Anybody here used Dipetane? (fuel additive)

Spit62500

Just read about a fuel additive called Dipetane in one of today's papers - it makes great claims and seems to be especially beneficial in diesels. Has anyone here used it?

Quote from website: http://www.dipetane.ie/FAQs.aspx

"In 1993, the Irish Army totaled the number of liters of fuel they used and the number of kilometers driven. Then in 1994, they used Dipetane in all of their fuel and calculated again. They report a 13.6% reduction of fuel required. They have been using Dipetane ever since and have logged well over 100 million miles of operation and never had a problem with Dipetane."

kdouglas

sounds a bit too good to be true, ever see that episode of mythbusters where they tried all those devices that supposedly increase fuel efficiency by crazy amounts? guess what? none of them worked!

Edit: ok, that was my initial impression, just read a bit more of there website and it sounds interesting alright, might go have a look in my local motor factors (they are listed as stockists) and see how much it costs etc... id buy one bottle and give it a try if it's not too pricey

dceire

kdouglas wrote:

sounds a bit too good to be true, ever see that episode of mythbusters where they tried all those devices that supposedly increase fuel efficiency by crazy amounts? guess what? none of them worked!

Ah Mythbusters where would we be without you1

robie5

my 250000 mile merc failed nct last year used it for three weeks past no problem guy at the back of guinness brewery sells it cheap

robie5

sorry but did not notice any change in mpg

dade

I use to work for an oil company and Dipetane is used in their "clean burn" type home heating fuels. it's normally added to home heating oil etc to reduce the emissions. you can also add it to a car be it petrol or diesel, you add 1 L to 10 L of fuel it again is suppose to reduce the emissions on the car.

I can tell you i put some into a 98 fiesta and a few weeks later had it NCT'd and the guys in the NCT where amazed at the emission results, he said he had to test it twice coz he thought he got a dodgy result so he tested it on a different machine and got more or less the same reading so assumed it was good to go.

does it effect the MPG no idea I didn't notice any difference in the amount of fuel i was using, but if you add iL to 10L of fuel then i guess you can expect to get that 10% difference, AFAIK its Oil based and does no harm to the engine or components

kdouglas

well, the trip computer in my car tells you current MPG based on actual fuel consumption so ill pick some up and if i get any increase in mpg ill post back and let you know, i wont be holding my breath though

Spit62500

I reckon that I'll spash out on a couple of litres and see how it goes - I'll report back one way or the other.

silverski

It may or may not affect your MPG, but it sure is recommended for the NCT.
I have a 92 Pajero and have passed with flying colours my last 3 NCT's

Silverski

cuculainn

Hi I just added Dipetane to my petrol as I have a NCT due, I do a fair bit of city driving in traffic so wanted to give it a bit of a clean out.
So I happened to be going for a long drive and on the return the engine light came on and the car began running very poor. The Idle is very rough, there is poor and rough acceleration and (i think) increased fuel consumption.

Is this just a freak coincidence or has the Dipetane done something?

If anyone has any opinions to my problem let me know

Bandara

it loves eating rubbers seals and hoses.

snake oil, emperors new clothes etc etc

gofaster_s13

Spit62500 wrote: »

"In 1993, the Irish Army totaled the number of liters of fuel they used and the number of kilometers driven. Then in 1994, they used Dipetane in all of their fuel and calculated again. They report a 13.6% reduction of fuel required. They have been using Dipetane ever since and have logged well over 100 million miles of operation and never had a problem with Dipetane."

I know several lads running there home heating and personal cars on siphoned diesel from army vehicles so I wouldnt consider their fuel useage estimates accurate. Dipetane will reduce emmisions on the diesel smoke test but then so will any commercial paint thinners which contain either xylene or toluene which are the hydrocarbons used in a lot of these fuel treatments.

Matt Simis

Hammertime wrote: »

it loves eating rubbers seals and hoses.

snake oil, emperors new clothes etc etc

You are saying Dipetane specifically destroys rubber seals, in all cars? Considering rubber has evolved over the years thanks to the [mandantory] addition of biofuels that seems like a massively sweeping statement. Its designed as a fuel additive, if you were going to make a "scam additive" the first step would be to insure it does nothing at all, not make one that destroys fuel systems, the very area its designed to help. It would be too obvious and sloppy.

Other than what youve heard, do you have any evidence of this?


Ive tried it on the last tank of petrol (65l) in our Allroad 2.7t. Fuel consumption dropped over the same 50km trip I make (made it 4 times and let computer continually adjust the consumption) from 20.2 to 20.8mpg. It may still improve as the fuel may not be fully mixed, but so far an improvement but not the 10 to 15% quoted.

gofaster_s13 wrote: »

I know several lads running there home heating and personal cars on siphoned diesel from army vehicles so I wouldnt consider their fuel useage estimates accurate. Dipetane will reduce emmisions on the diesel smoke test but then so will any commercial paint thinners which contain either xylene or toluene which are the hydrocarbons used in a lot of these fuel treatments.

So these "several lads" consume how many 10s of thousands of litres a year to throw such calculations off? On top of that, if the Army got better fuel economy, at the same time thousands of litres were siphoned, after using Dipetane then surely that would be fairly spectacular evidence it was working!?

