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      08-22-2015, 02:01 PM   #1
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Pure Diesel instead of Biodiesel

I have a 328d that spends a majority of its time in Chicago. The minimum recommended fuel blend is B7 as per the signage on the diesel fuel lid. Getting non biodiesel in Illinois is generally difficult as the IRS gives tax write offs to pumps that carry biodiesel over B11-B20. So most generally carry biodiesels.
I wanted to share with people in similar situation about a B3 diesel BP gas station on Fullerton and Clybourn. This is almost pure diesel.
Are there any other gas stations that sell non-biodiesel diesel fuels at their gas stations?
If so please share those locations and I could create a google map of these locations for everyone's benefit on the forum.
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Shell station

So found another station with pure shell branded diesel at Ashland and Addison.
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      08-22-2015, 11:57 PM   #3
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Meijer sells pure diesel as well. 9200 S Western Ave.
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With the 28d, it might be cheaper to drive to NJ to fill up.
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Ha! That picture was from google street view. Definitely a few months old though. The current price is around 3.19 in the area. It is just a coincidence that there is a BMW sitting at that pump. But still 2.41 is just fantastic price for diesel in New Jersey.
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What cracked me up was that I was sitting in a Shell station when I read your msg. We may have low gas prices, but I can't think of many other reasons to want to be in NJ!
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2nd ULSD station found close to downtown.
S Damen and W Cermak at 1955 W Cermak road Chicago Il
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Found an awesome website that differentiates between regular and premium diesel. Not sure how accurate it is. But definitely more useful than gas buddy as it just generalizes biodiesel as Diesel.
http://www.gefleet.com/fuelpricemap/

Update. Proceed with caution on this as some of them listed are not updated.
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      12-14-2015, 07:00 PM   #9
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Foods 4 Less stores, Sam's Clubs, Meijers (as mentioned), Mobil Stations on toll road oasis, Shell stations that sell Shell branded diesel (doesn't have label -"This is not a Shell Product") have less than 5% biodiesel per my email exchange with Shell Customer Care. A small percentage of biodiesel is good in that it increase lubricity while also increasing mileage per a Consumer's Report comparison a Edmunds long term test of a Passat TDI

http://www.edmunds.com/volkswagen/pa...n-results.html

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2...-oil/index.htm

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Found another issue that I wanted to get to everyone's attention. I found a marathon gas station on Jefferson and Roosevelt(closest main streets) that sells ultra low sulfur diesel or so it seemed. Some pumps had a label and some pumps did not. After inquiring with the manager he said that they have only one kind of diesel. The one with ethanol. This despite of the ultra low sulfur diesel label on one pump. So wanted to send out cautions to anyone. Here are pictures of what the label looked like at the pump versus what they should look like. The green label is what one should look for.
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I've found some diesel stations in the north suburbs that I fill up with on my other vehicle, which is diesel. Need me to scope them out for you?
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I've found some diesel stations in the north suburbs that I fill up with on my other vehicle, which is diesel. Need me to scope them out for you?
That would be great! Not only for me but for more diesel users out there.
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Check this out...

https://www.google.com/mymaps/viewer...TSjOA&hl=en_US
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Yeah I saw that too and followed up on them by calling around. Seems that the map is old and most of them have switched to biodiesel.
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