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diesel quality

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:35 pm
by brewskie
Anyone know what company produces the highest quality diesel? I would imagine it would vary from company to company......or not.

Cheers

Rob

Re: diesel quality

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:41 pm
by Chewy
I've had good experience with shell v power diesel, a lot smoother and less valvetrain from what I could tell.

Re: diesel quality

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:29 am
by MardyDelica
Hi, robert,
used husky or mohawk its the best diesel as the grapite of the diesel is better than chevron , shell, esso & petro canada.
remeber always used additives. if need additives i do have some in stock it runs better & more accelaration & less smoke.
cheers;
Mardy

Re: diesel quality

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:49 am
by sasquatch-hunter
Mardy is right. Diesel Max from Husky is the best!

Re: diesel quality

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:02 pm
by brewskie
Thanks for the replies. The van continues to run great Mardy ,no black smoke at all. You did a great job with all the preventative work. Thanks again.

I usually fill at Co-Op out here in Manitoba. Not sure if you guys out west have them. I believe they get there diesel from Sonic.

I thought maybe if there was something better I would try it.

Cheers

Re: diesel quality

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:47 pm
by marsgal42
What constitutes "high quality diesel"? I should think that any commercially-available diesel would do the job.

I gas up Gumdrop at a Chevron station near my home. When traveling I use Petro-Canada, Chevron, Husky/Mohawk and Shell. You can't pay at the pump with a Canadian credit card at Shell stations in the U.S. :-(

...laura

Re: diesel quality

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:13 pm
by knight
marsgal42 wrote:What constitutes "high quality diesel"? I should think that any commercially-available diesel would do the job.

I gas up Gumdrop at a Chevron station near my home. When traveling I use Petro-Canada, Chevron, Husky/Mohawk and Shell. You can't pay at the pump with a Canadian credit card at Shell stations in the U.S. :-(

...laura
Or conocco for that matter.

Re: diesel quality

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:04 pm
by oceaneer77
I am not sure on this.. but i dont think that all of the stations have thier own refinery..
maby golfcart may know..
but i think that thier is only 2 or 3 diesel suppliers.

If this is the case then.. you would need to know who supplies what.

oceaneer77

Re: diesel quality

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:12 am
by Erebus
oceaneer77 wrote:but i think that thier is only 2 or 3 diesel suppliers.

If this is the case then.. you would need to know who supplies what.
Which changes frequently. The independents buy from anyone who will sell, and the majors will supply each other when short or overstocked. So you pretty much never know where it came from. Probably the Shell V-power will always be Shell, but that's all I'd bet on.

Re: diesel quality

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:47 pm
by Chewy
Interesting about the husky/mohawk mardy, I'm gonna try that.


also, I think Petro Can uses Shell stuff. But who knows these days. Call Stephen Harper, he'd know :-D