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Tue 23 Aug 2005 20:31
Bad diesel???? - pmh
Mods - Sorry if this is a duplicate, the link crashed after fist posting.

Having come up from the S of France The old BX 1.7 TD had mechanically behaved itself for 700+ miles (at better than 52mpg overall. I decided to fill up at the Total filling station just outside Rouen (on the Calais Autoroute) and when I got to the pump found that the ordinary diesel (gasoil) filler was out of order and the only diesel on offer was a 'premium' diesel at a 4c per litre higher price (on a high price already!).

Within 500m of leaving the filling station the car started to run roughly and would run out of go at about 75 mph. Unusual because it was always willing to pull well when running at 80 mph earlier in the day.

Questions are:
Does the premium fuel have anything that could cause this? (unlikely).

Is it likely that normally nobody else will pay such an extortionate price in France for diesel and this fuel has been sitting in storage for months? and become contaminated?

Did anybody else stop at this service station and fill up from the same pump (First on rhs) on Monday at about 12.30? Long shot!

The problem may resolve itself when I next fill up, but it wont be for another 300 miles to ensure the tank is almost empty.

Any other ideas please, I am getting nearer to the point of scrapping it but mechanically it seems only just run in at 125K.


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pmh (was peter)


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Tue 23 Aug 2005 20:52
Bad diesel???? - Colonel Panic
I used this Total Excellium there a few months ago, couldn't tell the difference from my usual fuel but no trouble and I also filled lots of drums with it, it is quite orangey in colour!
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Wed 24 Aug 2005 14:36
Bad diesel???? - rg
Have you checked the filter bowl for water?

Don't scrap your BX! There are folks on the net who will take it! I'd love one if the XM disappeared.


rg
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Wed 24 Aug 2005 14:42
Bad diesel???? - Xileno {P}
I agree, no car with the wonderful XUD engine should ever be scrapped!

Try putting some Millers in the tank. Should sort the problem but check the filter bowl first, as rg states.
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Wed 24 Aug 2005 14:59
Bad diesel???? - rg
My XUD in a 405 went to 251K.

Overheating usually kills the diesel BX.

There is a BX club dedicated to keeping them alive...

rg
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Wed 24 Aug 2005 15:04
Bad diesel???? - rg
P.S. The Forte product is even better than Millers IMHO, (and that of my local diesel specialist..)

rg
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