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    Petrol into a modern diesel will generally kill it, stone cold dead. And your insurance company won’t have a bar of it.

    what I find interesting is the lock on many diesel bowsers (warning label press to release etc), while no such lock exists on petrol bowsers. Yet petrol is much more volatile. And diesel into a petrol tank won’t hurt anything, will just run like a pig.

    although I have tested the current VW mis-fuelling prevention device in my diesel filler with a petrol bowser (that is asking for trouble imo), I can confirm that trying to add any kind of additive is a right pain in the arse because the misfuelling device stops you even putting the neck of the additive bottle down the filler
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    Quote Originally Posted by doc_777 View Post
    I was under the impression that Australia only had one remaining refinery (in WA), and that the vast majority of our fuels were imported already refined.
    Wikipedia says there are still a couple of others open.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gldgti View Post
    Wikipedia says there are still a couple of others open.
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    BP Bulwer Island in Brisbane closed about 3 years ago. Now owned by Caltex next door, so Brisbane still have the Caltex refinery going. It supplies all fuel (all brands) in QLD now is my understanding.
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    You still have Altona as well but it would be a brave soul to suggest one brand is better as they share their fuel with each other.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Just_Westy View Post
    You still have Altona as well but it would be a brave soul to suggest one brand is better as they share their fuel with each other.
    Yep the only difference is the additive package they put in for the premium fuels but all normal fuels are the same
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kachingg View Post
    Yep the only difference is the additive package they put in for the premium fuels but all normal fuels are the same
    As a tanker driver I would tell guys that and they still swear that one brand was better, when your loading you can see at some terminals the additive going in and where it's coming from. Company brand fuels use the same additive for 95 and 98, The non big brand fuels usually only have base 98/95 without the additive.
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