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Old 05-14-2019, 07:59 PM
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Question Bad Diesel affecting 2012 ML350

I've been purchasing my diesel from Ultramar because they have the cheapest diesel in my town.
For a couple of months, I noticed that when I start in the morning if I don't give it about 2 mins or so to warm up it will buck. Feels like for a second it loses power and then kicks in.
A bit never racking. I noticed that a few folks on here have made similar posts.

I decided to change to the Shell V-Power diesel. Since the 2nd refuel, I noticed that it has stopped, no need to warm it up.
I am going to try using Shell's regular diesel to see if there is a difference.

Has anyone experienced this issue?
Are there other brands that I should avoid?

Thank you.
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Originally Posted by pdw1
I've been purchasing my diesel from Ultramar because they have the cheapest diesel in my town.
For a couple of months, I noticed that when I start in the morning if I don't give it about 2 mins or so to warm up it will buck. Feels like for a second it loses power and then kicks in.
A bit never racking. I noticed that a few folks on here have made similar posts.

I decided to change to the Shell V-Power diesel. Since the 2nd refuel, I noticed that it has stopped, no need to warm it up.
I am going to try using Shell's regular diesel to see if there is a difference.

Has anyone experienced this issue?
Are there other brands that I should avoid?

Thank you.
It's a known issue.

Run a tank of v power every couple of tanks. The diesel v power is known to hawe good detergents.
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Thanks for the reply Kombifan.

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