What petrol do you use?? - Page 2

Teki04 · 23-11-2005, 05:37 PM

Hey guys.... just an update. Been giving the car a good work out, so far it is returning good economy. WIll keep you posted, as with the Fiesta Fuel readout, it varies ALL the time!

Fast Eddie · 01-12-2005, 02:12 PM

I always use B.P. Ultimate.

But there's strange going's on lately with supply at certain times of the week. Usually on the lowest price/per/litre cycle which in my area is Tuesday/Wednesday. The servo's place a "Sorry fuel not available sign" on the bowser and come Thursday the discounting ends and B.P. Ultimate is available again. It might be a co-incidence or has anyone else experienced supply difficulties around the "low price cycle"??

17-12-2005, 09:47 PM

i work for caltex and i think its a load of crap i run the zj and xe on what eva cheap the explorer i run on mobil 98 octane the later model cars seem to like higher octane fuel and they put additives in it to make it run cleaner

Martyvan · 17-12-2005, 10:45 PM

Did anyone see the fifth gear episode where they did the fuel test?
and tests HP at the wheels?

This may add some info to which fuel to use for which type of car....

Although UK spec fuels are different from ours, They used a Supermarket fuel which was 95 Octane, BP Ultimate 98 and Shell Optimax 98.

See the article for further info...

Fifth Gear: Fuel for thought

jabba · 29-12-2005, 12:56 AM

E10 98 and nothing but. I have swapped back a few times to BP and Vortex 98 , but my ute seem to run better on E10 98 then normal 98

omg · 03-01-2006, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martyvan

Did anyone see the fifth gear episode where they did the fuel test?
and tests HP at the wheels?

This may add some info to which fuel to use for which type of car....

Although UK spec fuels are different from ours, They used a Supermarket fuel which was 95 Octane, BP Ultimate 98 and Shell Optimax 98.

See the article for further info...

Fifth Gear: Fuel for thought

If they tested the cars as they described in the article the results are useless unfortunatey

03-01-2006, 09:36 PM

Shell Optimax only!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus I use Nulon octane boost which bring it up 7 points.

03-01-2006, 09:42 PM

OK what about economy. I just came to Melbourne from Sydney on ordinary fuel. I filled up tody with the above mix and I am leaving tomorrow. I will only top up with optimax on the way home but no additive. I will see how it goes. I averaged around 10.1 litres to 100k's on ordinary fuel. Let's see what the optimax provides.

zetec · 21-02-2006, 12:15 AM

On the highway in my manual Zetec I see mid 7's/100km at legal speeds. That's on PRemium 95 RON. 10 sounds high unless it's a CL auto... but even then that's pretty poor.

plee · 22-02-2006, 11:27 AM

Well we've had our new LS CL Focus for a couple of weeks now, currently has standard unleaded in it (as we thought we would see what kind of power loss) and we are running at about 8.8 around town, which I'm pretty happy with, taking it up north in the next couple of days so am interested to see what kind of highway rates we get.

Can anybody tell me what the difference really is between using 95 and 91? Our Focus doesn't feel too bad around town anyway at using 91 fuel.

zetec · 09-03-2006, 08:17 PM

Your Focus is perfectly suited to regular, it is designed for regular unleaded (91) so it'll run happily forever and a day on 91.

If you wish to try a premium fuel 95-98 RON then go for it, you should potentially notice better performance and perhaps better fuel economy. The biggest thing will be the performance and feel.

I have to use premium as it is stipulated for my engine, however the new 2.0 in the LS is recommended for 91 RON regular and above.

amlohac · 10-03-2006, 05:23 PM

Shell optimax and a bottle of race octane booster......ZOOM! theres your optimax extreme

Talldude · 14-03-2006, 06:33 PM

i drive a 2003 focus zetec 2.0l manual with 57000k's.

i filled up with shell opitmax(after using 2 tanks of it driving around albury so it was a pure tank of optimax i used) and drove from albury to sydney and i got 7.5l/100kms

i filled up with normal caltex vortex 95(again no mixtures of other fuels solely caltex product) on the trip down and got 7.2l/100kms

i can feel no difference from 95 rate fuel to 98

tex · 14-03-2006, 06:38 PM

I can only get three of the fuels listed, and none of the good ones !

It's pathetic, I'm not living on lord Howe island !!!

In a capital city for cryen out loud.

zetec · 14-03-2006, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Talldude

i drive a 2003 focus zetec 2.0l manual with 57000k's.

i filled up with shell opitmax(after using 2 tanks of it driving around albury so it was a pure tank of optimax i used) and drove from albury to sydney and i got 7.5l/100kms

i filled up with normal caltex vortex 95(again no mixtures of other fuels solely caltex product) on the trip down and got 7.2l/100kms

i can feel no difference from 95 rate fuel to 98

You should feel the difference in city driving more so. I too did something similar and also noticed what seemed to be higher consumption on Vortex 98 this weekend. Felt a little stronger though. I'm sticking to Vortex regular.

pertuan · 24-03-2006, 11:45 PM

Since I picked up the 06 Focus last Friday I've been driving round on the factory fuel... that is, whatever the dealer put in it and got 7.5L/100k.

