Type of Gasoline

[redsox985]

So today, we had to go out and buy fuel treatment because, for the second time now, one of our cars would not start once filled with Shell gas. What does Shell do to their gas? Is it the "Nitrogen Enriched" thing?

 

[devino246]

What kind of fuel treatment? Is it the same gas station or two separate stations?

 

[redsox985]

I don't know if it's been two stations or not. I believe my dad got both octane booster and water displacer. My neighbor owns a concrete company and he forbids the workers to put Shell gas in because they've had the same experience with their trucks not starting.

 

[devino246]

Well I found this in a Google search:

Oil companies spend lots of money explaining why their gas is better than the competition s. Chevron s gas, for example, is fortified with Techron, and Amoco Ultimate is supposed to save the planet along with your engine. But today more than ever, one gallon of gas is as good as the next.

True, additives help to clean your engine, but what the companies don t tell you is that all gas has them. Since 1994 the government has required that detergents be added to all gasoline to help prevent fuel injectors from clogging. State and local regulators keep a close watch to make sure those standards are met; a 2005 study indicated that Florida inspectors checked 45,000 samples to ensure the state s gas supply was up to snuff, and 99 percent of the time it was. There s little difference between brand-name gas and any other, says AAA spokesperson Geoff Sundstrom.

What s more, your local Chevron station may sell gas refined by Shell or Exxon Mobil. Suppliers share pipelines, so they all use the same fuel. And the difference between the most expensive brand-name gas and the lowliest gallon of no-brand fuel? Often just a quart of detergent added to an 8,000-gallon tanker truck.

http://www.smartmoney.com/spend/rip-offs/what-gas-stations-wont-tell-you-19750/

 

[Budzeno]

^^^ thats good to know. Crazy how they try to rip people off!