Gasoline

Gasoline

So I have a couple of questions about gasolines...

1. My gov't professor mixes a bluish fuel and a clear fuel for runs in his modified porsche gt2. Question is, is there a benefit to doing that? Why not just put one or the other?

2. Does anyone believe or have experience in the fuel additives which some gas companies (shells "v-power" or whoever uses texaco with "techron") that supposedly "cleans" valves? All of Texaco's gas, from least grade to top grade, is said to have it. While only the top grade of shell supposedly cleans whatever...

I remember having a topic some time back about buying separate fuel additives and that thread concluded in "if your car is running fine, leave it alone" kinda words.

daddy yankee - gasolina


i run premium w/ v POWA. its dope i get good gas mileage engine doesnt rly feel like its cleaning but tey claim it cleans after the first 5000 miles so ill let u know.

Sounds like he's mixing c16 with a lower octane rated racegas. Some guys do that because their needs fall in between octane ratings....pings on 116 but knocks on 110 for instance.

lmao @ daddy yankee. thats exactly what i was thinkin when i saw the threat title lol.

eh i just use regular 87 octane gas. i used to put those additives but i dont really notice the difference.

lmfao.

Thats it... c16 was one of them... I even have his tank for racegas on my car still... Does different fuel ratings mix?

Anyway, cons of using a higher octane rating fuel on a regular car like mine?

I know that the fuel won't fully burn thus causing damage to the o2 sensor and faster catalytic converter failure... Anything else I am missing?

well....my problem was that the aftermarket header was causing false readings on the o2 sensor....so i run premium to make it gravy

i ran premium once or twice and it still CEL'd on my ass

Some race fuels can be cut with other fuels of the same type. There are others that WILL NOT mix and will separate(think lava lamp in your gastank)

Honestly, if it's a stock car with bolt on stuff, run plain ole pumpgas. Race fuels are leaded for cooling and lubrication and it will kill your o2 sensors.

There used to be this stuff called VP Ultimate 4(U4) that was 87 octane racegas. It was oxygenated and it would make a noticible difference in your e.t. in the quarter even with a stock motor. Bike guys used it mostly. The problem with it was, you had to drain your tank and fuel system before and after you used it. If you let it sit, it would get very sticky and gum everything up.

BUMP... Anyone else... I haven't seen fishexpo101 yet...

Any premium except Shell V-Power used to clog up the carb on my Yamaha. In fact it was a tank of Texaco "Premium" that finally clogged the jet up completely. Never had any issues with V-Power. In my truck I only run premium of any kind and run BG products in once a month to the tank.

from experience, i noticed that premium tends to burn a lot slower on long highway trips than regular 87, and ethanol blends suck the big one.

come to think of it, i think its time for me to run some fuel injector cleaner through my gas tank since ive been using so many brands of gas in the rolla.

Texaco regular for the win....

Up until they merged, we always ran Amoco Ultimate 93 in bikes. It was the clear gas that had the little sightglass and beads in the handle of the pump so you could see the fuel as you were pumping it. It kept carbs/injectors clean..I assume it was due to the extra step they took to remove the contaminants that caused everyone else's fuel to be yellow.