3.5 V6 Atkinson Cycle engine and the gas grade parade extravaganza...

Well you sure are but you guys dont know what fuel is put in the tank named 87 89 92 wtf is says you done know the fuel trucks empty the end of the run in whatever tanks are the least full

 

The ONLY reason to use higher octane is because the compression ratio is so high that lower octane fuel ignites before the spark tells it to and you get a knock. Usually this is engines with ratios of about 10:1 or greater (higher in higher altitude). There is not more BTU "power" in higher octane fuel. Many in the general population have been suckered by slick marketing which convince them that higher octane is better fuel. (Everyone's entitled to my opinion and so I gave it).

 

I have only seen ethanol free in Arkansas and some in Louisiana but none in Texas and it always 93 ...Fuel treatment is the only way i know to save the fuel sysem and i have repaired enough cars boats and atvs to know this...

 

check out this website to see if there is any ethanol free in your region.
http://www.pure-gas.org

 

From what I've been told, the Shell V-Power with Nitrogen gas is 100% good stuff with no ethanol added, although that is only available at 93 octane which is unnecessary. So it's really up to you owners to pick your own poison, to either pay less and get the 87 or 91 octane but has ethanol, or get the 93 octane V-Power but has no ethanol. This unproven anecdote only applies to Shell. Have no idea about other gas brands.

 

that website sucks balls

 

Do you know of a better one?

 

Yeah, I've used that site and there is ethanol free, just not top tier.

The shell pump has a "may contain up to 10% ethanol" sticker on the pump, which leads me to believe all levels have ethanol. It's kinds confusing, as nothing states if anything is ethanol free.

 

no

 

I looked at the above site and that could be true in Texas and i am good on some of thos as i drive there often. the statement may contain up to 10% ethanol means the gas is corn mash period....

 

Couldn't have said it better myself...

 

That's why I mentioned it as a heresy I heard from someone, not sure if it's true or not, but completely plausible. There's no real way to tell other than sending fuel samples to a lab to find out. Always take what I say with a grain of corn

 

that means 10% of the liquid is corn mash

 

In This Thread: people who know very little about how engines work.

 

Corn free gas could give better mileage but at .30 more a gallon the cost benefit is lost. Ethanol only has around 60% BTU vs pure gas (might need fact checking here). That's 10% of normal gas that has reduced BTU not the whole tank. Now I buy corn free gas for small engines. They don't run as hot and it's better for long term storage. I work less than 1/2 mile from a station with it.

 

Hey, I know how engines work

 

And now, a jackass...


Sorry I couldn't resist..

 

You sir, won the thread... I'm not the op anymore.. this guy is...

 

Check out my sweetass tattoo of a turbo!

 

That looks like my Chevy Suburban's alternator... Pretty sick!