Fuel additives still used?

So anyone still using millers for there dev's? Or are we all filing up with v power ?

 

I’ve had four cans of the official BMW diesel additive from Cotswolds. They sell on eBay here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5x-bottl...409147&hash=item3d9f0cf2d2:g:BR4AAOSwzf1fEc7f

Sure our friendly Cotswold friend will do a deal.

 

Does it make any difference tho?

 

A good question. So far I’ve done 26K miles in two years and haven’t had a problem with EGR/DPF or injectors, so in that sense possibly some good.
It feels smooth, for a soot chucker, ticks over perfectly and gives decent mpg.
More about maintenance than any noted improvements in my mind.



Or maybe snake oil.....

 

If you have a ‘rough diesel’
Like my transporter van was....it definitely was much smoother and quieter when on Millers....
Even my wife could tell the difference
But in an ultra smooth bmw diesel...??hard to tell.... the way I figured it, was that it worked out much cheaper than premium diesel for the same effect.... and as for it being any use mechanically only time would tell... so after 7 years of use when we sold the car.... nothing to report.... so how would we know in the end..??


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Save yourself some hard earned and get a refillable dose bottle.
It does work and will over time improve your MPG.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hydra-Fu...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l9372

 

When we had two diesel-engined cars some years back, I also purchased the 5 litre container and used a refillable bottle. Agreed, you can save a lot of money.

 

I was using the BMW additive in my E91 diesel. It was ~160,000 miles on original DPF and ran like a dream
(do miss that thing)

Ed

 

You probably get a good deal being in logistics Ed.....


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I've been using V-Power since I bought the car in Aug 2012, and so was my sister, whom I bought it from, and was the first owner (from new in 2003). No issues at all with the engine. With the few miles I drive (about 3 - 4 k per year) the extra pennies for the premium fuel is hardly something to worry about.

 

I would agree but I do 25K+ a yr so it gets a little expensive

 

Well I never! I never thought I would see one of them again. If I remember correctly the garages used to charge 1d (one old Penny) per shot per gallon when you filled up.

 

I remember as a child, my father would say something like "4 gallons and a shot of Red-X please". And he'd still have change from £1

I also recall my father (working in the plant hire business, running a workshop through my childhood), putting all sorts of additives in fuel tanks.

Peter

 

Filling up with 20 litres of fuel costs me about £1.50 extra for V-Power, as opposed to regular diesel.

 

Exactly how I remember it.

Peter

 

I remember those

 

And don't forget the 2 stroke pump next to it.
Never bought petrol in the old d money but i remember buying a gallon in my bike at 32p with 2 stroke oil.

 

I remember there was outrage when petrol went up to 5 shillings a gallon. I remember giving the garage a 10 bob note (50 pence) for 2 gallons and getting no change.