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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  
