by Sahar Foladi<\/p>\n
Motorists are urged not to be alarmed by the return of \u201cdirty fuel\u201d to ease the nation\u2019s fuel crisis.<\/p>\n
The Federal government had relaxed the fuel standards by announcing a stockpile release of previously restricted \u2018high-sulphur fuel\u2019 to help boost domestic supply and ease the fuel crisis.<\/p>\n
This will release an additional 100 million litres of fuel per month, which equates to about two days\u2019 extra supply, and will be in place for the next 60 days<\/p>\n
This is despite increased use of this standard of fuel is proven to impact vehicle emission systems, fuel efficiency and components like catalytic converters and oxygen sensors.<\/p>\n
But the Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC), CEO says the impacts are seen over time with higher sulphur levels reinforcing the importance of proper vehicle maintenance and expert advice.<\/p>\n
\u201cModern vehicles are designed to run on low-sulphur fuel. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor the average driver, you\u2019re unlikely to notice an immediate issue, but prolonged use isn\u2019t ideal for vehicle performance or longevity.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s be clear, \u2018dirty fuel\u2019 doesn\u2019t mean contaminated or unsafe petrol.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt simply refers to fuel with a higher sulphur content than Australia\u2019s newest ultra-low sulphur standard.\u201d<\/p>\n
He says it\u2019s the same fuel used as recently as December 2025 and meets government-approved standards.<\/p>\n
Energy Minister Chris Bowen says the country has fuel \u201cwell into\u201d May. But he doesn\u2019t guarantee anything after May, saying it\u2019s critical for Strait of Hormuz to be opened \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
NRMA Car Insurance spokesperson, Peter Khoury says the war must end to get fuel prices back to the pre-war levels.<\/p>\n
Fuel is instead being prioritised for regional and rural markets.<\/p>\n
This is due to the ongoing war in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran which led to the closure of Strait of Hormuz triggering global fuel crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Sahar Foladi Motorists are urged not to be alarmed by the return of \u201cdirty fuel\u201d to ease…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-598991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}