Shell V-Power Diesel

Stonedofmoo · 28 Dec 2006 at 09:25

Has anyone tried this then and noticed any difference?

I'm curious as it only talks about removing dirt deposits from your engine on the website which in itself is hardly a performance booster in the same way as Shell V-Power petrol is only normal unleaded.

merlin · 28 Dec 2006 at 10:04

General consesus is it's a complete waste of money.

Jez · 28 Dec 2006 at 10:07

Cant tell any difference in my VAG 1.9, waste of money

Dfhaii · 28 Dec 2006 at 10:42

Stonedofmoo said:
Has anyone tried this then and noticed any difference?

Shell V-Power petrol is only normal unleaded.

Not true, higher octane rating should produce more power and reduce pinking/detonation in more highly tuned machines, particularly turbocharged cars. Although throwing it in a bog standard 1.6 paxo is unlikely to make any difference.

Jez · 28 Dec 2006 at 10:44

Dfhaii said:
Not true, higher octane rating should produce more power and reduce pinking/detonation in more highly tuned machines, particularly turbocharged cars. Although throwing it in a bog standard 1.6 paxo is unlikely to make any difference.

I am guessing he made a typo, i am sure that Stonedofmoo is well aware of this seeing as he owned a tuned GTI-R for a good while.

Matt82 · 28 Dec 2006 at 12:17

millers diesel additive made a difference to my last 1.9 vag diesel

OllyM · 28 Dec 2006 at 12:38

In our VW Touareg (5.0 V10 TDI), BP Ultimate diesel seems to make about 2mpg difference, but because it's stupidly priced (99.9p, 100.5p and 100.9p/litre at the three nearest garages that sell it) compared to normal diesel it isn't worth buying.

Admittedly there's no V-Power diesel down here yet, so I don't know if that'll make a difference or not. I really can't see what they can do to diesel to make it better performing.

Stonedofmoo · 28 Dec 2006 at 14:26

Jez said:
I am guessing he made a typo, i am sure that Stonedofmoo is well aware of this seeing as he owned a tuned GTI-R for a good while.

Yup, I messed up what I meant to say

What I was meaning was the major difference between V-power and normal unleaded is the higher octane rating which can directly lead to power gains in the right car.

But this diesel simply sounds like diesel... with cleaner to clean the engine. I don't see how this is a performance fuel considering diesel contains agents to clean an agent anyhow.

But then, is V-Power diesel more expensive than the ordinary diesel it replaces?

merlin · 28 Dec 2006 at 14:31

OllyM said:
I really can't see what they can do to diesel to make it better performing.

Mix it with Petrol

Simon · 28 Dec 2006 at 19:04

Stonedofmoo said:
But this diesel simply sounds like diesel... with cleaner to clean the engine. I don't see how this is a performance fuel considering diesel contains agents to clean an agent anyhow.

Its all about the Cetane values, (the derv equivilant of octane but it is actually inverse to octane, the higher the cetane value the easier for it to ignite under compression.

BP ultimate has a Cetane of 55 compared to normal diesel which is about 51.