Totally normal in west uzbekistan , look out for people at the side of the road with what looks like a cooking oil bottle , they a normally selling black market fuel .

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the best quality benzin in NW Uzbekistan is usually smuggled in from Turkmenistan and is blue in colour. Ask around for Turkmen Benzin if you get the chance. Roadside chaikhanas where trucks and highway vehicles stop is a natural place to ask around for fuel.

In the populated south and east, working fuel stations are the norm.

In the NW its all black market stuff, but as others have said its pretty much always available.

There is a lot that doesn't work about Uzbekistan. Fuel in the north west is but one thing on a long list - But there is no problem on the list that cant easily be resolved or worked around. And the food is great, history is great, mountains are lovely. So its all part of the adventure.

It will be easier to find at fuel stations as you reach Samarkand and then Tashkent.
In Fergana valley, it will be easy.

Until then, don't loose your time searching for fuel pumps: ask at the bazaar and at truck stops.
Fuel is not so easy to find, but if you ask, you'll find it withouth so much trouble even in the smaller villages

Hi,

And about the diesel's quality on black market? I have a bad experience about it ib Iran (2011)...
Is it possible to have a list of some towns where I can be almost sure to have diesel from a nomal gaz station?
Another question: coming from Turkm, is it possible to fill all my tanks (160l.) before entering Uzb.?

Thanks,

RR.

Diesel is generally much harder to find than petrol in UZ, so stock up on as much as possible.

Yes, I know and I can fill for 160l of Diesel.
But I prefer ask again:

"Is it possible to have a list of some towns where I can be almost sure to have diesel from a nomal gaz station?
Another question: coming from Turkm, is it possible to fill all my tanks (160l.) before entering Uzb.?"


Thanks in advance,

RR.

hello,
in 2013 we try benzine..;here

Thanks Tiger for your reply!
Any other experience?
RR.

Hi,
Old post but I need to be sure;
Can somebody tell me which towns in Uzb where I'll be sure to find diesel?

RR.

euro Diesel - Tashkent city

tractor Diesel -Bukhara, Samarkand and etc big towns

The majority of cars in Uzbekistan use the liquefied gas instead of gasoline and the diesel. They remake cars fuel system.

Thanks a lot Engel for your very accurate reply.

So if I understand well, as I have a "modern" engine (diesel) (ie HDI), the better solution is to refill only in Tashkent because "tractor" diesel will be a problem for my injection system (sorry I'm French and I don't know the exact name for that).
And plan to have another tank for not worrying about that.
What is your opinion?

RR

Yes in did. The best option IMHO is not to play a roulette with fuel quality. Mount extra tanks and fill them up in Kazakhstan or Kirgizstan with "euro" diesel at the brend name petrol station.

I'm entering Uzb from Turkm. Is there also euro-diesel in Turmenistan?

Thanks,

RR.

I do not know, sorry.

No problem, I'll try to find out some infos...
RR?