New Shell FuelSave Diesel: Advanced fuels performance and benefits explained
New Shell FuelSave Diesel
The case for advanced fuels
We are all constantly adapting to uncertainty and a rapidly changing world and scenarios. In such times it is a constant challenge to explore ways to effectively manage and grow businesses.
• Operational challenges – With a key focus on maximising delivery while minimising downtime.
• Resource challenges – Maintaining existing equipment to avoid costly repair or replacement.
• Efficiency challenges – Lowering operating costs by doing more with less.
Customers around the world are trying to meet these challenges as well as look for new and improved ways of managing and growing their businesses.
The advancements in engine technology to drive improvements in engine efficiency and reductions in emissions have resulted in the introduction of more complex, precisely engineered systems. These systems can be more sensitive to deposit build-up – including on and inside fuel injectors, and in critical parts of the exhaust after-treatment like the Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system – which can cause issues such as worsening fuel efficiency, power loss and reduced vehicle reliability.
Shell’s fuel innovation is helping to turn the tide and at the centre of this progress lies a redefinition of what diesel fuel is capable of, especially when it comes to protecting critical engine components and improving engine performance.
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Lower operating and fuel costs
New Shell FuelSave Diesel improves fuel economy by up to 3.75%, by removing performance-robbing injector deposits.2
It is proven in industry standard and proprietary tests to be effective in both older and newer engines, delivering a clean-up effect from the very first tankful, and a keep-clean effect that supports engine cleanliness over the long term.
Deeper cleaning
After just one tankful, the new formulation helps to clean up fuel Injector Nozzle Deposits (INDs) and Internal Diesel Injector Deposits (IDIDs). 3
Clean, healthy injectors mean optimum combustion, so your engine can maintain balance and work as it was designed – efficiently and reliably. This helps to ensure a smooth engine start, reduces engine noise and vibration for optimum driveability.
Get more from your equipment
New Shell FuelSave Diesel improves engine efficiency and provides more load-pulling power by cleaning and protecting key fuel system components from performance-robbing deposits. This new formulation has been shown to recover 83% of power lost due to deposit accumulation. 4
Reliable engine performance
Designed to help keep your EGR system clean, our new formulation contains a combustion improver to help control deposits 5. Combined benefits of EGR deposit protection and injector cleaning help to protect against deposit build-up in EGR systems and fuel injectors which can improve vehicle reliability. In doing so, it can even help to reduce the size of your backup vehicle parc.
Improved anti-foam performance
Because diesel has a natural tendency to produce foam – which takes up tank space and slows down the refuelling process. 6
The anti-foaming agent in our new formulation of Shell FuelSave Diesel reduces refuelling time, so this can free up time for more operating hours, all the while lessening the risk of spillage.
Corrosion protection
While fuels may not be naturally corrosive, rust can form on metal parts when exposed to water and oxygen. Fortunately, a corrosion inhibitor can help, by repelling water and protecting against corrosion.
In this way, the new Shell FuelSave Diesel helps operators achieve lower maintenance costs and reduce the risk of breakdown.
Improved fuel stability
As use of biocomponents in diesel fuel increases, so can the risk of fuel degradation during storage.
New Shell FuelSave Diesel helps improve the stability of fuels up to B30, and by maintaining fuel quality for longer it can help operators to reduce their total cost of ownership. 6
Easier housekeeping
For all diesel fuels but for particularly high-bio fuels, there is a risk of microbial growth occurring when water is present and this can cause issues such as filter blocking.
Our new formulation contains a dehazer to separate water from your fuel for easier removal to help maintain the fuel’s condition during storage. 6
New Shell FuelSave Diesel
For Shell, fuels research and development (R&D) is an ongoing process, that helps us to ensure our product technology meets the evolving needs of our customers and their vehicles. With this in mind, the new Shell FuelSave Diesel has been developed for both efficiency and protection.
The new formulation has undergone extensive testing, including more than 8,000 hours in bench engine and chassis dynamometer tests and over 200,000km of driving on test tracks and roads. We test in our own laboratories and engine & vehicle testing facilities with expert independent test houses.
What the experts say:
Our expert collaboration includes a partnership with , a market leader operating across 10 countries worldwide and specialising in vehicle testing, type approval and emerging technologies.
Our impartial test, which has measured the performance of Shell FuelSave Diesel under harsh conditions, showed that the formulation delivered up to 3.75% better fuel economy by removing fuel injector deposits.⁷
Liam Kennedy, Head of Petrochemicals, UTAC
Disclaimers:
1 Ricardo study Prevalence of Medium and Heavy Duty IDIDs and EGR Deposits Report no RD21 001158 1. The interviewees were industry representatives including technicians and workshop managers with experience of IDIDs and/or EGR deposit issues, across various countries.
2 Can save up to 7 litres of fuel per tank size of 195 litres. Helps to clean and protect key fuel system components such as fuel injectors from the build-up of performance-robbing deposits and hidden internal injector deposits. Compared to regular diesel without performance additives and with the same level of biocomponent. Based on Shell proprietary test methods in a range of HD engines/vehicles (including on-road and off-road technology). Shell FuelSave Diesel was compared to regular diesel, showing up to a 3.75% fuel economy benefit under equivalent steady-state conditions at the end of the test. Actual savings may vary according to the vehicle, driving conditions and driving style.
3 Helps to clean and protect key fuel system components such as fuel injectors from the build-up of performance robbing deposits and hidden internal injector deposits. Compared to regular diesel without performance additives and with the same level of biocomponent. Based on Shell proprietary test methods in a range of LD and HD engines. Actual savings may vary according to the vehicle, driving conditions and driving style.
4 Helps to clean and protect key fuel system components such as fuel injectors from the build-up of performance robbing deposits. Based on a Shell proprietary test method in a HD vehicle. Actual savings may vary according to the vehicle, driving conditions and driving style.
5 Compared to regular diesel without performance additives and with the same level of biocomponent. Applicable to HD vehicles of all ages that are equipped with a high-pressure EGR system. Based on Shell proprietary test methods in a range of LD and HD engines / vehicles. Actual savings may vary according to the vehicle, driving conditions and driving style.
6 Compared to regular diesel without performance additives and with the same level of biocomponent.
7 Compared to regular diesel under selected steady state test condition.
