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Originally Posted by philliptiongson
I am a new 2011 X5 35d owner, and I am still on my first tank of diesel. I know that there is pretty muCh one grade of diesel from car pumps (#2?) I think. But my X5 also came with a filler kit that allows you to bypass the safety mechanism so that you can fill the tank from a truck stop pump. Is his an emergency only kind of backup? Or is it fine to switch back and forth at will?....
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In most states the diesel sold at truck stops with the large filler nozzles is ULSD #2, just like the diesel sold for passenger vehicles with the smaller filler nozzle. So you can switch back and forth at will as long as the pump says it is ULSD. BUT... you probably don't want to unless it is an emergency. Those truck stops pumps have large nozzles for a reason -- high flow rates -- and your little plastic funnel restricts the flow dramatically. So unless you are very careful you will get diesel all over you and your X5
FWIW the best use of the little funnel is for 'fixing' the end of a small diesel nozzle that has been bunged up enough to not trigger the little catches that allow it to fit into the tank past the gas nozzle filler blocker. That blocker is released when BOTH small catches are pressed at the same time. And BMW set those catches at the top and bottom of the opening. Of course this is exactly where the soft alloy ends of the small diesel nozzels get bent in when people drop them or bang them into the pump nozzle holder, etc. So every once in a while you will have trouble inserting even the proper size nozzle. This can be 'fixed' by using the little plastic funnel to release the blocker catches OR you can just rotate the nozzle about 45 degrees before you attempt inserting it into your X5's tank.
Funf Dreisig
06-08-2010, 03:59 AM
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