Top tier gasoline.
Contrary to what some people on this forum believe all gasoline is not created equal ANOTHER THREAD WITH A DISCUSSION ABOUT WALMART GAS PROMPTED ME TO POST THIS INFO One of the gasoline cars I o...
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pasusan wrote:JaxDad wrote:wny_pat wrote:
I have formed a solid conclusion that very few of the posters on this thread have ever been in a refinery's laboratory, and have no idea of what goes on there. You obviously must think that gasoline is refined directly from crude oil at a refinery and nothing else is added to it after it has been refined. Wow:h Such contempt prior to investigation!
You nailed it Pat, just not likely in the way you thought you did.
The "base stock" however, the gas they start 'brewing' from, it's all the same stuff.
You can make your own "premium" fuel with very little in additives.
In any vehicle built in the last 10 - 15 years the vehicles computer is more than capable of dealing with a very wide variety of gasoline.
Since I can reproduce 'premium' fuel with about $1.00 in additives per tank, guess what I do.
Yup! And believe me when you don't have a computer you can tell the difference between gas. Not that we have found a reliable brand - we just get lucky or unlucky. We've gotten bad gas from lots of different stations - but Exxon and Shell stand out in our memories so we try to avoid them... We can tell because we get pinging when pulling a tough grade when we get the bad gas. So far the off brand Sheetz is about the only one we haven't had problems with (yet).
So - JaxDad - if you could tell me the 1.00 per tank additive we can get let me know - thanks!
Happy to help. The recipe below is that of the best-selling off the shelf octane booster and will yield eight 16 ounce bottles (128 oz = 1 gal):
100 oz of toluene (octane booster)
25 oz of mineral spirits (cleaning agent)
3 oz of transmission fluid (lubricating agent)
This product is advertised as "octane booster with cleaning agent and lubricating agent.". Diesel fuel or kerosene can be substituted for mineral spirits and light turbine oil can be substituted for transmission fluid
Toluene, if you're unaware, is a paint thinner used to speed up the drying time of oil-based paints and lacquers. It is available at hardware stores and home improvement centers in quart and gallon containers, but is much cheaper in 5 gallon pails at commercial paint distributors, like the ones auto body shops buy from.
