OT : Shell are innovators of fuel technologies in Diesel Fuels. They stop smoke pollution and this fuel is available in Kenya.
I would discover that Shell Kenya were selling a quality and innovative Diesel fuel........ A while back my SWB Pajero that has a 2.5TD engine started giving problems on fuel consumption and everytime I changed gears, the engine would belch out heavy black smoke. This was disturbing as it hindered the drivers view of vehicles who were behind my car, not forgetting to mention what the smoke does to the enviroment. And cold start in the morning would be more noisy than usual. The thermostat helped in warming up the engine pretty quickly but for times I needed to rush, the engine would not pick up quick acceleration from cold start. I sent the car to a friend who would get a diagnosis done on the cyclinder compression, injection pump and injector pressure, nozzles, and the turbo charger. All these items were checked and serviced well though the turbo was intact as I get the engine oil changed quite frequently. When the car got back from service, it was belching out black smoke but to a smaller degree. I was not impressed about this as the main reason for sending it in for diagnosis was to get rid of that problem. I got a few opinions and they could vary from engine overhaul to replacing the injector pump. I was not convinced this was the problem and had started looking at getting a diesel exhaust convertor ( something similar to a catalytic convertor ) or something that would help. Someone suggested that I try the Diesel Shell fuel and I was initially skeptical about this. I topped up fuel at the Lavington Shell Station ( not the one at Lavington green ) and immediatley felt the difference in engine performance. The engine ran quieter during cold and hot start. And the best part was the belching of black smoke from the engine went down by almost 90% even on hard driving! Now I regularly top up at that station and will be sending the car for a re-calibration based on the new fuel. Why does Shell Kenya do such a poor job of marketing its innovative fuel technologies? Had I not discovered the fuel, it would have been an endless journey of trying to fix a problem that in reality lies with other diesel fuels that are being sold in Kenya. I have seen fairly new diesel trucks on the road and they still belch heavy thick smoke on load and always wondered why. Shell calls their fuel, Diesel Extra. That's my experience, hope it is helpful to someone out there.
Some bad news sir, Shell are in process of their exit from Kenya. On 7/29/10, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
I would discover that Shell Kenya were selling a quality and innovative Diesel fuel........
A while back my SWB Pajero that has a 2.5TD engine started giving problems on fuel consumption and everytime I changed gears, the engine would belch out heavy black smoke. This was disturbing as it hindered the drivers view of vehicles who were behind my car, not forgetting to mention what the smoke does to the enviroment. And cold start in the morning would be more noisy than usual. The thermostat helped in warming up the engine pretty quickly but for times I needed to rush, the engine would not pick up quick acceleration from cold start.
I sent the car to a friend who would get a diagnosis done on the cyclinder compression, injection pump and injector pressure, nozzles, and the turbo charger. All these items were checked and serviced well though the turbo was intact as I get the engine oil changed quite frequently. When the car got back from service, it was belching out black smoke but to a smaller degree. I was not impressed about this as the main reason for sending it in for diagnosis was to get rid of that problem. I got a few opinions and they could vary from engine overhaul to replacing the injector pump. I was not convinced this was the problem and had started looking at getting a diesel exhaust convertor ( something similar to a catalytic convertor ) or something that would help.
Someone suggested that I try the Diesel Shell fuel and I was initially skeptical about this. I topped up fuel at the Lavington Shell Station ( not the one at Lavington green ) and immediatley felt the difference in engine performance. The engine ran quieter during cold and hot start. And the best part was the belching of black smoke from the engine went down by almost 90% even on hard driving! Now I regularly top up at that station and will be sending the car for a re-calibration based on the new fuel.
Why does Shell Kenya do such a poor job of marketing its innovative fuel technologies? Had I not discovered the fuel, it would have been an endless journey of trying to fix a problem that in reality lies with other diesel fuels that are being sold in Kenya. I have seen fairly new diesel trucks on the road and they still belch heavy thick smoke on load and always wondered why.
Shell calls their fuel, Diesel Extra.
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Damn! Thanks for sharing the info. :- ( On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Gichingiri Kuria <gmail@gichingiri.com> wrote:
Some bad news sir, Shell are in process of their exit from Kenya.
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