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owners manual Skoda Fabia - year of production: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 - Skoda Fabia I 1 owners manual EN
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Fuel 179
Fuel additives When using biofuel pay attention to the following points:
You must not use fuel additives, so-called “flow improvers” (petrol and • The Performance may be reduced slightly if you switch to driving with
similar products) in diesel fuel. biofuel.
It is then necessary to have the fuel filter drained of water by a Škoda • TheFuel consumption may increase slightly if you switch to driving
dealer more often than stated in the service schedule if the quality of the with biofuel.
diesel fuel used is poor. Biodiesel conforming to the standard EN 14 214 can be mixed in any
You can find information on refuelling ⇒ page 180, “Refuelling”.desired ratio with diesel fuel conforming to the standard EN 590.
We recommend refuelling with diesel fuel at temperatures below -10°C.
Caution
• Use a fuel complying with the standard. Filling the tank even only once, Caution
which does not comply with the standard, can result in damage to the fuel Filling the tank even only once with biofuel, which does not comply with
system. the standard standard EN 14 214, can result in damage to the fuel
• Water which has collected in the fuel filter can result in engine system.
problems.
Biofuel Operation in winter
Biofuel (methyl ester from rape oil) is manufactured from vegetable oil by Winter-grade diesel fuel
means of a chemical process. A different grade of diesel fuel is available at filling stations in winter than
during the summer. Using “summer-grade diesel fuel” at temperatures
Biofuel does not contain sulphur. This means that no sulphur dioxide below 0°C can result in operational problems because the diesel becomes
(SO ) is produced when it is burnt. viscous as a result of paraffin separation.
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The exhaust gases contain less It is therefore the case that DIN EN 590 prescribes diesel fuel class for
• carbon monoxide (CO) certain periods of the year which can also be purchased at the corre-
• hydrocarbons (HC) sponding time during the year. “Winter-grade diesel fuel” will still operate
• particles (soot) properly even at a temperature of -20°C.
It is often the case in countries with different climatic conditions that diesel
than when operating with conventional diesel fuel. fuels available have a different temperature characteristic. Škoda dealers
The Biofuel is more biodegradable. and filling stations in the country concerned will be able to provide you with
information regarding the diesel fuels available.
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