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Strange goings on at the diesel pump

  • 24-04-2010 12:17pm
    #1
    thirdmantackle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 718 ✭✭✭


    I was at the local filling station yesterday evening to throw a few litres of diesel into the car.

    a fella pulls up the opposite side of the pump with a car similar to mine, opens the fuel cap, but then he opens the boot and takes out a mysterious bottle with some sort of greenish liquid in it - pours some of it into the tank, before filling with diesel. I was intrigued!

    What did he put into the tank?
    And why??


Comments

  • #2
    Mc Love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Did you not ask him?? and why didnt you ask him?


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Diesel additive probably, many folks swear by it. How big was the bottle ? Millers can be bought in gallon containers I think and folks may tranport it around in smaller bottles for convenience.


  • #4
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Are you stalking me OP? I use Dipthane (Spelling?), it's a diesel additive which cleans out injectors and reduces emmissions, etc, and _supposedly_ improves mpg. Don't know if it works or not, but when I did the NCT last week the emissions on the report were pretty low.


  • #5
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Is that the bottle?
    dipetaine.JPG

    That's Dipetane ...use it myself


  • #6
    Mc Love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Where can one buy this?


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  • #7
    ek9er
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭ek9er


    Mc Love wrote: »
    Where can one buy this?


    Most motor factors would have it. Used it before my last nct and the emmissions were incredibly low


  • #8
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,760 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Mc Love wrote: »
    Where can one buy this?

    Limerick Motor Factors - Cathedral Place.


  • #9
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    That's the stuff Peasant, about €10 a bottle.


  • #10
    Mc Love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Found this, previously posted:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055151306


  • #11
    thirdmantackle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 718 ✭✭✭thirdmantackle


    thats the stuff

    the sneaky bugger!


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  • #12
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,590 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    thirdmantackle wrote: »
    the sneaky bugger!


    Why was he sneaky ? :confused:


  • #13
    thirdmantackle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 718 ✭✭✭thirdmantackle


    cause i didn't get to see the bottle properly to read it. :D


  • #14
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,590 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    thirdmantackle wrote: »
    cause i didn't get to see the bottle properly to read it. :D

    Good Point LOL :D


  • #15
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    I put my car (diesel Octavia) tru NCT this morning and emissions were lower this year than last years (I compare certs year on year). I have been using Dipitane for the past 2 weeks as its well known to clean engine. It definitely cuts emissions and the cars running smoother and quieter too. I don't know if it does anything major for the MPG though.


  • #16
    srdb20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭srdb20


    How much would ya put in with a fill lads???


  • #17
    pa990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭pa990


    1litre of diptane treats 200litre of fuel

    Can also be used in petrol engines, and oil home heating boilers, apparantly


  • #18
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    srdb20 wrote: »
    How much would ya put in with a fill lads???
    There's a scale on the bottle ...one mark per 10 litres filled


  • #19
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    how much of dipetane do you put in? Can u put it in any time before refuelling? I might give it a go after I get some feedback here.


  • #20
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,590 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    teednab-el wrote: »
    how much of dipetane do you put in? Can u put it in any time before refuelling? I might give it a go after I get some feedback here.

    I threw a bottle in with half tank of petrol before the NCT in the Civic
    Yup
    Sailed through :D


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