What gas do you use?? Sunoco?
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From: Okauchee Wisconsin
What ever you do don't use Shell!
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Chavez doesn't seem to be anti USA, seeing as how he arranged for free home heating oil for the USA last year.
He is anti Bush, but so am I and about 70% of the USA population.
That's why I quit buying Bush's baked beans.
Ed
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Wait till Chevron hears about this! They are going to be pissed that someone else has stolen their beloved Techron.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techron
(Texaco is OK since it's now part of Chevron)
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A while back, in the Washington Post, Click n Clack the Car Talk guys from Boston claimed that only a few brands of gasoline met the standards of some international standards kinda group. The only major American brand that met those standards that I ever heard of was Shell. I've been using both Shell and Sunoco because they are handy and see no diff that I can tell. The Guys seemed to think there wasn't much difference an any brands except for that purity standard mentioned above.
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So is Shell, which happens to be on the list of top tier gasolines using extreme cleaning agents. (Techron)
Chavez doesn't seem to be anti USA, seeing as how he arranged for free home heating oil for the USA last year.
He is anti Bush, but so am I and about 70% of the USA population.
That's why I quit buying Bush's baked beans.
Ed
Chavez doesn't seem to be anti USA, seeing as how he arranged for free home heating oil for the USA last year.
He is anti Bush, but so am I and about 70% of the USA population.
That's why I quit buying Bush's baked beans.
Ed
Back on thread subject:
Old buddy, who is an Alabama gasoline distributor, verified long ago that the fuel depot is where everyone gets their gasoline and additives happen at station level.
Best advice is buy from a newer station (newer underground tanks) and add a bottle of Techron every couple of months.
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From: Austin Texas
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From: Austin Texas
Wait till Chevron hears about this! They are going to be pissed that someone else has stolen their beloved Techron.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techron
(Texaco is OK since it's now part of Chevron)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techron
(Texaco is OK since it's now part of Chevron)
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Brand research
For years there has been a rumor that virtually all gasoline comes from the same refinery. If your market area has an Exxon refinery and you pull into another brand station your likely getting Exxon.
I'm pretty sure there is some truth to this with convenience store brands, I'm not sure about Major brands.
They all seem to be serviced by unmarked trucks in our area. The pipeline terminal serving Central Arkansas has several unmarked storage tanks. I suppose they could offload Exxon into Exxon Leased Tanks and then send a pig through before off loading another brand. Possibly that is where the rumor got started.
Are there any gasoline distributors out there that know for sure?
LJ
I'm pretty sure there is some truth to this with convenience store brands, I'm not sure about Major brands.
They all seem to be serviced by unmarked trucks in our area. The pipeline terminal serving Central Arkansas has several unmarked storage tanks. I suppose they could offload Exxon into Exxon Leased Tanks and then send a pig through before off loading another brand. Possibly that is where the rumor got started.
Are there any gasoline distributors out there that know for sure?
LJ
All brands come from the same refinerys, It may be Exxon, Shell. BP or whatever. Specific brands do add additives, as little as 1 quart per 8000 gallon tanker. This is done at the terminal not the refinery where the gas is not specifically labeled.
So if the distributor remembered to put Exxon additive in the tanker that loaded today you might get "Exxon". If the driver drop loaded 1/2 the tankers load at a convenience store you might also get Exxon at a Quick Check. Or they might have neglected to put in any additive at all.
LJ
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I use stations that support top tier gasoline like Texaco and Shell and put 93 octane in the tank. If GM supports top tier gas and sez it reduces carbon buildup significantly and reduces wear then that's what I am using. There is a TSB from GM to all dealers about this. The only "win" for GM is potentially lower warranty and longer lasting engines. There is no conspiracy with GM and the oil companies.
www.toptiergas.com
www.toptiergas.com
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From: Fort Worth Texas
Before I got to the second page I thought I was the only person using Chevron anymore! I've never gotten a bad tank of gas out of a chevron station. I'll use Shell or Exxon/Mobil if I need to though. For some reason I've always avoided Texaco even though it's pretty much the same as Chevron...maybe because I got a really bad tank of gas at a Citgo one time and the black and red logo similarity bothers me, lol Although my Chevron station on the way home was one of many around here that got caught mis-metering fuel to their advantage....As if it didn't cost ENOUGH to get gas anymore a bunch of our stations got caught doing that.
Although my Chevron station on the way home was one of many around here that got caught mis-metering fuel to their advantage....As if it didn't cost ENOUGH to get gas anymore a bunch of our stations got caught doing that.