Where to buy agricultural diesel at a pump in Dublin

Mad Benny · 22-12-2018 10:36am #1

I need to purchase 5 gallons of marked gas oil AKA Agricultural Diesel. I have a suitable container and it's for legitimate use.

Does anyone know where I can buy it from a pump near Dublin 7 or Dublin 15?

Shefwedfan · 22-12-2018 10:38am

Mad Benny wrote: »

I need to purchase 5 gallons of marked gas oil AKA Agricultural Diesel. I have a suitable container and it's for legitimate use.

Does anyone know where I can buy it from a pump near Dublin 7 or Dublin 15?

Tell the truth, your filling the car

Try in clonee/Dunboyne as agri vehicles out that direction....I doubt any fuel stores in Dublin will stock....

I will be passing that direction in next hour and have a look

orm0nd · 22-12-2018 11:53am

if you only need 5 gallons in total it's hardly worth the trouble spending too much time sourcing it as pump prices are usually high

25 ltrs @ a saving of 50c/ltr =€12.50

Gingham1 · 22-12-2018 12:21pm

This engine is too sophisticated to compress ignite home heating oil?

joujoujou · 22-12-2018 1:06pm

Home heating oil has no lubricant necessary for a fuel pump to stay alive.

Gingham1 · 22-12-2018 2:54pm

Since when has "oil" stopped being a lubricant? There are certain simple engines out there that wouldn't care about what diesely type fuel they receive.

joujoujou · 22-12-2018 5:26pm

Since it's "oil", not oil per se.

ml100 · 23-12-2018 4:43pm

I assume the above post is talking using white instead of green and not home heating oil, green and white are now basically the same thing except for the color!

Gumbo · 24-12-2018 12:35am

Mad Benny wrote: »

I need to purchase 5 gallons of marked gas oil AKA Agricultural Diesel. I have a suitable container and it's for legitimate use.

Does anyone know where I can buy it from a pump near Dublin 7 or Dublin 15?

The garage in the ballymun road at the entrance to Northwood has a dedicated green diesel pump. You used to be able to pull up and I’ll up but seemly they ask to see your container now.

*heard from a friends ......

Mad Benny · 24-12-2018 1:26am

Thanks. Is it a circle k? Will check it out..

LawlessBoy · 24-12-2018 4:28am

Circle K on the greenhills road near the tallaght driving test center had a green diesel pump when it was a topaz. Assuming itd still be there.

Gingham1 · 24-12-2018 1:41pm

joujoujou wrote: »

Since it's "oil", not oil per se.

It is derived from crude oil. I can go out to the shed and start an engine and it will run quite happily on home heating oil without the slightest risk of damage.

joujoujou · 24-12-2018 3:16pm

Gingham1 wrote: »

It is derived from crude oil.

As well as gasoline, asphalt, propane, etc.

Gingham1 wrote: »

I can go out to the shed and start an engine and it will run quite happily on home heating oil without the slightest risk of damage.

Feel free to do so, I don't care at all, not my problem. :cool:

OldMrBrennan83 · 24-12-2018 3:18pm

Couple of litres of hydraulic in with the kero.

Gingham1 · 24-12-2018 6:35pm

joujoujou wrote: »

Home heating oil has no lubricant necessary for a fuel pump to stay alive.

So we've teased out that your condescending comment doesn't apply in that if the OP has a rudimentary diesel motor then it will be burn home heating oil without problems.

TheBoyConor · 24-12-2018 6:50pm

ml100 wrote: »

I assume the above post is talking using white instead of green and not home heating oil, green and white are now basically the same thing except for the color!

They are not basically the same. They are the same.

It is all imported or refined as unmarked diesel and then a dye is added by the main distributors.

How do I know this? I took a tour of the Irving refinery last year and learned it.

Another claim that was rubbished was the various suppliers the market certain types of fuel that claim to offer better milage or engine life or performance.
When asked the question about this the guide said that all the refinery supplies all the main retailers and while they didn't/couldn't go into any detail, they stated that they didn't have different secret recipes for each supplier and that it all comes from the same plant and tanks. Basically, we were to read between the lines that all fuel is exactly the same.

joujoujou · 24-12-2018 11:49pm

Gingham1 wrote: »

So we've teased out that your condescending comment doesn't apply in that if the OP has a rudimentary diesel motor then it will be burn home heating oil without problems.

