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Bryan7a2
By Bryan7a2 | AA Member | 1 Post | 31 December 2016 at 8:10am

Hi there, I have a BMW f30 320d 2014
I haven't had it long and soon wil need to put some diesel in it.
When I open the refill flap it says " no additives, no biodiesel max b7".
My question is - is it ok to refuel from any of the retail gas stations in NZ? Caltex for instance have only diesel with techron and techron is an "additive" according to the blurb on their website. I can't see anything on the website that says if this fuel is b7 or less.
Would Gull fuel be ok?
Are there retailers that sell biodiesel >b7 that must be avoided?
Many thanks for your help, Bryan

Anon
By Cade | AA Expert | 3937 Posts | 4 January 2017 at 10:16am

Hi there,
It will generally be ok to use the conventional diesel fuel from any outlet, the issue would be when you start getting into the bio-diesel fuels and the different blends available (b5,b20,60,b100)
Here is a link to a help fuel information article: http://www.liquidbiofuels.org.nz/documents/resource/WLB04-biofuels-compatibility-old.pdf
By additives, the manufacture could possibly mean you don't have to add any, not what the fuel manufacture adds (techron). A lot of fuels these days seem to have some type of additive added before they hit the pump, so may be hard to avoid.