V8 5.0 What fuel....?

[sleeper393]

Originally Posted by crakrz

Just a word of caution with comparing fuels.

For example- If you buy BP Utimate in Victoria, it cannot be compared to BP Utimate in Perth. There is so many variables in fuels between areas, cities and states. Some companies buy from each other due to routine shutdowns and maintenance at refineries. Sometimes product shortages dictate buying in from overseas.
Some service stations are hopeless preventing product contamination, because they don't do any maintenance while others are fantastic. You can have 2 servos side by side splitting a load from the same tanker and get totally different results.
Just find a fuel and a servo that you are getting consistent results from and stick with them.
I have to wonder sometimes when I hear of people having fuel problems with their cars, but they just buy from every tom, dick and harry that is the cheapest at the time. I fill up at with synergy98 at either of the Officer mobils, or Ultimate from either BP's at pakenham. The fuel is coming out of the same big tank at Yarraville and with 3 cars, I have never had an issue and get consistent results everytime.

Another thought too- When I had my car tuned at Bluepower, I made sure that I filled up at my local servo that I would be using on an ongoing basis. There was no point in filling up at the BP at Cooper st at Campbellfield if they had recieved excess product brought down from Sydney, but then fill up weekly at my local BP with product from Yarraville. There is no guarantees but you can keep the odds stacked in your favour.
As I mentioned earlier- Just find a fuel and a servo that you are getting consistent results from and stick with them.

I hope this helps a bit,

Craig

years ago i manufactured petro chemical tankers , and your right with fuel variables , from state to state as they make different blends , eg , summer winter fuel blend , hot humid blends , and the such , as fuel atomizes and burns differently dependent on climatic changes,