Home heating oil lacks of lubricant added to both road and agri diesel for sole purpose of protecting engine fuel pump. Fullstop.

I don't care about speculations you're making. Do. Not. Care.

Gingham1 · 25-12-2018 12:12am

A diesel engine could run on diverse fuels. It could run on coal dust.
Based on the information provided by the original poster home heating oil could be a solution to his problem. I brought a solution and you brought nothing to the thread. No supplier name, no alternative fuel, just a mistaken belief in your expertise of the topic in question and at 22:49 on Xmas eve you are still trying to assert you know someth.

bs2014 · 27-12-2018 11:36pm

I find this question funny. I'm from Monaghan and literally every filling station sells it, in fact people openly fill their cars up with it at the pumps! Whats even more interesting is if you drive through South Armagh, the big signs which lists the prices actually includes the price of agri diesel, must be the only area in the country to do this! lol Prooves the cultural divide between Dublin and rural ireland.

Esel · 27-12-2018 11:58pm

bs2014 wrote: »

I find this question funny. I'm from Monaghan and literally every filling station sells it, in fact people openly fill their cars up with it at the pumps! Whats even more interesting is if you drive through South Armagh, the big signs which lists the prices actually includes the price of agri diesel, must be the only area in the country to do this! lol Prooves the cultural divide between Dublin and rural ireland.

You spelt Provos wrong,

Whocare · 28-12-2018 12:50pm

Esel wrote: »

You spelt Provos wrong,

What your problem

Esel · 28-12-2018 4:13pm

Whocare wrote: »

What your problem

Whoosh.

Truckermal · 28-12-2018 5:32pm

Well that escalated quick.....:rolleyes:

vandriver · 28-12-2018 5:54pm

The great gas unmanned station in Ballymount sells it for 99c a litre.

Esel · 28-12-2018 7:09pm

Truckermal wrote: »

Well that escalated quick.....:rolleyes:

Ninja'd

Whocare · 28-12-2018 7:28pm

vandriver wrote: »

The great gas unmanned station in Ballymount sells it for 99c a litre.

75 cent dairygold in cork

Truckermal · 28-12-2018 7:46pm

Whocare wrote: »

75 cent dairygold in cork

Bit of a trek though...

Gregor Samsa · 28-12-2018 8:33pm

bs2014 wrote: »

Prooves the cultural divide between Dublin and rural ireland.

All I proves is that there isn’t the (legitimate) market for agricultural diesel in urban Dublin. Which, given the profound lack of agriculture practiced there, really isn’t a surprise. You’ll find the same situation in other cities and big towns too. I live in a large town in the mid-west, and while there are a few places in the town selling marked diesel, most of the traditional filling stations don’t.

vandriver · 28-12-2018 8:37pm

Truckermal wrote: »

Bit of a trek though...

Lovely on toast though.

SEPT 23 1989 · 28-12-2018 8:38pm

Would off-road Dublin diesel forklifts not be running on culchie diesel?

joujoujou · 28-12-2018 8:55pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Would off-road Dublin diesel forklifts not be running on culchie diesel?

They would. As well as other off-road machinery like diggers, etc.

copperhead · 28-12-2018 9:09pm

Gingham1 wrote: »

A diesel engine could run on diverse fuels. It could run on coal dust.
Based on the information provided by the original poster home heating oil could be a solution to his problem. I brought a solution and you brought nothing to the thread. No supplier name, no alternative fuel, just a mistaken belief in your expertise of the topic in question and at 22:49 on Xmas eve you are still trying to assert you know someth.

Just so people know most home heating oil is kerosene with very little lubricating property's, agri diesel and road diesel are basically the same but with the green dye added, there also marked gas oil (couple of cent cheaper again) whitch was the older version of agri diesel this contains a lot of sulphur, all road diesel and agri diesel is low sulphur diesel.

