The "Best" Pump Gas?
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The "Best" Pump Gas?
Just wondering where all u guys go for your pump gas? I've heard of certain stations or companies that just sell watered down gas and other that people swear by! Me being boosted it would ruin my motor to get even 1 bad tank of gas with my cp ratio. A local tuner swore shell was the best stuff, so that's what i've been running Shell 93 V-power. just post up what u run and why.
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Just wondering where all u guys go for your pump gas? I've heard of certain stations or companies that just sell watered down gas and other that people swear by! Me being boosted it would ruin my motor to get even 1 bad tank of gas with my cp ratio. A local tuner swore shell was the best stuff, so that's what i've been running Shell 93 V-power. just post up what u run and why.
Sunoco 93 all day long, just always TRY and get your gas at the same gas station at the same time of day. (1st thing in the morning is better than afternoon or night)
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Yep Iv always run shell and never seen my plugs green. The time of day just doesnt make sense, the truck Im sure has a schedule and probably stops by once or twice a week on the same day every week.
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Shell V-Power has a bunch of additives for PRODUCTION (factory) cars...I can always tell when a customer comes in running V-Power because the plugs are GREEN.
Sunoco 93 all day long, just always TRY and get your gas at the same gas station at the same time of day. (1st thing in the morning is better than afternoon or night)
Sunoco 93 all day long, just always TRY and get your gas at the same gas station at the same time of day. (1st thing in the morning is better than afternoon or night)
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hmm tempature seems to make sense, but dont act like the distributer doesnt know about it and I can assure u they r taking advantage of any advantage they can get over you. It makes me wonder if the 93 oct is 93 before they add the 10% ethonal or after. Im sure after....like i said any advantages. I wish i could get e85
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haha, u definitly want to use a gas that moves, nothing thats been sitting for a while. I used this 95 oct one year than tried it again three years later and both times it made the car run like **** and I had to put octane booster and top it off with shell 93 to get it back to spec. I think moisture gets built up (all gas has some water in it) over long periods of time and waters the gas out to ****
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Night or day the temps in the tanks are not too far off. maybe a 4-5 degree's. it's so small it's not notice able in the gasoline expanding or not, and when I say small it's in pennies by the fill up.
All gas follow the same federal guideline, so there is no such thing as "watered" down gas. Now check state to state to see what % of addictives is allowed and which is used.
All the top tier gas just have more cleaning additives. If anything you would watch out for in quality is the station itself, as in how ofter do they change out the filters on their pumps. If it flows less then 8 gallons per minute, their filters are starting to get clogged. PS the filters are designed to catch water/dirt from the gas.
Also most Gas stations that have a monitoring system shows if there's water in the tanks. In California, Gas stations are allowed to have 20 gallons of water in the tank, before it needs to be removed.
When I buy my gas, I go to a place I know that keeps up on their maintains their pumps once a month. Any station that flows 100,00 gallons a week should be changing their filters once a month. I know in Cali they're are trying to get a law requiring stations to modify the pumps to flow the gas correctly depending on temps. Since it's so small from many test and studies, if they add the mods it will cause the gas in Cali to rise so that retailers can recover the cost of the new equipment.
All gas follow the same federal guideline, so there is no such thing as "watered" down gas. Now check state to state to see what % of addictives is allowed and which is used.
All the top tier gas just have more cleaning additives. If anything you would watch out for in quality is the station itself, as in how ofter do they change out the filters on their pumps. If it flows less then 8 gallons per minute, their filters are starting to get clogged. PS the filters are designed to catch water/dirt from the gas.
Also most Gas stations that have a monitoring system shows if there's water in the tanks. In California, Gas stations are allowed to have 20 gallons of water in the tank, before it needs to be removed.
When I buy my gas, I go to a place I know that keeps up on their maintains their pumps once a month. Any station that flows 100,00 gallons a week should be changing their filters once a month. I know in Cali they're are trying to get a law requiring stations to modify the pumps to flow the gas correctly depending on temps. Since it's so small from many test and studies, if they add the mods it will cause the gas in Cali to rise so that retailers can recover the cost of the new equipment.
