What do you have in your tank?

I use Texaco's Clean System 3 Plus Unleaded Gas. Does it really matter what type of gas you use?

Sunoco 94.

Generally high octane blends have more detergent additives, which is good. I don't want to clean my EGR system and throttlebody any more than I have to.

Up here in Canada, we have the dirtiest gas short of Mexico, so it does make a big difference. We still have high sulphur levels in our gas, unlike the US.

In Canada, the cleanest gas is Sunoco, followed by PetroCan.

The dirtiest is Esso, followed by Shell.

Originally posted by Revhard
I use Texaco's Clean System 3 Plus Unleaded Gas. Does it really matter what type of gas you use?

Depends what kind of car you drive. I use BP Ultimate which is 98 octane. I have been advised that turbo cars need good fuel or they have a tendency to detonate on boost which is bad.

Originally posted by Revhard
I use Texaco's Clean System 3 Plus Unleaded Gas. Does it really matter what type of gas you use?

Seeing as I drive a hunk o' junk, I use Regular Unleaded from whatever station has the lowest price.

And yes it does matter, but only if your driving a tuned performance car, especialy turboed. With low RON gas, if you run high boost you will start to ping and eventualy it will ping really bad and snap some internals, valves I think.

Yeah, forgot to add that my car is tuned to run on premium. If the octane isn't sufficient, the car retards timing so it doesn't "ping", and it performs like a Geo :)

Originally posted by spnx
and it performs like a Geo :)

Well thats no good!:p

No good, unless you have the misfortune to be driving a Geo... ;)

I use either BP Ultimate or Synergy 8000 from Mobil. My car runs shockingly on anything under 98 octane. :(

You guy's cars would die here in the states, the highest octane around here is 93. Thats why we dont get Hi-Per. cars here is because you cant tune them as well with the crappy gas we have. DAMN EPA! :mad:

Not all petrol stations sell the good stuff over here. If we are going anywhere out of Auckland we take some octane booster with us just in case. :)

Mobil 91 Octane...use to be 92 but they knocked it down...this happened in the last few months here.

I usually just fill up at the cheapest station with 96. Dont really take much notice any more, just as long as i can pay for it i dont worry

I'm cheap, so I just get Regular Unleaded from the local Shell station, since it's always like 2 cents a litre cheaper than everywhere else :confused:

Oh, well, I'll probly be getting a new car this summer, so as long as my car lasts me that long, it's all good. I could care less if it blows up after I sell it :D

91 octane, because that's the best we can get in California anymore.

Normally I use Premium Unleaded from Caltex

Okay, I'll admit I misinterpreted the title of the thread. When I read tank, I thought of tank top, and all I could think of to answer with was...my breasts! :p

Originally posted by DantesInferno
Okay, I'll admit I misinterpreted the title of the thread. When I read tank, I thought of tank top, and all I could think of to answer with was...my breasts! :p

:D :D hahaah ahh Dantes funny funny.

but i put 92 octane from mobil, or chevron here in Sol Cal. but latly i have been getting bad mileage from them so i filled up with 76, 92 octane and im getting 300 to the tank again???:confused: :confused: strange. any one know if the gas makes a difference with how much miles to the tank u might get??

Originally posted by DantesInferno
Okay, I'll admit I misinterpreted the title of the thread. When I read tank, I thought of tank top, and all I could think of to answer with was...my breasts! :p

hehehe when i read tank i was thinking fish tank???

anyways i use 96 from Mobil cause i can get Mobil Max points :)

Originally posted by SE-R WolfPac
any one know if the gas makes a difference with how much miles to the tank u might get?? Absolutely!! When we went on a long trip I got nearly 800kms out of my 60L tank when I filled up with 98 octane. When we came back there weren’t any petrol stations that sold 98 octane so I had to fill up on 96. I only got just over 500 before I had to fill up again :eek: I lost so much power that I had to have my car at higher revs to get the acceleration that I wanted so I used heaps more fuel! That's why whenever we are going on a long trip we take some octane booster with us. :)

Originally posted by FTO Girl
Absolutely!! When we went on a long trip I got nearly 800kms out of my 60L tank when I filled up with 98 octane. When we came back there weren’t any petrol stations that sold 98 octane so I had to fill up on 96. I only got just over 500 before I had to fill up again :eek: I lost so much power that I had to have my car at higher revs to get the acceleration that I wanted so I used heaps more fuel! That's why whenever we are going on a long trip we take some octane booster with us. :)

:) :) AHHHHHHH!!... okay got it, hummm strange when i buy the weenie 86 or lower octane gas over here i still get the same mileage, well use to got to do more test i guess :D :D

I just fill up with regular unleaded from Mobil/BP.

Originally posted by SE-R WolfPac


:) :) AHHHHHHH!!... okay got it, hummm strange when i buy the weenie 86 or lower octane gas over here i still get the same mileage, well use to got to do more test i guess :D :D Must be my strange Japanese car! It loves the high octane stuff. Protests over anything else!! :p

oh i forgot to ask, we don't have 98 down here in chch how much is 98 a litre?

Originally posted by evil_elmo
oh i forgot to ask, we don't have 98 down here in chch how much is 98 a litre? I think it’s just over $1 per litre. Just before Christmas it was about 99 cents, but I think it’s gone up to about $1.02 or something similar.

Originally posted by FTO Girl
I think it’s just over $1 per litre. Just before Christmas it was about 99 cents, but I think it’s gone up to about $1.02 or something similar.

:eek: :eek: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :cry: OMFG.... WTH... a whole $1 for 98 octane......!!!!!!!!! dam US riping me off with $1.40 for 91 octane !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think down here we pay about 93.9cents a litre for 91, 98.9cents for 96

Originally posted by SE-R WolfPac
:eek: :eek: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :cry: OMFG.... WTH... a whole $1 for 98 octane......!!!!!!!!! dam US riping me off with $1.40 for 91 octane !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the us stateside people get a bargain because we pay per gallon... not per liter.

I put PetroCan 94 octane supernet in my car

I filled up today at a mere $0.59 CAD per litre today, and down where a friend of mine lives, it's only 51 cents...I wish it was that cheap all the time....

Originally posted by Heep
I filled up today at a mere $0.59 CAD per litre today, and down where a friend of mine lives, it's only 51 cents...I wish it was that cheap all the time....
I wish it was that cheap where I live

Originally posted by 89ssgti

I wish it was that cheap where I live

Yeah, Quebec always seems abnormally high...

I'm not surprised at all. :D

Shell Premium 93

Diesel....usually :bloated: :bloated: :bloated:

Originally posted by DantesInferno
Okay, I'll admit I misinterpreted the title of the thread. When I read tank, I thought of tank top, and all I could think of to answer with was...my breasts! :p

When I first read the title of this thread I thought of... oh wait, I created this thread?!:confused: :huh:

Usuially I go to the petro-can but last time I filled up with gas from the superstore gas bar (I swear the gas is 50% water)

Cheapest place in town and its 67.4 Cents/L

If I wasnt so cheap I would always goto petro-can. The gas at that superstore place seems to make my car harder to start.

Damn gas-gussling V8 :mad: