EN590 Fuel - Is it what we get in India?

gemithomas · 2nd April 2010, 10:12

My Ford Figo Users Manual Recommends use of EN 590 fuel for Diesel Engines. I did a google on this but could not get any "understandable" information.

Can someone help me with this. Is the normal diesel we get here in india EN590 ?

yesk007 · 12th April 2010, 19:57

I did some research & used a frd's help, who's inside Shell. This is not the normal diesel avl in India.

EN 590 fuel is the fuel norms in many European countries, This fuel has up to 7% bio fuel mix in the normal diesel i.e.. 93% normal fuel and 7% bio fuel.
So this engine can run on diesel which has bio fuel component of up to 7%.

In India, oil companies tried to substitute bio fuel with Ethanol, but the fuel price will increased to 20% more

... So we don't produce them, as of now...

Abhinav6683 · 9th April 2023, 20:23

Just reviving this thread asking if now the XtraGreen Diesel is equivalent to EN590 due to higher cetane value as the Tuscon manual also says to use EN590 diesel.
Thanks in advance.

Taha Mir · 12th July 2024, 12:37

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Originally Posted by Abhinav6683

Just reviving this thread asking if now the XtraGreen Diesel is equivalent to EN590 due to higher cetane value as the Tuscon manual also says to use EN590 diesel.
Thanks in advance.

Xtragreen is supposedly B7, meaning 7% biodiesel as claimed by a member here. En590 is euro5/6 ULSD which should be compatible with current ULSD sold in India. The b7 blend should be icing on the cake as it would exactly conform to the EN590 specification.

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gemithomas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Trivandrum Posts: 2,366 Thanked: 143 Times View My Garage	EN590 Fuel - Is it what we get in India? My Ford Figo Users Manual Recommends use of EN 590 fuel for Diesel Engines. I did a google on this but could not get any "understandable" information. Can someone help me with this. Is the normal diesel we get here in india EN590 ?
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yesk007 Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 20 Thanked: Once	I did some research & used a frd's help, who's inside Shell. This is not the normal diesel avl in India. EN 590 fuel is the fuel norms in many European countries, This fuel has up to 7% bio fuel mix in the normal diesel i.e.. 93% normal fuel and 7% bio fuel. So this engine can run on diesel which has bio fuel component of up to 7%. In India, oil companies tried to substitute bio fuel with Ethanol, but the fuel price will increased to 20% more ... So we don't produce them, as of now...
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Abhinav6683 BHPian Join Date: May 2017 Location: NOIDA Posts: 41 Thanked: 65 Times	Re: EN590 Fuel - Is it what we get in India? Just reviving this thread asking if now the XtraGreen Diesel is equivalent to EN590 due to higher cetane value as the Tuscon manual also says to use EN590 diesel. Thanks in advance.
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