Pinoy adventure · 05-03-2022 9:48pm

A little bump as one may consider filling the car up on the cheap and see how it goes

wotzgoingon · 05-03-2022 9:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118738263#Comment_118738263

They used to stop everyone about a mile or so from my house checking the diesel fuel people were running. I'm not sure if they still do it as I don't be on that road at all any more.

Citrus_8 · 05-03-2022 9:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/108960631#Comment_108960631

Base is same, but not the end product. Road diesel has additives to make it environmentally friendlier and lubricate better, some has engine cleaning properties. Additives, depending on technology, can be sprayed into the fuel same time it's being pumped from a fuel truck to a garage's tank, if that make sense. SFGO (gas oil, agri diesel) is green coloured in ROI as it can be used legally only by some industries, e.g., farmers for tractors. It's cheaper as it's subsidised.

roosterman71 · 05-03-2022 10:38pm

On the fuel itself, the only difference between "red" and "green" diesel is the colour. This talk of additives and the like being added to the road diesel is a myth as far as I know.

Pinoy adventure · 05-03-2022 10:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118738305#Comment_118738305

I’ve being driving 18years and never dipped.there is a very small chance of being dipped if living in urban areas over rural areas

wotzgoingon · 05-03-2022 11:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118738517#Comment_118738517

Yea I forgot to mention I live in the sticks. But the mad thing is they were always in the exact same spot so you could just do a detour around that spot and you'd be grand.

Citrus_8 · 05-03-2022 11:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118738469#Comment_118738469

There's no red diesel in ROI, maybe NI as GB has red. In ROI we add a green colour. Red/green diesel is the agri-diesel. Usually MGO is for older type of agri vehicles and ships while SFGO is more for modern agri vehicles. They aren't the same. A quick google can get you to the Irish websites explaining this more detailed.

Citrus_8 · 05-03-2022 11:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118738517#Comment_118738517

100%

Do you know who's checking that? Garda, or there's a special agency/unit/department for that?

Road policing in Ireland is close to non-existent, Garda even driving while using phones, passing the red lights without siren, speeding without siren, using bus lanes without siren, park on pedestrian ways without siren... I think it's fair to follow their "good examples". They don't care. I don't care.

bazz26 · 05-03-2022 11:11pm

The residue from agricultural diesel dye stays in the tank too well after it has been used up and refilled with regular diesel afaik so if you happen to get dipped at a later date you can still be done if traces found in the sample. I'd imagine with prices the way they are you can be sure Customs will be aware of the uptake in trying to use agricultural diesel in non agricultural vehicles so will probably increase their checkpoints for dipping.

brokenangel · 06-03-2022 11:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118738594#Comment_118738594

It does and last time fuel prices went up like this custom started to do testing everywhere. It will cost you a lot more if you get caught and don't believe all the rubbish you see online of "oh I have driven for years on it and never got caught". It's all rubbish

fryup · 06-03-2022 12:11pm

do the customs dip-squad operate 7 days a week?

brokenangel · 06-03-2022 12:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118740049#Comment_118740049

Doubt it but no idea. I know they do Saturdays

Whocare · 06-03-2022 12:52pm

Yes there on massive checkpoint now outside racecourse in galway now

Kiwi John · 07-03-2022 7:57pm

You will get it at any station that has a truck stop as it is used in fridge trailers.

Ubbquittious · 07-03-2022 7:59pm

The dip squad will be out in force now that the prices are soaring so much

Del2005 · 09-03-2022 10:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118738585#Comment_118738585

Revenue check the tanks after they stop them, Revenue officers have a lot more power than the Gardaí

The Gardaí are exempt from most traffic laws while on duty. So they are breaking no laws doing any of the above, they can get prosecuted if involved in an RTC and are doing something that's illegal for non members. They should lead by example but there's no requirement for then to do that.

Citrus_8 · 09-03-2022 1:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118755452#Comment_118755452

That's upsetting. I wish to see Garda setting a good example. And also, I don't feel safe for others seeing Garda driving and talking on phone same time. If that's exempt, than I think it's unreasonable and possibly dangerous.

Where to buy agricultural diesel at a pump in Dublin

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