Winter fuel

[Sergeant Pluck]

So I read somewhere (on here probably) that the petrochem companies change the spec of our fuel in the winter. What exactly is it they add/extract/change then?

Pluck

 

[Steptoe]

. What exactly is it they add/extract/change then?

Pluck

They add Bullshit

 

[Sergeant Pluck]

Is it really bullshit?! Have I been stitched up like a kipper again?!

 

[Deleted account W]

To work properly in cold weather petrol has to evaporate more readily than in the summer and in the summer the petrol needs to be less volatile.
Less volatile Summer grade petrol is produced by the refineries and by law must be sold by service stations in the UK between the 1st of June and the 31st of August.

Diesel has different seasonal problems and has to be changed in the winter months by law between 22nd of October and the 15th of March. During this time a cold flow additive is used to stop the waxy compounds in the diesel solidifying due to the low temperatures. These waxy compounds are needed to ensure good engine performance.

Hope this helps

 

[Steptoe]

See, told you so

 

[Tommo]

They add Bullshit

Thats some good stuff then !!

 

[Sergeant Pluck]

To work properly in cold weather petrol has to evaporate more readily than in the summer and in the summer the petrol needs to be less volatile.
Less volatile Summer grade petrol is produced by the refineries and by law must be sold by service stations in the UK between the 1st of June and the 31st of August.

Diesel has different seasonal problems and has to be changed in the winter months by law between 22nd of October and the 15th of March. During this time a cold flow additive is used to stop the waxy compounds in the diesel solidifying due to the low temperatures. These waxy compounds are needed to ensure good engine performance.

Hope this helps

Hazaah! Thank you! And you've even used clever-sounding wording to make me feel like I'm not being made a monkey out of

Pluck
:monkyswin

 

[cookie]

Diesel has different seasonal problems and has to be changed in the winter months by law between 22nd of October and the 15th of March. During this time a cold flow additive is used to stop the waxy compounds in the diesel solidifying due to the low temperatures. These waxy compounds are needed to ensure good engine performance.

Hope this helps

my passat does 5 to 10mpg less in winter because of that.

 

[Deleted account W]

my passat does 5 to 10mpg less in winter because of that.

At least it's doing some mpg. Without the additive you'd be at a standstill when the temperature drops

 

[cookie]

At least it's doing some mpg. Without the additive you'd be at a standstill when the temperature drops

always warm down here. gulf stream or some such unlikely cobblers