Shell V Power Gas

[george graves]

I don't want to get into a political discussion of oil either, but you are so wrong, it's annoying me.

gas is made of a different mixture every time, there's no recipe to making it (except race fuels). That being said, yes there will be different additives and chemicals in each batch of fuel you fill up with.

That's now how it works. That's not how any of this works. Do they not teach science in school anymore?

There's no "recipe" to fuel. It's not "made" at all. (And no, not even race fuels). It's a process called distillation. Basically, you heat up crude oil in a large vertical column, and up top rises the lighter fuels with lower molecular weight, and down low the denser fuels. You suck of the stuff you want at different levels. They kinda have it down to a science. You know, 100 years of doing it, and a few trillion dollars in sales later. They know what they are doing. But if you think you know more....by all means, enlighten us.

The "additives" - that you mistake for sloppy manufacturing- is actually additives put into the petrol by the petrol company AFTER distilling. It's there to do things like increase octane, remove carbon deposits, and IIRC reduce it's hygroscopic...ness. And that is why I always try to buy Chevron gas. In my neck of the woods it's 5 cents more. So filling up a e30 tank is an extra $0.70. And IMHO it's totally worth it to keep carbon deposits at bay.

So.....Ya' really don't know what you're talking about. Sorry - I don't want to come off as an ass....but I hate mis-information with half formed ideas backing it up. So don't shoot me.

[KIRIEIW]

Not quite true. Yes, the gas is the same, but the additives are not.

True, but like I said in the post above, gas is made of a different mixture every time, there's no recipe to making it (except race fuels). That being said, yes there will be different additives and chemicals in each batch of fuel you fill up with.



Edit: Also the last thing I want to get into is a Fuel debate, its about as pointless as the oil debates lol

[george graves]

its all the same crap

Not quite true. Yes, the gas is the same, but the additives are not.

There in it to make money.

Maybe one day UNICEF will get into the gas business...;)

[KIRIEIW]

Gas is so regulated these days, its all the same crap. There in it to make money. Shit, every time you go to the pump its a new blend, there's no specific recipe to making gas.

[rommeldawg]

i use it in all my cars... there are tsb's from many manufactures that insist on the use of "top tier" fuels of which shell is listed. as a tech i can say that the magic of chemistry can help sometimes

[JIM1inWisconsin]

If you have not yet tried this gas I would recommend you put $20 in the tank and give it a try. I used to use 91 ethanol free but find the V Power gas to be a better product even though it has the melted corn cobs. I'm not into the science at all and am not looking to debate this but it's just that the car seems to perform better. Hopefully yours will too. My E30 has a Turner chip and about 215,000 on the clock.

And no, I don't own a Shell station.