Top Tier Gasolines - Sunoco Not Top tier?
#22
Drifting
The EPA does have a say in octane levels. 93 available in Arkansas, 91 in Oklahoma.
It has to do with air quality sampling. I fill my extra gas jugs just before going across the line.
It has to do with air quality sampling. I fill my extra gas jugs just before going across the line.
#23
Sea Foam
I use Sunoco 93 on the corner near my house. Along with all the doubt of gasoline quality and my gas gauge sticking, I'll be using a pint of Sea Foam once in a while. Guys at my local NAPA swear by it. They put it in gas motor they have....can't put too much in, they say. Seems to me, they are unbiased, so that's what I'll be doing as well. From my C5 to me lawn mower...............what say you?
#24
Safety Car
Keep in mind that the sign on the pump has almost nothing to do with who refines the gasoline. Sunoco for instance has a lot of stations in Florida but their refinery is in Philly. You actually think we get that product in Florida?
Richard Newton
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Richard Newton
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#25
Safety Car
Now, look how many are ALL the same price.
#26
Melting Slicks
Long ago I worked at a refinery as a summer job - it was "enlightening" to see the different trucks fill up there with the same gas; Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, Plateau, Shamrock, etc........ like others have said the base fuel was identical, with the only difference being additives specified by the various purchasers of the fuel.
#27
Wouldn't use it
I use Sunoco 93 on the corner near my house. Along with all the doubt of gasoline quality and my gas gauge sticking, I'll be using a pint of Sea Foam once in a while. Guys at my local NAPA swear by it. They put it in gas motor they have....can't put too much in, they say. Seems to me, they are unbiased, so that's what I'll be doing as well. From my C5 to me lawn mower...............what say you?
#28
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I sell to the refining industry here in Texas and inside the gates every day. I've never asked who mixes in the additives but I can say that Techron solved an issue I had with a fuel gauge sending unit. Instead of buying a bottle of Techron I just filled up next tank and before 40% ran through it was functioning properly. I read about the Techron additive here on CF so tried it and it worked.
#29
Instructor
#30
Safety Car
I wonder if most of the additives are for the normal driver. When we get our cars on track at WOT, that seems to burn all the crap and any build up. Cars run great then
Just about All fuels in the US is at least E10 and up to E15. Stations can have up to E15 without posting a sign about Etoh content.
Just about All fuels in the US is at least E10 and up to E15. Stations can have up to E15 without posting a sign about Etoh content.
#31
Safety Car
E10 is bad. E15 is really really bad. None of our cars were ever designed for E15.
We can use E10 and have minimal problems.
Here in FL we're lucky to have Racetrac stations that sell ethanol free gas. The problem is the octane is fairly low (87 Octane).
Richard Newton
We can use E10 and have minimal problems.
Here in FL we're lucky to have Racetrac stations that sell ethanol free gas. The problem is the octane is fairly low (87 Octane).
Richard Newton
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#32
Melting Slicks
In Metro Detroit it is easy to find out which tank farm the gas comes from, one has 92 octane and the other sells 93 Octane. When I first started using some of the 92 octane, I ran into the fuel gauge problem--showing out of gas. Now I only use the 93 octane and have not had a problem in several years.
An N Gel, you map does not show the Enbridge crude pipeline crossing Michigan at the Straits of Mackinaw and going to Sarnia, Ont.
An N Gel, you map does not show the Enbridge crude pipeline crossing Michigan at the Straits of Mackinaw and going to Sarnia, Ont.