SHELL fuel

[ET!]

the other day i was close to shell servo and needed to fill up, so i put in $20 and went on my jolly way, but before even leaving the station i felt my car was running a little under the weather (really shitty low idle and almost stalled, btw my cars an auto) so i keep going not thinking to much of it untill i was stopped at the lights about 1 day later and it was in drive i had my foot on the brake and the idle just kept getting worse and worse until i decided nuetral would be a good idea so i put it in N and revved it and it was still feeling a little chunky.... untill yesterday when i filled up with $57 of BP premo and its run fine ever since. (btw it was shell regular unleaded) i usually run on regular but i decided i would try BP premo to flush the shit out of my system.

MORAL of the story: shell fuel is shit, and i will never by it again, and i have tried BP ultimate, Premo, and regular and all are tops.

[weezer]

Optimax used to be very good when it first came out. Now for some reason its really shit. My dad filled up my car with optimax instead of synergy (which i prefer) and it started to ping slightly so i had to get a bottle of octane boost. Which seemed to stop it

[CJL]

No shit I have had that problem, idles like shit house and then stalls u give it a rev and still shit house. Dam optimax could be the problem

[Steer^Gimic]

i believe its because of the longer shelf life compared to synergy and ultimate. i havent touched it since i bought my car.

[Muckafutha]

the turnover for shell fuels is much higher than other brands so i dun think the problem is with shelf life.

[Steer^Gimic]

the turnover for shell fuels is much higher than other brands so i dun think the problem is with shelf life.

you would be suprised. how much they turn over may not indicate how they reserve there fuel. just cause they sell lots doesnt necessarily mean they are getting rid of it quicker

[faijai]

Shell works fine so stop ur bitching! lol. nah i use premo tho. and always works fine.

[h22a accord]

ive never had a prob with optimax. i go out of my way to get buy it. car runs best on it.

[PhatSol]

The refinery has very strict quality controls. I think you will find the problem lies with the service station operators. Poorly maintained storage tanks, old fuel, etc... I have had water in my optimax before. Moral of the story - never go back to that service station.

[yfin]

The refinery has very strict quality controls. I think you will find the problem lies with the service station operators. Poorly maintained storage tanks, old fuel, etc... I have had water in my optimax before. Moral of the story - never go back to that service station.

You are on the money. It will not be "old fuel" though - the turnover at petrol stations sees deliveries every 1 to 7 days. If a petrol station gets less tanker deliveries they will be out of business as they will not have sold much fuel! I think this is water - it can happen at ANY petrol station. It can happen anywhere in the supply chain - refinery / truck / station, etc - my dad's petrol station used to get tanker deliveries that definately had some water in them! The fuel they used to bring in from Singapore was the worst and caused the most customer complaints about water in fuel.

[PhatSol]

You are on the money. It will not be "old fuel" though - the turnover at petrol stations sees deliveries every 1 to 7 days. If a petrol station gets less tanker deliveries they will be out of business as they will not have sold much fuel! I think this is water - it can happen at ANY petrol station. It can happen anywhere in the supply chain - refinery / truck / station, etc - my dad's petrol station used to get tanker deliveries that definately had some water in them! The fuel they used to bring in from Singapore was the worst and caused the most customer complaints about water in fuel.

Well there you go, the inside info

[sodaz]

Interesting insight yfin!