48bencix
Well-known member
Recently I read about a gasoline standard originally set up by 4 automobile manufacturers, because their engines fuel injectors were having problems within a few months. This new (2004) standard is used by several major gasoline companies and some minor ones. Mostly it is a high level of additives, as much as 2 1/2 to 5 times the EPA standards.
I always said that all gasoline is the same, but today it is not. So for now I am going back to Shell or 76 gas. Shell here in Sacramento is only a little more than the generic brands.
Sponsors of the Top Tier rating make no claim that such gasolines will clean dirty engines, only that they will keep clean engines clean.
Automakers that sponsor the Top Tier rating system: Audi, BMW, General Motors, Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen.
U.S. Top Tier brands (listed alphabetically)
Aloha Petroleum (sold in Hawaii)
Chevron
Conoco
Entec (mainly sold in Alabama)
Kwik Trip (mainly sold in Minnesota, Wisconsin)
MFA Oil (sold at Break Time convenience stores)
Phillips
Quik Trip
76
Shell
Somerset Oil (mainly sold in Kentucky)
Texaco
Tri-Par Oil (mainly sold in Wisconsin)
Canada Top Tier brands (listed alphabetically)
Chevron
Petro Canada
Shell Canada
Sunoco Canada
Source: General Motors
This USA article sums up the pros and cons of the fuel.
Martin
http://www.usatoday.com/money/indus...bad-gas-usat_N.htm?imw=Y&loc=interstitialskip
I always said that all gasoline is the same, but today it is not. So for now I am going back to Shell or 76 gas. Shell here in Sacramento is only a little more than the generic brands.
Sponsors of the Top Tier rating make no claim that such gasolines will clean dirty engines, only that they will keep clean engines clean.
Automakers that sponsor the Top Tier rating system: Audi, BMW, General Motors, Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen.
U.S. Top Tier brands (listed alphabetically)
Aloha Petroleum (sold in Hawaii)
Chevron
Conoco
Entec (mainly sold in Alabama)
Kwik Trip (mainly sold in Minnesota, Wisconsin)
MFA Oil (sold at Break Time convenience stores)
Phillips
Quik Trip
76
Shell
Somerset Oil (mainly sold in Kentucky)
Texaco
Tri-Par Oil (mainly sold in Wisconsin)
Canada Top Tier brands (listed alphabetically)
Chevron
Petro Canada
Shell Canada
Sunoco Canada
Source: General Motors
This USA article sums up the pros and cons of the fuel.
Martin
http://www.usatoday.com/money/indus...bad-gas-usat_N.htm?imw=Y&loc=interstitialskip
