VW fuel additive

[IN2VWS]

Has anyone else noticed that VW is now selling diesel additive? ...............yet the owners manual's tell us not to use any additives.

[Transporter]

They have to say that, because there are many additives that you could buy, some of them have no positive effect at all. I've always used fuel additives, and never had a fuel related issue.

How much did you pay for it?

[IN2VWS]

$19.50 per bottle. It's a one bottle per full tank mixture........but they don't say how often it should be used. I did read on a Skoda site to use it at least once a year, or at each service.

There is also the Liqi Moly additive for DPF's now.

[ope126]

I wonder if they do an additive for petrol engines?
I might try and contact the VW Parts tomorrow.

[Wardy]

I use the Liquid Moly DPF additive every 2,000 - 5,000 km usually at the lower end as I do a lot of short journeys. Too soon to say if it is having a beneficial effect.

[Umai Naa!!]

Yeah, there's a petrol one as well.

I've been using Liqui-Moly Clean and Boost in the diesels. One can goes a long way.

[Sunny43.5]

So could VW be trying to tell us that if we DON'T use it something nasty might happen ?

[IN2VWS]

Talking to the service guy at the local dealer today......We were talking about the EGR valve problems. (That is how I found about about the additive). Apparently it is not just VW having problems with EGR valves........but the problem does not exist in Europe. The cause of the problem, is the crappy fuel we have in Australia.

[Transporter]

Talking to the service guy at the local dealer today......We were talking about the EGR valve problems. (That is how I found about about the additive). Apparently it is not just VW having problems with EGR valves........but the problem does not exist in Europe. The cause of the problem, is the crappy fuel we have in Australia.

I couldn't agree more.

[Sunny43.5]

But what about all these adds we see with fuel companies claiming that "their " diesel is "premium" with all sorts of qualities additives added . Sounds like a con job doesn't it fuel companies using goobly gook to rip us off and charge us more for standard fuel anyway .