To all those who claim all kinds of wonderful things from brand "X" or
brand "Y" fuel....

May I suggest you do a little maths.

Look at the publically available figures from the Commonwealth
Statistician

First lookup how many manufacturers (as in those that operate
refineries) of fuel (Diesel or Petrol) there are in Australia.

Now compare that with the number of Retail "brand" outlets there are....

Do you begin to see the problem yet?
At the very least there is a hellof a lot of "brand engineering" out
there.

Now, for a bit more fun on a slightly different topic, fuel quality:-

First have a look at how much of the fuel of your choice is
manufactured in Australia.

Secondly, now look to see how much is consumed.......

That's the second bit of maths...Something of a "shortfall" isn't there?

Now, ignoring petrol for the moment.

Look how much diesel is manufactured.
Now add the amount imported.

Next subtract the amount consumed....

Now isn't that an interesting, if unfortunately negative,  figure?

Doubtless some of it is statistical error, wrong reporting etc, but the
enormous short fall (do the same maths on Petrol and the figure is much
closer, a sup rising result if the same error conditions exist and
therefore statistically improbable given the vast difference in the
overall amounts consumed) suggests that a horridly significant amount
of "diesel" is heating oil and paint thinners doesn't it...... Worth
some scumbag doing it doing because heating oil is taxed at a lower
rate and thinners not at all (at least in terms of fuel tax).

And most diesel owners will not notice it, unlike modern petrol engines
which play up merry hell on "blends".

The cost to your engine in the long term is pretty horrid.

Next time you fill up, ask your console attendant where the fuel came
from, you might get a surprisingly truthful answer.

Tony Smith