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Petrol!

Posted:
Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:26 pm
by tenrat
what premium fuel is the best to use guys??
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:54 pm
by Woodduck
1. Avoid the obvious (United, Liberty? etc).
2. Go for 98 if available.
3. Most of the good brands are fine, Caltex, BP, Shell, Mobil.
Iv found the WORST FUEL (never used in my lib, but in my previous cars) is Fishers fuel! It made my calais run like SHIT and we have quite a few people bring lawn mowers, generators, chainsaws etc into my work that have put fishers fuel in and it wont run, not good stuff imo. Prolli not many fishers fuel stations around though?
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:57 pm
by teK--
Whichever of the big three you decide to use, try to stick with the same brand because the car does adapt that specific octane rating/mixture. I use BP Ultimate personally and consistently get a good tank. Shell Optimax I used to get about 1 in 8 tanks were pretty average quality so i stopped using them. On the odd occasion I use Mobil 8000 when there is no BP and I have never had bad tank from them.
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:01 pm
by Woodduck
I also use BP ultimate. Very good fuel and never had a problem with it!
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:28 pm
by smythie
Mine generally gets Mobil 8000 but that's more to do with pricing and location - there's more in my everyday driving than BP stations and the BP stations are just about always more expensive. In saying that though, it'll be fed whichever I run across if I am in need
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:44 pm
by Ric
I've tried Shell-95, E10 and VP, and my car runs pretty much the same on all of them.
Mobil 800, BP Ultimate and the Caltex premium one also.
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:17 am
by Posseltperformance
I use Caltex Vortex 98.
Being a kart racer I've experimented with a bunch of different 98 fuels. The Yamaha KT100S Kart engine is very sensitive to fuel I race on Caltex 98 a lot of the other guys race with either Vortex or BP Ultimate. I personally have had bad experiences with Shell and haven't heard of any of the other guys using Mobil to race on.
If you want top quality fuel I say Caltex or BP
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:59 pm
by smythie
After a bad tank of Vortex 98 in the bike a few years ago, Caltex is my 3rd choice (after BP and Mobil). I realise it's not rational but meh
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:32 pm
by tenrat
Thanks guys seems like BP ultimate's the way to go by the feedback!
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:17 pm
by Mystique
I prefer vortex 98 and if I can't find that then BP Utlimate and if I can't find that I cry.

Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:57 pm
by SMI77
This is a previous similiar topic.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5087For me, nothing has changed.
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:26 pm
by markii
PRIORITY
1. BP Ultimate 98
2. Caltex Vortex 98
3. Shell Optimax 98
4. Mobil Synergy 8000 (98)
-markii
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:28 pm
by tenrat
thanks guys!
Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:32 pm
by Ric
markii wrote:...
2. Shell Vortex 98
...
Say what?

Re: Petrol!

Posted:
Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:11 pm
by vaccine
lol... BP and Mobile is the same shizz.
