Anyone use premium gasoline?

[Wolfman AK907]

Shell is good. Nitrogen Enhanced! lol

[y2dgone]

Shell is good. Gimmick Enhanced! lol

Fixed it for you

[Wolfman AK907]

Yeah, I reckon' that's about right aint it?

[sobeniceguy2]

Meh, I only fill up at Chevron w/Techron. It's really good clean fuel and I've never had a fuel problem with a single one of my vehicles.

Theres no difference between fuel from one gas station to another.

Did you know the federal government requires all fuel sold in the US to have additives that make the fuel burn more efficiently and cleaner? That "techron" stuff is Chevron's attempt to ADVERTISE THE ADDITIVES THAT EVERY SINGLE FUEL COMPANY ALREADY HAS IN IT. Some companies will add additional additives but the government regulates what they are allowed to put in and by how much as well, and since the fuel you get is the exact same no matter where you get it from, Chevron has very little room in terms of proportion of gas/additives to add more stuff.

It's called marketing...

And it's used to try and make people think you sell better stuff than your competitors even though you sell the exact same thing...

I agree to a point that indeed the Federal Government does require fuel to have a "minimum" amount of cleaning additives added. Please note however, the distinction between "minimum" amount of gas cleaning agents and Top Tier gas is the amount of these said "cleaning" agents added to the fuel. There is a difference between one gas station and the next. See :

TITLE 40--Protection of Environment

CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

SUBCHAPTER C--AIR PROGRAMS

PART 80--REGULATION OF FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES

Here is a list of current gas stations that meet this stringent "top tier" goverment staus label in the US.

76
Chevron
Conoco
Entec Stations
Kwik Trip/Kwik Star
MFA Oil Company
Phillips
QuikTrip
Shell
Somerset Refinery
Texaco
Tri-Par Oil Company

Now these companies do vary the amount of cleaning agents to their gasoline to octane level but regardless the amount is still above the "minimum" requirement set forth by the goverment. 93 octane will have more that 87 octane. 87 octane will still have more of these cleaning agents that madated by goverment with it's Top Tier status.
So all in all stay with these stations and choose the lowest price within the top tier gas and you will do great.

[Wolfman AK907]

I dont worry too much about the price when it only costs 20-25 bucks to fill up lol.

[petrified.rabbit]

87 octane burns "cleaner" than 93, the higher octane is its resistance to burn.

If you are running 93 octane it is not going to do anything to clean the system. If anything it will enlarge the possibility of dumping unburned fuel into the exhaust and ruin the O2 sensor and CAT.

The more cleaning additives in the higher octane are because they do not burn efficiently either, so since you want the fuel to delay igniting, you can add more cleaners etc to it.

I know there is a lot of "thought" on the topic. but the only reason anyone can even claim that the higher octane does anything to clean your engine is there is a measurable difference in the operating temperature of the engine when you run a higher octane gas. meaning you are sort of overheating your engine to clean it.

[mikedudley17]

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Sa ... l-you.aspx

This article kind of restates what was said earlier, particularly number 3 but I figure it would add some credibility to the subject.

[manorness7]

Screw it I won't ever burn anything over 87 octane, the way I see it why in the hell would I WANT to pay more for fuel.... that doesn't make sense. It's like saying.. ok kids we ran out of newspaper to start the furnace we're going to start using dollar bills now instead.

[thehunterooo]

maybe dollar bills burn better...

[manorness7]

who knows