Petrol

[Buzz Box]

With all the talk about ethanol and different fuels I thought we should put it to vote.......

What does everyone use??

[Creampuff]

Whatever's handy as long as it's 98

[axeray]

Originally Posted by Creampuff

Whatever's handy as long as it's 98

Whatever's convenient fo rme.

[Buzz Box]

See Similar Thread In Which Discussion Was Raised

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11243642

[seduced_xr]

anything 98 usually. i wont put that other crap in to saves a few cents.

on a happier note. filled the commodore from bone dry to full for $49.80 today!

[StealthAu]

BP Ultimate, it works so I'll stick with it.

[goof]

Vortex 98, cause i sell it so why go else where to buy fuel

[Marduk]

Caltex Vortex 95

[Captain Falcon]

BP ultimate. Used it for years in the MR2 GT and found it to be the best. So ill stick with it.

[Paxton]

BP Unleaded 95 for the Falcon. My EF doesn't like 98 octane, but runs nicely on 95. I wouldn't put 91/Ethanol in the Lawn Mower, such is my disdain for the quality of the lower grades of fuel.

My X5 gets whatever 98 octane is closest to it when it needs filling. Usually, its Shell Optimax (whatever it's called now), but it seems to like and run better on BP Ultimate.

[Citric GT]

Only ever use 98 octane. Either Shell or Caltex, sometimes BP. Depends whats convenient.

[5.0 ED]

The silly thing is for people who don't want to run any ethanol in their cars is that BP ultimate has ethanol in it, as do the vast majority's of premium petrols. Judging off my experience with reading's taken off the wideband o2 permanently in my car, Mobile synergy has the least amount of ethanol in it. Yet most find it doesn't perform as good as the others, why? No/less ethanol of course.

I believe BP ultimate to have 4 % ethanol in it.

[5.4 GT]

Originally Posted by 5.0whiteaughia

The silly thing is for people who don't want to run any ethanol in their cars is that BP ultimate has ethanol in it, as do the vast majority's of premium petrols. Judging off my experience with reading's taken off the wideband o2 permanently in my car, Mobile synergy has the least amount of ethanol in it. Yet most find it doesn't perform as good as the others, why? No/less ethanol of course.

I believe BP ultimate to have 4 % ethanol in it.

Nope BPU has no ethanol content.

From BP themselves:

Originally Posted by BP Australia

BP Ultimate is the highest octane retail fuel that BP has on the market. It has an octane rating between 98 and 100 and does not contain ethanol. It is suitable for all cars but older pre 1986 vehicles designed for leaded fuel may need to add an additive to prevent valve seat recession. BP Ultimate also contains a high dose of additive to protect the fuel system and to remove deposits that foul intake valves and the combustion chamber causing poor combustion and knock.

[sgt_doofey]

Where's the diesel and LPG options? I don't use unleaded except for a small amount in my LPG Falcon.
Pug = Diesel
EL = LPG
XE = 98 Ron, but as it's not driven, it doesn't get much fuel.

[Buzz Box]

Originally Posted by sgt_doofey

Where's the diesel and LPG options?

Diesel & LPG aren't Petrol so : :

I must say personally I am finding it funny to hear some people swear by X and then others say I wouldn't touch X and only use Y lol

[sgt_doofey]

Originally Posted by Buzz Box

Diesel & LPG aren't Petrol so : :

Well then, where's the "None" or "alternative fuel" option? :

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Buzz Box

Diesel & LPG aren't Petrol so : :

The original post said 'different fuels'!!

I too am still looking for the LPG box to tick.

[Ives]

Anything 98RON... but mostly I use BP Ultimate just because the BP servo I go to is conveniently placed.

[Powdered Toast Man]

I'm with sgt doofy wheres the LPG option? I use Mobil LPG and will use BP or Caltex if necessary.

Apart from that I just run Mobil 91 in my 3V. I stay clear of anything Shell! Shell LPG is garbage and I have also had pinging issues with Shell 91.

I have run Optimax, Mobil 8000 (I think thats their 98) and Shell 95 and get no better performace or decernable fuel economy benefits so I just run 91. My 3V is drinking LPG most of the time anyway.

[WILDB]

I generally run Caltex Vortex 98 as the Caltex servo is right near my work, however I have run BP Ultimate and Shell V-Power as well from time to time. I only run premium though and have done since I got the car.

[5.0 ED]

5.4 GT - Interesting apparently it is a new improved bp ultimate recipe, I mate of mine had a servo about 2-3 years ago and had a doco from bp stating that bp ultimate had a very low percentage of ethanol in it, so I assume they must have removed it now, either way i would like to see some independant testing on all the different fuels to see exactly how much ethanol is in them these days.

I have noticed that fuel varies a lot from servo to servo, i lost approx 100km's to a tank when i started filling up at a different caltex servo from the normal one i goto, i then went back to the normal caltex servo i was going to and got my 100km's back.

[noosacuda]

we found we got less k's per tank in our CRV when we tried the E10 stuff which wasn't justified by the couple of cents price difference,so wont use it, and definatly WONT feed the Sprint or my 440 with it.

[Mr Hardware]

110 octane only for me
















LPG

[IDT]

Our account is with shell, so no choice really.

[Interceptor]

found running E10, my average fuel consumption was 11.8L/100km

95 octane, 11L/100km

98 octane, 11.3L/100km

[GS608]

was using Caltex 91 but have started using BP Ultimate in the AU, well worth the extra 10 cents

[TZENU]

Both FG and XY run on Mobil 98 or BP ultimate..... No difference in my cars between the 2.

[Fev]

always gone for caltex 95/98

[TUF_302]

Either BP 95 or 98, depending on how wealthy i feel at the time lol!

[FPV+fteT3]

Always use Mobil 8000 98 oct. put in bp 98 the other day as car was on the 20k's 2 go filled it up as usual, driving along decided to have a play and noticed pinging in the upper rev ranges, back to mobil happy days. Petrols aren't petrols are they. Car custom tuned to 98 fuel.