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Shell V Power
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:18 pmby BUDDAH
Filled up the R32 this morning at Northmead and drove up to Hawks Nest 2 1/2 hour drive at 110 130 the little girl pinged her head off .Filled up 1/2 tank at BP Hawks Nest and drove home no pinging ?
Has Shell V Power changed as it was my favorite fuel could have just got a bad tank full?
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:31 pmby Boxer
Prolly a bad batch - I'm still using it ok. But I did get a bad tank of Vpower racing back when it was avail - no pinging, but stuttered
My dyno results were on Shell V Power
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:34 pmby jdm rsk
never liked shell petrol myself
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:20 pmby smythie
now that Shell put ethanol in their top fuel I ain't going to buying it
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:41 pmby tangcla
Boxer wrote:Prolly a bad batch - I'm still using it ok.
Call up their support line and tell them which tank, it may have been a non-documented shandy incident, someone will look into it. (I know who, too. heh.
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smythie wrote:now that Shell put ethanol in their top fuel I ain't going to buying it
All manufacturers have some degree of ethanol in their fuel... they've been doing it for some time, but just small amounts. It's nothing new.
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:47 pmby Arith
smythie wrote:now that Shell put ethanol in their top fuel I ain't going to buying it
They what? When did this happen? On the V-Power?
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:02 pmby smythie
the v-power 100 was always E10.
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:11 pmby Arith
smythie wrote:the v-power 100 was always E10.
Are you talking about the V-Racing 100 that had E5? Didn't they discontinue that a while back? The only thing I find at Shells now are V-Power 98.
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Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:07 amby swingn
Maybe that's why my car has been running a bit weird lately
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Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:55 amby EJ25
whats pinging?
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Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:52 amby Boxer
Vpower Racing was E5 (5%)
VPower is not a designated Ehanol fuel
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Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:13 amby loweart
I just filled up last week at Shell with the normal V Power in my 3.0R, no issues here.
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Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:48 amby WhiteGTB
I'll take note not to fill up at Northmead.... just in case.
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Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:09 amby Std08GTB
Have been informed on good authority that BP Ultimate is a minimum of 100 octane.
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Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:24 amby coyote
Std08GTB wrote:Have been informed on good authority that BP Ultimate is a minimum of 100 octane.
More info please.