Then a couple of days ago, I filled it with Optimax and the car for some reason felt like it wasnt as powerful and was chewing through 8.1L/100k. I've been doing city driving.

I'm about to drive from Melbourne to Sydney on Sunday and I'm going to fill it up with 98 RON all the way and see how it goes.

Zetec20 · 25-03-2006, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pertuan

Since I picked up the 06 Focus last Friday I've been driving round on the factory fuel... that is, whatever the dealer put in it and got 7.5L/100k.

Then a couple of days ago, I filled it with Optimax and the car for some reason felt like it wasnt as powerful and was chewing through 8.1L/100k. I've been doing city driving.

I'm about to drive from Melbourne to Sydney on Sunday and I'm going to fill it up with 98 RON all the way and see how it goes.

that's because optimax is ИИИИ...

pertuan · 26-03-2006, 11:08 PM

I just travelled 908.8km from Melbourne to Sydney. The car's computer shows that I got 6.3L/100k. I reset the gauge from filling up in Melbourne and I filled up again midway. Both times I put in Vortex 98. The A/C was on about 50% of the time during the trip. All I can say is wow! 6.3L/100k!!!

Talldude · 27-03-2006, 07:33 PM

damn man!

what car is yours?

btw i went down to albury again and filled up with shell 95 and i got 7.7/100km with my 03 zetec focus.

still better den optimax!!!

pertuan · 27-03-2006, 09:34 PM

I've got a '06 Focus LX manual. Got it 3 weeks ago. Its got 1600kms on the clock now.

amlohac · 28-03-2006, 01:44 AM

hope noone here uses normal unleaded very often, the focus really doesnt like it very much at all, it will take a tank everynow and then but not every fill up. Im preety sure that theres a little sticker on the fuel cap that says "premium unleaded only", Ford wouldnt put that there for no reason.

kjau99 · 05-04-2006, 10:06 PM

I've been using Optimax in mine granted I've only done 1,400km so far but after being an LPG owner for 5 years, paying $54 for 41 litres last week made me cry.

pertuan · 07-04-2006, 05:35 PM

I'm wondering what everyone here is getting for their L/100km figures. I am only doing city driving in Sydney and am getting 11L/100km from the computer. Is this normal or is it alittle high?

jameseybuddy · 07-04-2006, 05:43 PM

On the highway, my 06 Zetec avreages about 8L/100KM. Around Town about 11.6L/100KM

Mil · 08-04-2006, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pertuan

I'm wondering what everyone here is getting for their L/100km figures. I am only doing city driving in Sydney and am getting 11L/100km from the computer. Is this normal or is it alittle high?

3 tanks in about to fill up the 4th

I get between 7.8 and 8.5 per 100

Thats Sydney driving as well

I have filled up at about 560km and filled up 46 litres for a full tank.
After filling up the tank I always reset the relevent computer settings eg avg speed, distance etc

Also forgot to mention, it's an 06 LX manual

Blue_ST170 · 15-05-2006, 09:53 PM

I always use optimax...went to optimax extreme but been hearing heaps of reports that people are having problems with it damaging fuel tanks and lines. Dont know how true this is but a few people have said it.

Anyone else hear anything....

kcbworth · 15-05-2006, 10:36 PM

Ive also just changed from optimax exteme back to optimax. Price was a big determiner in this, but the extreme just doesnt "feel" as good to drive on.

Pieoter · 15-05-2006, 11:39 PM

Ive run C16 from day 1 and she never misses a beat

whippet_zetec · 16-05-2006, 09:44 AM

LR Focus: City drivng 9.2L/100km

kjau99 · 17-05-2006, 08:59 PM

I'm now on 2700km and just poured half a tank of BP Ultimate to see how it compares to Optimax. It cost $1.49 per litre! I will see how I go over the next few days. So far the average is 12.9L/100km for city driving, seems pretty high compared to most other Focus owners :(

View Poll Results: What Petrol do you use??
Caltex Vortex	13	12.26%
Caltex Vortex 98	8	7.55%
Shell Optimax	21	19.81%
Shell Unleaded 95/Shell Premium Unleaded	11	10.38%
Mobil Synergy 6000	2	1.89%
Mobil Synergy 8000	10	9.43%
BP Ultimate	33	31.13%
BP Premium	5	4.72%
Other Premium	3	2.83%
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