Which diesel you're using / recommending?

[heiri007 45]

Shell has five different types of diesel on offer:

 

Shell Diesel B20
Shell FuelSave Diesel
Shell FuelSave Diesel B7
Shell V-Power Diesel
Shell V-Power Diesel

 

PTT has UltraForce diesel...

 

Which type are you using / recommending?

[heiri007 45]

... 5th type of Shell diesel is V-Power diesel B7.

[Crossy 27,042]

We almost exclusively use PTT fuels, mainly because it's the closest station but additionally I get 12.5% cash-back when using my Citi Prestige Visa card.

 

Our old Ranger gets the regular B7 as it's not B10 qualified, the Mu-X gets B10 if the pump is free otherwise regular B7 (neither can use B20 or I'd be putting that in too). The jury is still out if there is any consumption / performance difference between the B7 and B10.

 

I've never really seen much point in the premium diesels as neither engine is exactly high-performance, I'm happy to clatter along at 100-110kph.

[canthai55 4,797]

B7 from wherever

[Mama Noodle 6,193]

B10 in the fortuner. 

 

Gotta be observant at PTT stations because they recently changed their basic "diesel" tag from B7 to B10. 

 

Also be weary of using anything over B10 during these "cold" times. 

 

For Toyota drivers:

 

https://www.toyota.co.th/en/news/gOe91vOP

 

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

I've never really seen much point in the premium diesels as neither engine is exactly high-performance, I'm happy to clatter along at 100-110kph.

 

There is none. They are all gimmicks from fuel companies to get you to buy their fuels over competitors. 

[steve187 6,078]

i use B10 normal in the 2.4 mivec triton, no difference noticed from using B7, only the price,

[sezze 644]

It would absolutely make 0.0% difference . Well , i'm lying ... maybe 0.0003% difference . What can be the difference is maybe slightly cleaner burn , but only very slightly . If you think it is better , good for you , take it , but makes near 0 difference .

[thaisail 45]

4 hours ago, Crossy said:

We almost exclusively use PTT fuels, mainly because it's the closest station but additionally I get 12.5% cash-back when using my Citi Prestige Visa card.

 

Our old Ranger gets the regular B7 as it's not B10 qualified, the Mu-X gets B10 if the pump is free otherwise regular B7 (neither can use B20 or I'd be putting that in too). The jury is still out if there is any consumption / performance difference between the B7 and B10.

 

I've never really seen much point in the premium diesels as neither engine is exactly high-performance, I'm happy to clatter along at 100-110kph.

I have a 2011 Ford Ranger Wildtrac with a 2.5 liter engine. The Ford dealer in Phuket where we bought it told us not to use B10. But here in Chiang Khan, our only PTT does not have B7 except as premium so we switched to B10. So far we have had no problem except it looks like we have gone from 8.5 liters per 100 km to about 8.8 liters per 100 km. What year is your "old" Ford Ranger?

[Crossy 27,042]

33 minutes ago, thaisail said:

What year is your "old" Ford Ranger?

 

2005, your 2011 should be ok according to this list.

 

 

More info in this thread 

 

 

[Yellowtail 1,096]

B7 usually  from Ptt.

 

 

[Kwasaki 10,593]

11 hours ago, heiri007 said:

Which type are you using / recommending?

The cheapest.

[Sam Lin 146]

Normal B7, from Bangchak or PTT only. Just from my own experiences those two give me the best fuel economy. "Premium" about half the time, when I feel like some variety.

[NanLaew 22,610]

2 hours ago, thaisail said:

I have a 2011 Ford Ranger Wildtrac with a 2.5 liter engine. The Ford dealer in Phuket where we bought it told us not to use B10. But here in Chiang Khan, our only PTT does not have B7 except as premium so we switched to B10. So far we have had no problem except it looks like we have gone from 8.5 liters per 100 km to about 8.8 liters per 100 km. What year is your "old" Ford Ranger?

 

I have a MY 2014 Ranger 3.2 and I switched from B7 to B10 about 6 weeks ago. I only use PTT.

 

I am on my third, 1000 baht batch of B10. No difference in performance and I get roughly an 80-100 km more on the 'until empty' calculator on the 1000 baht B10 refill. That's commensurate with the roughly 5 liters extra B10 compared with B7.

 

As expected, the mileage calculator has gone from 9.1 liter/100 km to 9.4 liter/100 km over the past month or so. I haven't done the math to see if the extra 5 liters of B10 is worth the loss of 0.3 liter/100 km.

Edited Thursday at 04:15 AM by NanLaew

[fredob43 1,736]

When I first got my 2.8 Tuna they gave me a chitty to fill it up. They said put in premium Diesel. As they were paying did just that. Have used it ever since.

Is it any better who knows, but it does return on a run 6.2lt = 100km. Bit more around 7.2lt in town. For a big lump think that's good. I did at one time fill up at PTT using their premium and it seemed a tad low on power. So next time filled up with Shell V power. The power came back. Not sure if PTT had given me a different speck. Who knows what comes out of any pump??? Have used PTT Prem: since and it runs like normal. I don't know what's going on now with all the new diesel speck, so will stick to Premium easy to sort out. Just look for the white label.      

Edited Thursday at 06:54 AM by fredob43

[WayWokeWhiteGuy 77]

I run Caltex B7 in my 2.8l Fortuner and get about 18.5 or about 5.4l/100 km highway.