Shell V Power

by **BUDDAH** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:18 pm

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?

by **Boxer** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:31 pm

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

by **jdm rsk** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:34 pm

never liked shell petrol myself

by **smythie** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:20 pm

now that Shell put ethanol in their top fuel I ain't going to buying it

by **tangcla** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:41 pm

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.

by **Arith** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:47 pm

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?

by **smythie** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:02 pm

the v-power 100 was always E10.

by **Arith** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:11 pm

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.

by **swingn** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:07 am

Maybe that's why my car has been running a bit weird lately

by **EJ25** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:55 am

whats pinging?

by **Boxer** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:52 am

Vpower Racing was E5 (5%)

VPower is not a designated Ehanol fuel

by **loweart** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:13 am

I just filled up last week at Shell with the normal V Power in my 3.0R, no issues here.

by **WhiteGTB** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:48 am

I'll take note not to fill up at Northmead.... just in case.

by **Std08GTB** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:09 am

Have been informed on good authority that BP Ultimate is a minimum of 100 octane.

by **coyote** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:24 am

Std08GTB wrote:Have been informed on good authority that BP Ultimate is a minimum of 100 octane.

More info please.

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