Diesel price

Pho3nix said:
Hasn't been updated in yonks. Why you peddling your app?
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Not my app buddy, I just found it today and figured I would update the prices in my area and maybe others could too therefore making it up to date. Sorry for offending you by trying to help people that were discussing the different prices of diesel :/ byeeeee
 
Gtx Gaming said:
Go truck filling places, not the normal petrol stations.

Puma gives me best price locally. Puma only sells diesel 50 and 500, no petrol at all.
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I personally don't trust these shops as I know of two diesel vehicles within my family that had diesel pump trouble after a year or two's "saving" after filling up regularly at a similar pump depot in Strand.
I can just imagine the mix (diesel, petrol and paraffin) you get with your "50ppm".

Agri Mark (Total) is the best priced for branded 50ppm in the WC
 
A3. said:
I personally don't trust these shops as I know of two diesel vehicles within my family that had diesel pump trouble after a year or two's "saving" after filling up regularly at a similar pump depot in Strand.
I can just imagine the mix (diesel, petrol and paraffin) you get with your "50ppm".

Agri Mark (Total) is the best priced for branded 50ppm in the WC
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You are falling for the 10ppm scam :D

PPM means Parts per million with relation to sulfur particles. Think about it for a second:

500 ppm - 0.0005
50 ppm - 0.00005
10 ppm - 0.00001

If you go and read your vehicle's booklet, your vehicle will be rated for diesel 3000ppm (0.003) or less.

The higher the ppm, the more regular you need to change the oil. That is all. Doesn't affect the engine in any shape or form as long as you change the oil at the correct interval.
 
Pitbull said:
You are falling for the 10ppm scam :D

PPM means Parts per million with relation to sulfur particles. Think about it for a second:

500 ppm - 0.0005
50 ppm - 0.00005
10 ppm - 0.00001

If you go and read your vehicle's booklet, your vehicle will be rated for diesel 3000ppm (0.003) or less.

The higher the ppm, the more regular you need to change the oil. That is all. Doesn't affect the engine in any shape or form as long as you change the oil at the correct interval.
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With the newer diesels they are rated in the 50ppm and below range, and even in some cases are really new vehicles its 10ppm and lower (Thanks to the Euro fuel specifications)
 
ToxicBunny said:
With the newer diesels they are rated in the 50ppm and below range, and even in some cases are really new vehicles its 10ppm and lower (Thanks to the Euro fuel specifications)
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Not aware of that thanks.

Either way, should not make a single bit of difference. It will only be because of the increased service intervals then. My vehicle is rated for 3000 ppm and below :D But I drive a tractor...
 
Pitbull said:
Not aware of that thanks.

Either way, should not make a single bit of difference. It will only be because of the increased service intervals then. My vehicle is rated for 3000 ppm and below :D But I drive a tractor...
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Nah, it will properly fsck with your vehicle thanks to all the electronics and control systems etc...

I also drive a tractor rated at 3000ppm and below..... but going to 50ppm and below would require some form of additive to the fuel system due to a lower level of lubricity from the lower level of sulpher.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Nah, it will properly fsck with your vehicle thanks to all the electronics and control systems etc...

I also drive a tractor rated at 3000ppm and below..... but going to 50ppm and below would require some form of additive to the fuel system due to a lower level of lubricity from the lower level of sulpher.
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I'll read up on it. I have no problem being wrong, just doesn't sound right to me. But I've been wrong plenty of times :p
 
Pitbull said:
I'll read up on it. I have no problem being wrong, just doesn't sound right to me. But I've been wrong plenty of times :p
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I think mechanically you're not really wrong...

but its all the computers and electronics that will be the issue..
 
ToxicBunny said:
I think mechanically you're not really wrong...

but its all the computers and electronics that will be the issue..
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I think you have it mixed up. Mechanically, you will have issues as the sulphur is more or less a lubricant in the engine. The electronics will be ok.
 
pinball wizard said:
I think you have it mixed up. Mechanically, you will have issues as the sulphur is more or less a lubricant in the engine. The electronics will be ok.
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I was thinking the electronics going haywire because all the sensors getting wonky info.. not because they'd physically get damaged...
 
Pitbull said:
You are falling for the 10ppm scam :D

PPM means Parts per million with relation to sulfur particles. Think about it for a second:

500 ppm - 0.0005
50 ppm - 0.00005
10 ppm - 0.00001
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I'm assuming you're converting ppm to %? If so, your conversions isn't correct. It should be as follows:

500 ppm - 0.05%
50 ppm - 0.005%
10 ppm - 0.001%

3000 ppm will be 0.3%
 
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ToxicBunny said:
I was thinking the electronics going haywire because all the sensors getting wonky info.. not because they'd physically get damaged...
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I don't think so. You'll just pick up issues from sensors getting polluted sooner than with low sulphur diesel. But, the info they collect should be accurate.
 
pinball wizard said:
I don't think so. You'll just pick up issues from sensors getting polluted sooner than with low sulphur diesel. But, the info they collect should be accurate.
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Would it be in spec for what the vehicle wants to run properly though is more the question... I've seen what happened to my cousins older Diesel when it got a bit of dirty diesel mixed in and the car ran like a dog until the whole system got drained and cleaned...
 
Gtx Gaming said:
Go truck filling places, not the normal petrol stations.

Puma gives me best price locally. Puma only sells diesel 50 and 500, no petrol at all.
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They do sell petrol. There's one in Mansfield avenue going into Pretoria North. I drive by there every day. They most definitely sell petrol- but then, that's also a regular garage and not a truck depot, if it makes any difference.
 
geezer said:
I'm assuming you're converting ppm to %? If so, your conversions isn't correct. It should be as follows:

500 ppm - 0.05%
50 ppm - 0.005%
10 ppm - 0.005% 0.001%

3000 ppm will be 0.3%
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Yea sorry my mistake :o

Thanks for the correction, I forgot to add the x100 to the equation :o
 
ToxicBunny said:
Would it be in spec for what the vehicle wants to run properly though is more the question... I've seen what happened to my cousins older Diesel when it got a bit of dirty diesel mixed in and the car ran like a dog until the whole system got drained and cleaned...
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Dunno. I would have thought an older diesel would be more tolerant. We'll have to wait till pitbull reads up on it and enlightens us.
 
Pitbull said:
You are falling for the 10ppm scam :D

PPM means Parts per million with relation to sulfur particles. Think about it for a second:

500 ppm - 0.0005
50 ppm - 0.00005
10 ppm - 0.00001

If you go and read your vehicle's booklet, your vehicle will be rated for diesel 3000ppm (0.003) or less.

The higher the ppm, the more regular you need to change the oil. That is all. Doesn't affect the engine in any shape or form as long as you change the oil at the correct interval.
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Not what I meant.
That "50ppm" that you buy is a mix of 50ppm, 500ppm and water and turpentine and cooking oil etc.
Lekker plaas diesel
 
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