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: What Fuel Should I Use?


dexter19
03-23-2003, 08:11 PM
Does anyone have some insight on this subject. my E came with a full tank and i only have 56 miles on it.
would like to treat it right. Any help?

Alien Element
03-23-2003, 09:54 PM
I think I would stick with gasoline... diesel or jet-A probably wouldn't burn too well.

Sorry, I can't pass up a chance to be a smart ass...

Aykew
03-23-2003, 10:03 PM
Hodna recommends using a gasoline with a detergent... whatever that means. I use Chevron because of the Techron. I don't know if others use similar additives, but they did a pretty good job of marketing it! I'm not 100% sure it's anything more than that, but it works for me. :)

bqbauer
03-24-2003, 01:35 AM
Any major brand, and surely most lesser brands, has adequate detergent additives. The days of gasoline without detergents has largely passed from what I understand. The owner's manual says a minimum octane of 86.

dexter19
03-24-2003, 07:13 AM
LOL alien
how bout octane?

spacemen3
03-24-2003, 06:41 PM
use HESS....they buy no foreign oil

lon777
03-24-2003, 09:14 PM
87 octane. Don't use cheap gas like from the "quickee mart". Use a name brand Shell, BP, Mobil, etc.

venture
03-25-2003, 03:53 PM
Having been in the transportation biz for some time, I can assure you that it all comes outta the same horse. Octane is really all that matters.
Tankers frequently are rerouted to different stops, and a load that was destined for Mobil and had their additives added will wind up at Hess, or 7-11 or Shell. The days of these companies being able to isolate their fuel is long past.
Regarding any Gas Retailer using only domestic product, I would be hard pressed to believe it. They swap inventory on paper on every city they serve.
They dont care where it came from as long as the wholesale $ is right.

45Ag106.......shaka! 8)