Diesel type for 2018 G01 30d

[irengineer]

I just took delivery of my first BMW, a 2018 G01 30d. It still has the tank of diesel the dealer had it filled with. What diesel is best or recommended for this car? 50ppm according to the dealer?

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

Been a while since I owned a diesel. 50ppm or 10ppm if you can get it will be fine. Dont use 500ppm

 

[Spanky]

Should say on the fuel cap door as well as your manual

 

[cRed001]

Low sulphur diesel (50, 30 or 10ppm) will be fine.

 

[///M Individual]

As above 50ppm low sulphur diesel is perfect.

I personally stick to Shell but just my preference.

Congrats on an awesome vehicle. Share some pics

 

[MR_Y]

50ppm BUT from a busy and reputable garage. There are horror stories of garages im remote areas filling 500ppm or doctored/contaminated diesel and passing it of as 50ppm.

10ppm is better for the environment but performance/economy gains are negligible.

If it is your first diesel vehicle, some things to note (apologies if you are already aware of these. My mechanically minded friends advised me on these a few years ago):
1. Unlike petrol, the retail price of diesel is unregulated. This means that garages can charge what they like. Best to shop around, also bearing in mind the earlier point on reputable garages.
2. Diesel motors take a while to warm up and driving them gently at first start up is important, until they reach optimum temperature.
3. If your car has a DPF (diesel particulate filter), best to avoid only short trips. A regular highway drive on a regular basis would be sufficient to clear up the DPF.
4. After a hard drive, let the car idle a bit before switching it off. Same applies to petrol motors as well. Related to this, rather deactivate (switch off) your auto stop start system.
5. Do not start the car and let it idle for a while before driving off. Unlike diesels of old, modern diesels should be driven off soon after starting up. But, they need to be driven moderately until optimum temperature is reached. Speaking of temperature, your car has an oil temperature (not coolant) temperature gauge which is a more accurate measure of the heat status of the motor.

A diesel vehicle is a different animal to petrol and if you treat it appropriately, it will reward you

 

[tman]

Engen has the best 50ppm quality. Ebucks says so

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[Spanky]

50ppm BUT from a busy and reputable garage. There are horror stories of garages im remote areas filling 500ppm or doctored/contaminated diesel and passing it of as 50ppm.

This happened to my father with his 2.0 TDI @ ~50k km.

He had a 'preferred' filling station that he always used. One day the car threw a bunch of codes and had to be hauled to Audi.
Audi diagnosed 4 bad injectors. Along with that, they took a fuel sample and the results came back as 500ppm in the tank, even though the old man was very particular about asking for 50ppm.

In the end Audi refused to claim responsibility on a R32k bill (on a car still well within plan).

Moral of the story - rather have your ducks in a row and pay a tad more for peace of mind.

 

[GravityLee]

This happened to my father with his 2.0 TDI @ ~50k km.

He had a 'preferred' filling station that he always used. One day the car threw a bunch of codes and had to be hauled to Audi.
Audi diagnosed 4 bad injectors. Along with that, they took a fuel sample and the results came back as 500ppm in the tank, even though the old man was very particular about asking for 50ppm.

In the end Audi refused to claim responsibility on a R32k bill (on a car still well within plan).

Moral of the story - rather have your ducks in a row and pay a tad more for peace of mind.

Just hope your old man confirmed this “analysis” by Audi independently.


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[Spanky]

Just hope your old man confirmed this “analysis” by Audi independently.

I can't remember the exact specifics, but we were unable to obtain fuel for an independent analysis. Took the matter to the Ombudsman but after some delay, they ended up cucking us too.

Not a great experience.

 

[rodga]

1. Unlike petrol, the retail price of diesel is unregulated. This means that garages can charge what they like. Best to shop around, also bearing in mind the earlier point on reputable garages.

Download the pitstops app to find the cheapest diesel in your area.

To give you an idea, the sasol in my area is consistently about R1 cheaper than the next cheapest garage that only sells 50ppm.

 

[MR_Y]

Download the pitstops app to find the cheapest diesel in your area.

To give you an idea, the sasol in my area is consistently about R1 cheaper than the next cheapest garage that only sells 50ppm.

👍

 

[ENT_DocY]

Congrats. As a fellow recent G01 30d owner, it's a great car. Shell VPower is what you need to be filling. My brother regularly does long trips (his E46 320d now has 400 000km on it). He has tested various fuels (Engen, BP, Shell) and shell gives the best mileage

 

[irengineer]

Thank you everyone!

 

[midnightcaller]

2013 x3 2.0d from new
Current mileage 100K

Since new we have only used Sasol 10ppm.
On the very odd occasion when it was extended trips, we used 50ppm.

 

[FILV]

I only use Sasol 10ppm

The Sasol just off Edenvale road, next to Union Tile seems to always be the best priced.

The Sasol at The Pantry in Rosebanl run in their own Universe in terms of price lol. Madly over priced

 

[NabbyM32]

Congrats. As a fellow recent G01 30d owner, it's a great car. Shell VPower is what you need to be filling. My brother regularly does long trips (his E46 320d now has 400 000km on it). He has tested various fuels (Engen, BP, Shell) and shell gives the best mileage

Iv also experienced better fuel consumption and mileage on V-Power on my 20d - So iv only been filling Shell unless on the odd occasion where iv got no choice.

 

[Mabusa]

Do all BMW dealers use shell oil? Any one know of any dealer using Fuchs? What is the experience with viscosity loss especially near oil change interval