Thomas, My trusted (independent) mechanic - expert in Porsche, Audi & VW - always advised me to use the best quality fuel available and to change oil and filter frequently to ensure longevity. It worked for me I can say. Merci!
Thank you Thomas. Very interesting insights from inside an oil laboratory. However Total is both juge and party on these matters. It could be interesting to also have a feedback on these fuel additives and energy prospects from an independant lab. I think the last engineer is right : there will be much less diesel engines in small vehicules in the future.
+panathaninf I disagree, smaller, lighter cars mean smaller lighter engines. Diesels still wear much less than petrol powered ones as the torque is at much lower revs and diesel is a lubricant where petrol is a cutting fluid. Audi and VW managed better than 3litres/100km back in 1999 to 2005 with the fantastic Lupo 3L and Audi A2 1.2 TDI. Sadly todays cars are so big and heavy with large frontal areas. The popularity of SUVs post 911 means the benefits of diesel have been squandered in pulling around oversized vehicles. Real world efficiency has therefore not improved.
I add Marine outboard TCW3 rated oil to my Volvo XC90 and my Jeep GC. The ratio is 1 oz per5 gallons of gasoline. Google this subject and you will find many people do this with great results. Marine TCW3 outboard oil burns ashless so it will not harm sensors or catalitic converters. Try it out you won't know your car is running at idle. Great lubrication and quick starts.
Thank you for the video Autogefuehl, It is very informative and it actually works. diesel is very sensitive to injector clogging because of direct injection nature of the system. For gasoline/benzin, it does not effect that much and they do not stress enough. European cars like to TURBO EVERYTHING including midget 3 cyl engines. direct injection cannot help itself with the intake valve deposit and they are designed to be cleaned manually regularly. Only few with port injection can keep the intake clean like most Toyota, Lexus, some Ford and VW with dual injectors.
I use the best diesel available and what I noticed is that the DPF doesn't do the burn cycle so often anymore and if it does, it' not as noticeable as before when I was using regular diesel. I have no scientifical proof but it's what I noticed ;-)
I saw a similar programme on another channel visiting the labs of BP. Total prepared better for this than BP. However, one note of misleading information from the head of fuels of Total at the end. Diesel is not better for CO2 emissions. He was of course right if he only had to look at the car burning fuel. But if you look at the "well to wheel" figures of Diesel, it is not better on CO2 than petrol/gas, even worse. That guy from Total of course knew this very well. You can say a lot of things of oil companies, but they surely control their processes very well!
+Ronald de Rooij Diesel is better for CO2 based on combustion thermodynamic efficiency: 38.6 mj/ litre diesel 50%: 19.3 mj useful 2.6391 kg co2 per litre 0.1367 kg per useful mj 34.8 mj/litre petrol 30%: 10.44 mj useful 2.3035 kgs co2 per litre 0.2206 kg per useful mj Also it requires less energy to refine than petrol. But the fact is the refineries burn oil as part of the process.
+Luke W True, but I am a bit puzzled by the efficiency. 50% for diesel is very optimistic and 30 % for petrol is rather pessimistic in my view. I thought the difference was a lot smaller. But... Since you have so many figures I have to concede defeat here.
Great information. Right now the biggest issue for carbon build up is with Direct injection engines where additives do nothing to help clean the valves.
Interesting video! One thing I was totally (pun not intended :) missing was the question if those additives change the composition of the car's fuel burning emissions. I would assume so. And if so, I suspect they might add some rather harmful fumes... Really surprised you didn't ask this.
+Autogefühl Ah, so you think it has a positive effect? I meant that burning the additive chemicals probably creates harmful additional emissions. Even if overall there are less emissions the composition might be worse...
+ncr79 yes the higher the octane level and the more additives, the better the burning result. Always just a question of how many percentages is it better?
At 13:10 if thereis water in the gas station there is still the diesel filter to remove water in the diesel, is very difficult that water will go in to the engine
i use this excellium fuel in my old renault 19 since many years and it starts very well each time. i should look inside the engine to see the result. if total wants to look inside for me ...
I think engine cleaning properties is just a market hype. Instead this type of 'premium fuels' are only good for performance cars. You should only put manufacturer's recommended fuel type.
Unfortunately, oil companies frequently pay the manufacturers to recommend their own brand. So using the recommended fuels often just wastes money. Most fuel related engine problems are due to contaminations in the fuel from the local gas station, which you can't do anything about. Best bet, buy from a station which sells a lot of gasoline.
+timmy86mn Vielen Dank! Wir haben ja eine internationale Community, daher ist Englisch der kleinste gemeinsame Nenner - hoffe das ist auch OK für dich!
+DrDuu folks, enable Closed Caption to see the dialogue in English. This may help. I have no problems with the accents but I know my wife for example has difficulties understanding.
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I've waited quite a long time for an excellent technology report like this! Excellent work Thomas!
Thomas,
My trusted (independent) mechanic - expert in Porsche, Audi & VW - always advised me to use the best quality fuel available and to change oil and filter frequently to ensure longevity.
It worked for me I can say.
Merci!
+Mario Dalla Riva Interesting!
Thank you Thomas. Very interesting insights from inside an oil laboratory.
However Total is both juge and party on these matters. It could be interesting to also have a feedback on these fuel additives and energy prospects from an independant lab. I think the last engineer is right : there will be much less diesel engines in small vehicules in the future.
+Roman Jeremy My thoughts exactly
+panathaninf I disagree, smaller, lighter cars mean smaller lighter engines. Diesels still wear much less than petrol powered ones as the torque is at much lower revs and diesel is a lubricant where petrol is a cutting fluid. Audi and VW managed better than 3litres/100km back in 1999 to 2005 with the fantastic Lupo 3L and Audi A2 1.2 TDI. Sadly todays cars are so big and heavy with large frontal areas. The popularity of SUVs post 911 means the benefits of diesel have been squandered in pulling around oversized vehicles. Real world efficiency has therefore not improved.
+Roman Jeremy Yes of course that's one standpoint. We ll try to develop the issue further of course when we get the chance to get more experts
I add Marine outboard TCW3 rated oil to my Volvo XC90 and my Jeep GC. The ratio is 1 oz per5 gallons of gasoline. Google this subject and you will find many people do this with great results. Marine TCW3 outboard oil burns ashless so it will not harm sensors or catalitic converters. Try it out you won't know your car is running at idle. Great lubrication and quick starts.
Very nice reviews, greetings from Mexico.
+Luis Sandoval thx luis!
Fantastic information, Dr. Thomas!
Our numero Uno resource!! 👍🏻🇩🇪⛽️🚙
+Mario Dalla Riva mille grazie!!
Thank you for the video Autogefuehl, It is very informative and it actually works. diesel is very sensitive to injector clogging because of direct injection nature of the system. For gasoline/benzin, it does not effect that much and they do not stress enough. European cars like to TURBO EVERYTHING including midget 3 cyl engines. direct injection cannot help itself with the intake valve deposit and they are designed to be cleaned manually regularly. Only few with port injection can keep the intake clean like most Toyota, Lexus, some Ford and VW with dual injectors.
Thanks for tuning in!
Wow pretty cool technology. Two thumbs up Total.
I use the best diesel available and what I noticed is that the DPF doesn't do the burn cycle so often anymore and if it does, it' not as noticeable as before when I was using regular diesel. I have no scientifical proof but it's what I noticed ;-)
A special Autogefuel episode. :)
+Eolicus way to go =)
I saw a similar programme on another channel visiting the labs of BP. Total prepared better for this than BP. However, one note of misleading information from the head of fuels of Total at the end. Diesel is not better for CO2 emissions. He was of course right if he only had to look at the car burning fuel. But if you look at the "well to wheel" figures of Diesel, it is not better on CO2 than petrol/gas, even worse. That guy from Total of course knew this very well. You can say a lot of things of oil companies, but they surely control their processes very well!
+Ronald de Rooij Diesel is better for CO2 based on combustion thermodynamic efficiency:
38.6 mj/ litre diesel
50%: 19.3 mj useful
2.6391 kg co2 per litre
0.1367 kg per useful mj
34.8 mj/litre petrol
30%: 10.44 mj useful
2.3035 kgs co2 per litre
0.2206 kg per useful mj
Also it requires less energy to refine than petrol. But the fact is the refineries burn oil as part of the process.
+Ronald de Rooij yeah its the thing that Diesel and petrol both exist after refining ...
+Luke W True, but I am a bit puzzled by the efficiency. 50% for diesel is very optimistic and 30 % for petrol is rather pessimistic in my view. I thought the difference was a lot smaller. But... Since you have so many figures I have to concede defeat here.
Very interesting Thomas! I think to clean my motor inside I have to fill in the better fuel for some tank stops. Cheers DrDuu
+DrDuu thanks, you re welcome :)
Great information. Right now the biggest issue for carbon build up is with Direct injection engines where additives do nothing to help clean the valves.
Very interesting Thomas! Thanks alot! ☺
+Angus MacGyver thanks for the feedback!
Interesting video! One thing I was totally (pun not intended :) missing was the question if those additives change the composition of the car's fuel burning emissions. I would assume so. And if so, I suspect they might add some rather harmful fumes... Really surprised you didn't ask this.
+ncr79 yes it does have an effect, but research shows it is not that great of an effect that they would do advertisement with it
+Autogefühl Ah, so you think it has a positive effect? I meant that burning the additive chemicals probably creates harmful additional emissions. Even if overall there are less emissions the composition might be worse...
+ncr79 yes the higher the octane level and the more additives, the better the burning result. Always just a question of how many percentages is it better?
At 13:10 if thereis water in the gas station there is still the diesel filter to remove water in the diesel, is very difficult that water will go in to the engine
i use this excellium fuel in my old renault 19 since many years and it starts very well each time. i should look inside the engine to see the result. if total wants to look inside for me ...
+stephen10 :)
Awesome, very insightful
+Chris thanks Chris!
Chris super!
Super cool professional we follow you pavel_amelchenko@huntsman.com fuel and lubes EAME
I Totally enjoyed this video. Get it? :)
+Reko Sri haha =)
I think engine cleaning properties is just a market hype. Instead this type of 'premium fuels' are only good for performance cars. You should only put manufacturer's recommended fuel type.
Unfortunately, oil companies frequently pay the manufacturers to recommend their own brand. So using the recommended fuels often just wastes money. Most fuel related engine problems are due to contaminations in the fuel from the local gas station, which you can't do anything about. Best bet, buy from a station which sells a lot of gasoline.
It's all nice but.... There is no Total fuel around in Europe.
Soooo super interessant! Warum nicht auf Deutsch?
+timmy86mn Vielen Dank! Wir haben ja eine internationale Community, daher ist Englisch der kleinste gemeinsame Nenner - hoffe das ist auch OK für dich!
Thomas yu are ideal candidate for a horror movie
What's going on with your man's mustache?
+P Herron huh ? :D
Gas company rep: 'Use OUR fuel because it's GRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT, and other fuels are BAAAAAAAAD! Tells us nothing.
Schade das das Video nicht auch auf Deutsch ist :,
For me it's not a problem that it isn't also in Polish :D
***** Its like school english :D
Imagine how it would be if the persons were from some parts of england :D
+Yeahman Hi! Ist der größte gemeinsame Nenner in unser Community - hoffe das passt für dich!
Aren't you fluent in French, Thomas?
+gbriank1 je peut parler francias mais c'est mieux en anglais :)
*****
then, you are a polyglot!
Its sometimes hard to understand what they say. Their english is bad.
For being French their English is actually pretty good! ☺
The Total people..?
Angus MacGyver Yes people from Total.
+Srdjan Smudja Yes, it is called frenglish, french & english. I'm working at Airbus, so my ears are adapted ;-)
+DrDuu folks, enable Closed Caption to see the dialogue in English. This may help.
I have no problems with the accents but I know my wife for example has difficulties understanding.
Ev cars Will end this big car and fuel companies....
+Sirikazy it wont for the next 8 years