i was just wondering what you guys thought the best fuel station was for your diesel. this is my first diesel (7.3) and my other truck is a 76 f-250, when i would go to murphy's station at wal-mart i had to run premium gas for the truck to run, but at shell i could use 87 octane. in every vehicle i tried it seems it runs the best off of shell's fuel. does anyone have any experience with the quality of the diesel fuel they carry? it is about 15 cents cheaper there than at murphy's. i dont want to put crappy fuel in my truck, but the lower price would be nice? am i better off with shell?

 

I try to run BP whenever possible or whatever big truck stop I can get to when traveling.

 

Does Wal-Mart have the ethanol blend? Look at what is says on the pump. On my older vehicles, there's no way I'd run ethanol. Or perhaps they have issues at the specific Murphy's station.

But besides for ethanol and specific station filters, storage, and contaminant issues, I'd think most fuels are the same quality.

 

I use pacific pride or chevron but in Oregon you can't pump the fuel yourself so I don't trust the people at the station so more often I use pacific pride its about $2 cent more but its diesel goin in not gas

 

all the pumps where i live say may contain up to 10% ethanol

 

ethanol is only for the gas IIRC. if you can find 500ppm diesel than thats some good chit. 15ppm is more common, its ok but not as good as the 500. all diesel is the same pretty much. i always put marvel mystery oil in my tank or 2 cycle oil or the grey bottle of power service.

 

any big truck stop is usually best. but if i cant get to a truck stop i try to find whatever station is cheapest and just pour in the cetane boost, or two stroke oil.