Get a clue please.

gofaster_s13

Matt Simis wrote: »

So these "several lads" consume how many 10s of thousands of litres a year to throw such calculations off? On top of that, if the Army got better fuel economy, at the same time thousands of litres were siphoned, after using Dipetane then surely that would be fairly spectacular evidence it was working!?

Get a clue please.

Yes I know several lads, but if I know several, you can be sure there is an awful lot more doing it, I know that in theory it should balance but fuel theft is seasonal in quantities used which could hugely unbalance fuel economy statistics

snowman707

dade wrote: »

I use to work for an oil company and Dipetane is used in their "clean burn" type home heating fuels. it's normally added to home heating oil etc to reduce the emissions. you can also add it to a car be it petrol or diesel, you add 1 L to 10 L of fuel it again is suppose to reduce the emissions on the car.

I can tell you i put some into a 98 fiesta and a few weeks later had it NCT'd and the guys in the NCT where amazed at the emission results, he said he had to test it twice coz he thought he got a dodgy result so he tested it on a different machine and got more or less the same reading so assumed it was good to go.

does it effect the MPG no idea I didn't notice any difference in the amount of fuel i was using, but if you add iL to 10L of fuel then i guess you can expect to get that 10% difference, AFAIK its Oil based and does no harm to the engine or components

The recommended mix is 1:200 not 1: 10 as you stated

enquired..... it costs €9 per litre in Limerick ,

don't know how effective it is but must be surely be safer than adding unleaded petrol to diesel which is seems to be a common recommendation on this forum.

Matt Simis

gofaster_s13 wrote: »

Yes I know several lads, but if I know several, you can be sure there is an awful lot more doing it, I know that in theory it should balance but fuel theft is seasonal in quantities used which could hugely unbalance fuel economy statistics

As I said, it would "unbalance" in favor of Dipetane working wonders, but there is no point even considering this as this is heresy from some anonymous source on a public forum..

cuculainn

cuculainn wrote: »

Hi I just added Dipetane to my petrol as I have a NCT due, I do a fair bit of city driving in traffic so wanted to give it a bit of a clean out.
So I happened to be going for a long drive and on the return the engine light came on and the car began running very poor. The Idle is very rough, there is poor and rough acceleration and (i think) increased fuel consumption.

Is this just a freak coincidence or has the Dipetane done something?

If anyone has any opinions to my problem let me know

So just an update to this.....went to change the plugs and noticed one of the leads had a small burn hole where it connects to the plug so replaced the leads and sorted the problem......guess it was just a freak coincidence.


Also, had another car that was due for the NCT but the engine light was on, the garage guy said it needed a new cat..and that it would not pass emissions.....he turned off the light and I kept driving......Light came on again so I turned it off again Put Dipetane in a ran it for a week then brought it for the test....Drove the sh*t out of it on the way...about 5500rpm and passed the emissions:D

Fiskar

In keeping information up to date, who uses this stuff and is it better than Wurth Diesel additive or that Miller Diesel Power additive?

Volvoair

[QUOTE=Bandara;57632488]it loves eating rubbers seals and hoses.

snake oil, emperors new clothes etc etc[/QUOTE]
stop making up ****e talk

Volvoair

dade wrote: »

I use to work for an oil company and Dipetane is used in their "clean burn" type home heating fuels. it's normally added to home heating oil etc to reduce the emissions. you can also add it to a car be it petrol or diesel, you add 1 L to 10 L of fuel it again is suppose to reduce the emissions on the car.

I can tell you i put some into a 98 fiesta and a few weeks later had it NCT'd and the guys in the NCT where amazed at the emission results, he said he had to test it twice coz he thought he got a dodgy result so he tested it on a different machine and got more or less the same reading so assumed it was good to go.

does it effect the MPG no idea I didn't notice any difference in the amount of fuel i was using, but if you add iL to 10L of fuel then i guess you can expect to get that 10% difference, AFAIK its Oil based and does no harm to the engine or components

will ya read the ****ing instructions on the back of the bottle AGAIN .
IT SAYS APPROX ONE LITRE TO 200 LITRES MIX...

Alan_007_

Volvoair wrote: »

will ya read the ****ing instructions on the back of the bottle AGAIN .
IT SAYS APPROX ONE LITRE TO 200 LITRES MIX...

Take it easy, that comment is from 6 years ago....

pa990

The ghost of Christmas past is showing us threads from years gone by.

Tail Docker

Dipethane - a great bunch of adds.

Fiskar

Genuine question, going to open a separate thread away from dorks.

Tail Docker

Fiskar wrote: »

Genuine question, going to open a separate thread away from dorks.

Good luck with that. Dipethane -the additive that is so good, fuel manufacturers don't add it, out of spite....:rolleyes:

pablo128

Tail Docker wrote: »

Good luck with that. Dipethane -the additive that is so good, fuel manufacturers don't add it, out of spite....:rolleyes:

As far as I know, it works by making the engine run hotter. The only cleaning effect is as a result of this.

You would get the same results by banging in a drop of kerosene.