different gas, different gas mileage

On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:15:01 +0000, Tegger wrote:

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>
> I always record each and every fillup, writing down the odometer reading,
> how much went into the tank, and even the date and price.
>
> Over 19 years, with an average of almost 18,000 miles per year, I have yet
> to notice /any/ discernible difference in mileage from one brand to
> another.

I have noticed differences between brands and octanes. My Tercel did best
with Gulf 93 octane, ~44MPG combined. Using 89 octane it would be about 39.

Also, Shell didn't go over well with my 4 cylinders, but ran well in my
LHS. I got about 28 combined in the LHS using Shell Ultra (Vermont
station, at that time NO ethanol!)

Around here, Gulf seems to do the best. We do not have Chevron ( ...I
like Techron, too...) or Amoco.

yes the Cadillac of worms


"Tegger" > wrote in message
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> "Rob" > wrote in
> ng.com:
>
>> "Tegger" > wrote in message
>> ...
>
>>>
>>>
>>> But you said you were "checking on that now". So you're admitting you
>>> were fibbing?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> no but i see you're waiting with baited breath,
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>
>
> I like Red Wiggler worms, myself. They're great with smallmouth bass.
>
> Oddly, carp love corn kernels. Weird fish, they are.
>
>
>
>> so you must need that
>> info very bad before you can add gas to your car. you must be
>> stranded in a hotel somewhere......
>
>
>
> Well, I have to pay the government a certain amount every month for this
> dump, so it must be a hotel of some kind.
>
>
>>
>> hell i just have to make a phone call to the amsoil dealer/shop owner
>> who gave me the info in the first place and i'll get the info, but i
>> thought i had it written down somewhere. i didnt think anyone was
>> waiting to find out
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>
>
> Oh, I am, I am. You promised, now cough it up!
>
>
>
>> before he could move on with his life, but you
>> proved that to be wrong. sorry you are suffering from boredom.
>>
>
>
> But you promised! And you fibbed, I really think...
>
>
> --
> Tegger
>

Fishing, you say?
If you are going fishing, get a can of sweet corn, poke some holes in
the can and hang it in the water.The fish will come ahrunning.
http://www.rednecklures.com
cuhulin

In article >,
Bill Putney > wrote:

> Maybe it's different where you are, but here in VA, the decals on the
> pumps say something to the effect "May [ < key word] contain up to [ <
> more key words] 10% ethanol", so to me it is a real unknown, and who
> knows *what* determines from one batch to the next what the exact
> content is?

We now have that Chevron ethanol notification here in Western BC.
At least it will soak up the moisture in our gas tanks.

Glad our 2.7 Sebring, 3.3 Concorde & 3.5 300M get better mileage than
the PT cruiser.

Years and years ago, mostly I used Chevron gas in my 1978 Dodge van
because there is a gas station very near me which was Chevron, it is now
an Exxon gas station.I noticed/saw that Chevron gas caused a greenish
looking slimey/mossy looking stuff in the carburetor of my van, 2 barrel
Carter carburetor.I stopped using Chevron gas.

Since then, didn't Chevron merge, or whatever, with Exxon?

Whatever, I don't buy Exxon gas either.I won't even use it in my lawn
mower.
cuhulin

On 3/7/10 4:27 PM, in article
, "
> wrote:

> Years and years ago, mostly I used Chevron gas in my 1978 Dodge van
> because there is a gas station very near me which was Chevron, it is now
> an Exxon gas station.I noticed/saw that Chevron gas caused a greenish
> looking slimey/mossy looking stuff in the carburetor of my van, 2 barrel
> Carter carburetor.I stopped using Chevron gas.
>
> Since then, didn't Chevron merge, or whatever, with Exxon?
>
> Whatever, I don't buy Exxon gas either.I won't even use it in my lawn
> mower.
> cuhulin
>

Chevron bought Texaco. Exxon bought Mobil.

Chevron and Exxon, both names have ons in them.Maybe that is what threw
me.
cuhulin

I wonder what was in that Chevron gas that caused that mossy looking
stuff in the carburetor? I have never had that problem before with other
brand names of gas.

If Chevron bought Texaco, I am staying away from Texaco gas.There are no
Texaco gas stations around here anyway, Mobile either.
cuhulin

Hachiroku ãