which diesel fuel is best?

[skeets]

Man 200mph, I dont know where you are but around here in the coal country if you can find OR its only about 30 cents difference.. for 75 cents yeah I might put a drum in the back of the truck and fill up

 

[mdhughes]

We are all looking for lowest cost which is great, but pay attention to turnover. I look for a fuel stop that sells lots of fuel. That way it stays fresh and has less chance of problems.

Kurtee, I have a 2010 Jetta TDI and I filled up at the same QT for the first 4 years I had the car and never had a problem. I also was looking for a place that has high turnover. Then I started getting Check engine lights and it was saying it was a clogged injector. This went on for a couple tanks, but it would clean after some many key cycles. Then one day I need diesel bad and I stopped at a local BP that has diesel. I never got a check engine light with that tank. Next tank was from QT and sure enough, check engine light came on. I have been using only diesel from the one BP station and haven't had a check engine light for over a year. I'm not sure why this started happening, and the BP I go to sells a lot of "car diesel". There are a lot of people that have diesel trucks around this BP.

As far as getting diesel for my tractor, I have 100 gallon transfer tank on a skid that I made for it. BP has driver rewards that takes off of the price per gallon. We have two BP cards and we save up the rewards till I can get diesel for .15 a gallon. You get up to 20 gallons at that price, so I get 40 gallons of diesel at a time. Paying $3.20 for 20 gallons of diesel is pretty nice, plus if I need diesel for my card or truck I can use what I have in the tank since it is taxed diesel.

 

[flynavy]

I've been using fuel from my home heating oil tank for a few years now. Never had a problem and never had smoking issues.
As 85Hokie says, "the only difference is color", so the government can make sure the truckers are'n using it and paying the highway Tax.
Every once in awhile I add a fuel additive to keep/clean the injectors.

It might pay to buy a small tank and order some heating oil if you don't already use it to heat your house.
Just a thought to save some $$$

 

[jmf78]

Man 200mph, I dont know where you are but around here in the coal country if you can find OR its only about 30 cents difference.. for 75 cents yeah I might put a drum in the back of the truck and fill up

Just recently found off road diesel 15 miles away from me for $1.99/gal. Had been paying $2.89/gal at a local gas station here in NWPA. I'm looking into different options for tanks/fuel caddy's now so I can switch to off road and save a few bucks here and there.