More diesel news!

[nickso]

The addition of ethanol tends to rot butyl rubber based products such as fuel pump diaphragms and some gaskets......that's what I've found anyway!
John

And it's supposed to be hygroscopic so there are fears of petrol tanks and lines rotting from the inside out.

Supposedly the premium petrols will not have ethanol in them for a few years after the boggo unleaded.....watch the price of those rocket even more as folk switch to them.

****ing government ***** and their greenwashing.

 

[nickso]

Don't think I will ever buy a diesel, no point at the age I buy cars, the reliability is just not there.

Could be some pain coming for petrol users too though if they insist on adding more and more ethanol into the petrol.

What you do is buy a 10 year or more old diesel, if you get an Hdi from that period they are very reliable and economical and no DPF on the 2.0. 8 valve. I have an 01 406 with 226,000 miles on it, I have done nearly 40k of that and its never gone wrong apart from normal maintenance. I also have a C5 with nearly 200k. They will do 60 mpg driven gently and have cheap road tax. And you can buy them for peanuts.

Peter

Nah, I don't buy French gash and diesels in general are no use to me. I don't do enough miles to warrant their higher purchase price. As a confirmed planet raper I prefer big cheap petrols.....S6, V8 or V12.

 

[Peter.N.]

If you buy them at the age I do they are very cheap, petrol ones are practically free.

Peter

 

[Avocet]

It's true, most diesels will need AdBlue to meet the Euro 6 emissions limits. Many already use it now to meet Euro 5 limits. VAG cars in particular. My last SEAT Alhambra had a 20 litre (might have been 17, can't remember) AdBlue tank, which lasted me about 20,000 miles. It's to reduce the oxides of nitrogen coming out of the exhaust. We're already seeing an increased demand for petrol engines again now. Other manufacturers must be doing so as well. Ford has put it's money on these new generation of "Ecoboost" small displacement petrol engines, for example.

 

[Burnerman]

Another interesting post.......I notice that many manufacturers are going for small capacity petrol engines - Renault Captur uses a 900cc lump, I think and Ford seem to be hovering around the 1 litre mark (never had much time for the older Ford diesels mind, but I like the Duratorq - or at least most of it.)
John