"premium diesel" vs regular

[LStanphill]

Noticed at Texaco they advertise "premium diesel" formulated for increased lubricity and lower sulfur. . Does this make any difference if i'm not going to put a billion miles on my truck? Price was a bit more expensive "8 cents/gal more" here in gods country "texas that is".....

 

[Shovelhead]

premium diesel

Around these parts ("Right Coast", near D. C. ) I always keep a bottle of Howes in the back and add a splash to every tank.

It gives increased "Lubricity" at what-ever-price-you-can-find.



I've used premium a couple of times and found it's usally a higher cetane rating than the regular #2, but noticed no real difference in how the truck ran.

 

[C Schomer]

I've used additive since new. I can't tell a difference in premium diesel. A buddy at Cummins RM said the lubricity add. definitly reduces the wear since the sulfur was lowered. Craig

 

[JJW_ND]

Here is what a Upper Midwest fuel distributor has in theirs:



http://www.cenex.com/default.asp?item=6A60B18E-515F-4763-A4B6-C40391A007A3



CF Roadmaster= Premium #2

XGrade #2 Low Sulfer= Regular #2



I always buy premium and only add additives in the winter (Stanadyne PF).



jjw

ND

 

[Pit Bull]

I also buy my fuel at a Texaco truck stop that sells premium. The reason I don't buy the premium and just add my own stuff (I use the Rotella fuel conditioner), is for the same reason I buy my fuel at a Truck stop. I want fuel that is fresh. The big trucks that use all of the fuel at the truck stop, never buy the premium, so I figure they don't sell much premium and it is "old" fuel. I don't know if that makes sense to anyone else but thats my story.

 

[Cooker]

I'm with Big Toy



-Ryan

 

[HTRDHLR]

At the stations around me I can only buy premium?? That is alll the station has:--)

 

[DocStressor]

Premium diesel is sort of a rip off. The criteria for listing a fuel as "Premium" includes things such as extra lubricity, cetane, freeze point depression, detergency, etc. The only problem is that just a few of these standards need to be met to order for a company to list the fuel as premium. Texaco premium, for example, has extra detergency, but only average cetane and lubricity. Amoco sells a premium in some states that really does meet all the criteria for a premium diesel. Any fuel sold in California meets all the standards for premium and is low sulfur to boot.



The Cummins engine is designed to run on just about any low tech swill that they sell in North America (that is just about every brand available here). Using your own additive ensures that you are getting what you paid for.

 

[diesel DOG]

I see the Hess stations in NY have cetane ratings that are 40 42 45 what gives different truck to each station? I don't think so. They are all with in a few miles of each other. I put additives in my Lull forklifts with JD motors.

 

[redneckdr]

premium diesel

around this part of dixie, i generally don't have a choice. if a station has "premium", that's all they have. if it isn't labelled "premium" it's generally the same price???

 

[LSMITH]

The only premium diesel I have ever found is at an Amoco truck stop. It is definately better than anything else I have ever used. Power is up noticeably and mileage is a minimum of +1 using it, in the winter it is as much as +3 MPG. It is a cent or two more a gallon, but is about 65 miles from my house so I don't use it often. The only other premium tags I have seen are at the in town stations and I would rather bleed injectors than get a load of water and algae.

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

TDR #27, p. 42

 

[lschultz]

I saw a Shamrock in Bastrop,Tex that sells premium. Have not used it,don't know the price. I've been using Shell 98% of the time.

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Good info on premium diesel

http://www.geocities.com/svenfoucault.geo/tdi/premdiesel.html

 

[Steve M]

Haven't tried the cheap stuff in my new one but my previous two 12v trucks seemed to run smoother and alittle quieter on Premium Texaco diesel. Now I just go for the Premium. I changed my fuel filter at 12k miles and it didn't look any worse than the new one I put in. That alone is worth the nickle more a gallon.

 

[Chipstien]

I always go to the Flying J truck stop so I can use the large nozzle pumps. It is also the cheapest diesel around. Anyone know if it is good diesel though, I honestly have know idea..... It sure is nice to fill a 35 gallon tank in a minute or two

 

[MD500E]

Diesels will burn about anything. It will run on kero, jet fuel, home heating oil,ect, with luburication being the main concern. A friend of mine runs several trucks and equipment exclusivly on home heating oil for years. That includes 2 powerstrokes 1 cummins and 1 6. 5 turbo. fuel oil I belive has higher sulphur content than diesel. The only problem he has is cloged fuel filters, from more alge and dirt. As far as premium diesel being any better, I am not so sure. I have heard of several different stations all using the same refinery. There are not nearly as many refinery's as there are stations selling diesel.