HVO100 diesel fuel.

I was just in Certa near Little Island in Cork. HVO is being sold at 172.9, petrol is currently 168.9 and diesel is 164.9.

8c a litre between diesel and hvo is a fiver a fill of a difference, not worth going out of my way to find it. And diesel can be found in Cork for 159.9, so that's more like €8.50 of a difference per fill.

Annoying when they said originally it would stick at same price as diesel.

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So add back in the Sulfur for lubrication, back to square one, makes no sense. I don't think anything is added back in. In the US Bosch CP4 injector pumps fail a lot, law suits there over it, in Europe that pump is more reliable, as a lot of sulfur in European fuel, plus a blend of biodiesel, so the pumps here don't seem to fail, but on HVO, a fuel with no lubrication, those pumps will fail, and the Bosch CP4 pumps are on almost everything, from a Audi to a Volvo and everything in between.

Yes before I moved to EV I was spending about a grand a year on various maintenance issues that probably would have been much less had HVO been an option for me at the time.

My old diesel fuel tank was 70L, lasted me about a week and a half, 8c difference per liter is €5.60 on a full tank, less than €4 a week or €208 a year on average to save on what was €1,000 a year on maintenance is a complete no-brainer for any diesel driver

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I've been running HVO100 from three different suppliers in an OM602 Mercedes diesel and a VW PD130 diesel engine for over a year now and for me there is no real downside. Vehiclewise, fuel filters last longer, engine oil and filters last longer as it doesn't soot the oil up as quickly. It has no Sulphur content so doesn't burp out sulphuric acid from the tailpipe. Its also very easy on the DPF and almost removes the need to do a re-gen. Other advantages are cooler running, smoother running, better cold starting, 10 year storage and no diesel smell. All for a few cent more!

So it does have less lubricity that diesel?

Price of regular Diesel and HVO is the same at the local filling station, 162.9 so I use HVO only…

Where did you get it for 168? I had been using it but locally the price difference between hvo and diesel got too large to stomach (I've been able to get diesel in the 169 range, hvo is regularly 185+)

There seems to be a massive price difference with this and diesel at some stations. Circle K is one.

I filled up last at Inver in Kilkenny for 171.9c, it was 2c more than the diesel the last few times I was there.

In fairness they only claim up to 90% emissions reduction ie between 0% and 90%. If there's a 1% reduction that falls into this bracket.

I have a 2018 TDI Passat - interested in knowing if this would accept HVO100. Although it's a Japanese import I assume there's no differences in the engine - would it be best to confirm compatibility by sending the VIN to VW?