11-24-2017, 09:11 AM | #1 |
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Diesel choice
Do you knowledgeable folk know of any preffered type of diesel for my 530d? E.g. should i choose BP over Shell? Or is the wait for my car causing me to think far too much into this?
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11-24-2017, 11:12 AM | #2 | |
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Anyway here in the UK you will soon be fleeced in towns and Cities for extra costs, bare that in mind, IF your doing less than 12K miles get a petrol.
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11-24-2017, 02:13 PM | #4 |
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I've always put Vpower from Shell in our 430d. No benefits to economy, but keeps the engine sounding sweet.
Put in a tank of Esso diesel once and it sounded dreadful. Maybe a placebo, but my wife commented on it too and wasn't aware of the fill at Esso. |
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I will be following the same approach when I get my 530d next week. |
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11-24-2017, 05:23 PM | #6 |
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I've done 200,000 miles in the last 7 years in 3 litre BMW diesels, always use cheapest supermarket diesel ( which mostly comes from the same supply route as the branded stations as far as I can make out ) never had any problems.
However I always put shell super unleaded in my supercharged XKR, no idea why.....
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11-25-2017, 02:20 AM | #8 |
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I was using ordinary diesel for my previous pre LCI 2011 F10 without issues. Then later, I started using super diesel from BP, Shell and Esso. The car seemed to be performing better 'more eager' on Esso super diesel thus I started using it regularly enjoying myself, then the timing chain became lax......
Any connection I don't know. Somehow I still stayed with BMW Currently on my G30 I use Costco super diesel. It costs less than regular supermarket diesel.
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