What type of fuel do you fill up with?

[CharlieHotel]

Just gauging interest in what people fill their cars up with.
At the moment I have a Mondeo ST TDCi, and across the owners club forums people have commented on their cars having problems with injectors.
Now I don't know what can prevent that problem arising but since I've bought the car i've filled it only with Shell V-power diesel, at a price of £1.43/litre.
If I put standard diesel in the tank would this make any difference in the prevention of one day the injectors giving me hassle?
Paying £1.43/litre it's made me realise that I probably would of been paying the same filling a petrol car up at £1.34/litre

[XitUp]

Petrol.

It runs horribly on diesel, LPG just squirts out and the time I tried using BBQ charcoal I needed to replace the fuel tank.

[sebhaque]

A colleague of mine has a Mondeo ST and fills it with the super diesel stuff - says that regular diesel makes the power delivery a bit lumpy, gets a couple more mpg so overall it's worth it.

Personally I fill my Mini with regular 95 stuff, whereas the M3 gets super unleaded.

[McSam]

Almost exclusively supermarket standard petrol.

On a 12v V6 that was pretty old in '96, I see absolutely no benefit from using anything else, so 130.9 for me, ta very much

[Mazdarese]

Usually V-Power, but if I can't find a Shell garage then any other premium fuel. My filler cap says 98RON minimum so I don't want to risk anything lower

[Snowboy]

The expensive high Ron stuff.

[JonnyFive]

Just normal 95 RON petrol.. Not Supermarket stuff though. Only Shell or BP.

[StottyZr]

I always use shell, not the v power though. I can't justify £1.47/litre

[Mazdarese]

StottyZr said:

I always use shell, not the v power though. I can't justify £1.47/litre

An extra £2.50 a tank?

[marcosgt]

Usually put 95 RON Esso in mine as that's what the local garage sells.

I've started steering clear of supermarket petrol though.

M.

[CharlieHotel]

sebhaque said:

A colleague of mine has a Mondeo ST and fills it with the super diesel stuff - says that regular diesel makes the power delivery a bit lumpy, gets a couple more mpg so overall it's worth it.

Personally I fill my Mini with regular 95 stuff, whereas the M3 gets super unleaded.

Thanks for the reply. The V-power diesel is 7p more a litre, 50 odd litres in a tank, filling the car up a few times a month, so roughly £15-£20 more a month. I don't want to try out the standard diesel as I'd hate the delivery being lumpy.

Mazdarese said:

Usually V-Power, but if I can't find a Shell garage then any other premium fuel. My filler cap says 98RON minimum so I don't want to risk anything lower

My fuel cap says, Ford reccommend BP Ultimate diesel. At £1.56/litre, maybe even more now I reccommend them to ps off

[joebongo]

Super unleaded, always and no exceptions and I've never gone below 1/3 of the tank being full before a refuel - just in case the sludge folklore has any truth in it.

[Mazdarese]

CharlieHotel said:

sebhaque said:

A colleague of mine has a Mondeo ST and fills it with the super diesel stuff - says that regular diesel makes the power delivery a bit lumpy, gets a couple more mpg so overall it's worth it.

Personally I fill my Mini with regular 95 stuff, whereas the M3 gets super unleaded.

Thanks for the reply. The V-power diesel is 7p more a litre, 50 odd litres in a tank, filling the car up a few times a month, so roughly £15-£20 more a month. I don't want to try out the standard diesel as I'd hate the delivery being lumpy.

Mazdarese said:

Usually V-Power, but if I can't find a Shell garage then any other premium fuel. My filler cap says 98RON minimum so I don't want to risk anything lower

My fuel cap says, Ford reccommend BP Ultimate diesel. At £1.56/litre, maybe even more now I reccommend them to ps off

I'm sure I could get away with normal fuel but you just know the car would 'feel' slower even if it wasn't actually.

[RobCrezz]

Shell V-Power, as thats what it is mapped on. 95RON could cause serious damage to my engine.

[Goldmember1]

V-Power or Tesco Momentum 99 for the H6 Outback
Ok it's 6p a litre more but I've always used them on the WRXs in the past and it's the best for my car so why not? Plus the smell when filling up !

[Fastdruid]

In the mondeo just 95, almost exclusively from Tesco with an occasional BP. While you get (slightly) better MPG from the 'super' it costs more per mile.

We run just 95 in the RX-8 too, super is meant to make it more responsive but quite frankly its responsive enough and with an average of about 16mpg it costs enough as it is.

[Farmboy UK]

The cheapest supermarket fuel I can find. But then again I run about in a £800 Toyota Starlet. As of a fortnights time I will have a Mk1 MX5 and I don't see that changing.

I would happily take any wisdom on why I should avoid supermarket fuels though. I assumed they used the same suppliers as everyone else?

[y2blade]

Diesel

[LukeSi]

Farmboy UK said:

The cheapest supermarket fuel I can find. But then again I run about in a £800 Toyota Starlet. As of a fortnights time I will have a Mk1 MX5 and I don't see that changing.

I would happily take any wisdom on why I should avoid supermarket fuels though. I assumed they used the same suppliers as everyone else?

No need to worry, most Mk1s are only mapped to use 91 ron anyway.

Both our cars run on Morrisons finest

[JonnyFive]

I've always been told Supermarket fuel was a no no..