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Service stations must ensure that they contain arctic diesel. In this case, they are also allowed to trade at a lower cost. However, far from all customers notice the snowflakes stuck on the refueling guns or elsewhere, which are the hallmark of arctic diesel.
“If you make a mistake choosing diesel without this brand, at best you will fill the tank with F-Class diesel, which should not freeze below minus 20 degrees. Unfortunately, this fuel begins to cloud already at 10 degrees below zero. It is worth remembering that due to the quality of the fuel, many drivers already experienced difficulties in mid-January, during the first serious cool-down, ”says Rokas Laurinavičius, Head of the Fuel Category at Circle K.
Confusion about regulatory features
After the sudden cold weather in January, some drivers had to turn to neighbors for help, others had to buy new batteries or change filters, and those who simply froze their fuel faced the most serious problems. In this case, the diesel in the tanks stratifies and turns into a gelatin, and sometimes the solution to the problem can cost several hundred or even thousands of euros.
Although drivers who have experienced this problem may have reasonably thought that so-called arctic diesel is full in their cars’ fuel tanks, it is extremely easy to make mistakes due to the quirks of the regulation.
If a snowflake is marked on a gas station stand and offers Arctic diesel as a must-have, it does not mean that all that diesel is present in all weapons of this fuel. One fuel pump can supply Arctic diesel, the other no longer. However, such a gas station may legally advertise itself as selling arctic diesel, although it would be offered at one of the many diesel pumps in the gas station.
When drivers have reasonable questions, fuel experts offer a bold search for answers within the service station itself.
“Any customer has the right to ask the gas station staff at any time of the day what kind and how resistant to cold is the diesel sold at the gas station. Not only that, it is possible to ask the service station administration to familiarize themselves with the fuel quality passports, which will also show more relevant information: when the fuel was produced, which biocomponent to enrich ”, says R. Laurinavičius, Chief Fuel Category in Circle K.
More than 68 percent of Lithuania’s car fleet is made up of diesel vehicles. These fuels are extremely sensitive to low temperatures.
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