diesel fuel

[JillyG]

Is there a difference between different brands of deisel fuel?

[v64paul]

not a lot, as a famous person once said. in order for a particular manufacturer to make claims about their product being better than another there has to be a difference. but as part of my work involves on occasion visiting one of the biggest oil refineries in the uk; and working on the trucks that carry the product i have to say that with so many different companies carrying diesel and petrol out of the site, how much difference can there be? 

[long john]

just use cherry pop off some gypsie it's alot cheaper.

[AllYourBase]

Shell, Texaco and BP Ultimate are all considered to contain more additives and detergents to help keep the engine running smoothly, more efficiently and with more power. I swear by using one of these brands at all times as I have suffered before using cheapo supermarket fuel in a modern, costly diesel engined car.

[Tim Baxter]

I have run a 2 litre (M reg) diesel Montego, a Nissan 2.2 (03 reg) diesel and Rover 25 2 litre (05 reg) diesel.  I have never had any problem with any diesel fuel that I've used and I always fill up at the cheapest place!

[28111973]

no there is no difference at all as all uk fuel has to meet a certain a.p.i. and s.a.e. grade as well as the r.o.n.(95RON) for example.