tank in now and again as it seems to clear out the system a bit (expect a gout of black smoke when you floor it). Tesco's now seem to have their own brand "Momentum" but I dunno if its just a re-badged variant.

Glad its of use to people.

p.s. I drive a Trooper

[SPEEDBIRD 202]

I have been using Shell Diesel regularly for the last year and half, and can say that I've had no problems at all with their fuel, and get no black smoke out the back

I put some in the tank this morning and the price is exactly the same as the Sainsbury garage. I don't use the supermarket stuff myself as I'm convinced the stuff is not of the same quality [raw] - [remember when all those people got their cats wrecked]! ! !

I feel a bit embarrassed about this next bit, I even have a shell loyalty card

[RatCav]

[SPEEDBIRD 202]