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ps i wish we had any higher octane than 92 here :-(
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One thing I have wondered, is that many stations have the single pump for all 3 grades. Meaning you there is physically one pump at the station and you push the 87,89,91/93 button. Now inevitiably the person before you pumped 87, cause thats what most people put in there car.
So that means in order for you to get 93, all the gasoline sitting in the hose itself has to be pumped out first. So I would reckon you would actually get 1/2 a gallon or so of whatever the previous person bought before you actually started pumping 93 into your tank.
Make sense?
So that means in order for you to get 93, all the gasoline sitting in the hose itself has to be pumped out first. So I would reckon you would actually get 1/2 a gallon or so of whatever the previous person bought before you actually started pumping 93 into your tank.
Make sense?
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One thing I have wondered, is that many stations have the single pump for all 3 grades. Meaning you there is physically one pump at the station and you push the 87,89,91/93 button. Now inevitiably the person before you pumped 87, cause thats what most people put in there car.
So that means in order for you to get 93, all the gasoline sitting in the hose itself has to be pumped out first. So I would reckon you would actually get 1/2 a gallon or so of whatever the previous person bought before you actually started pumping 93 into your tank.
Make sense?
So that means in order for you to get 93, all the gasoline sitting in the hose itself has to be pumped out first. So I would reckon you would actually get 1/2 a gallon or so of whatever the previous person bought before you actually started pumping 93 into your tank.
Make sense?
Not a myth, depending on your climate...the gas in the tank warms a little and EXPANDS as it does. The pumps dont have a correction in them for this since it averages out on a daily basis anyways. Tanks are in the ground though because the temps dont change that drastically. BUT, the tank in your car is a different story...if you are filling up when you are empty, not a huge deal, but if you fill up at around half tank, could be a different story.
You will get more gas in your tank when the temp of the gas is cooler...how much more, I dunno, ask an engineer.
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They stilll use that paste, the one that turns pink. The new TLS systems that newer gas station uses can see how much water is sitting at the bottom of the tank.
Most delivery tankers while dip the tanks and compare it with the tank readings. The only time the station ever had water in the tank was when they filled it with water to a pressure test before the opening of the station. Ever since then I've never seen water in the tank
Most delivery tankers while dip the tanks and compare it with the tank readings. The only time the station ever had water in the tank was when they filled it with water to a pressure test before the opening of the station. Ever since then I've never seen water in the tank
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only read a couple of post
My old neighbor when i lived with my mother delivered gas to stations. This is what he told me.
-never fill up when the tanker is there, sediment at the bottom of the tank is stirred up
-always try to buy gas at a high traffic place doesnt really matter time of day.
-stick with the same place if possible.
-name brands make a difference.
He's told me he delivered gas to some places and he wouldnt put that gas in a lawn mower.
My old neighbor when i lived with my mother delivered gas to stations. This is what he told me.
-never fill up when the tanker is there, sediment at the bottom of the tank is stirred up
-always try to buy gas at a high traffic place doesnt really matter time of day.
-stick with the same place if possible.
-name brands make a difference.
He's told me he delivered gas to some places and he wouldnt put that gas in a lawn mower.
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My old neighbor when i lived with my mother delivered gas to stations. This is what he told me.
-never fill up when the tanker is there, sediment at the bottom of the tank is stirred up
-always try to buy gas at a high traffic place doesnt really matter time of day.
-stick with the same place if possible.
-name brands make a difference.
He's told me he delivered gas to some places and he wouldnt put that gas in a lawn mower.
My old neighbor when i lived with my mother delivered gas to stations. This is what he told me.
-never fill up when the tanker is there, sediment at the bottom of the tank is stirred up
-always try to buy gas at a high traffic place doesnt really matter time of day.
-stick with the same place if possible.
-name brands make a difference.
He's told me he delivered gas to some places and he wouldnt put that gas in a lawn mower.
Btw some stations that don't have a duel vapor recovery system will get vapor lock when a tanker trunk delivers. When that happens the pumps won't be able to dispense gas.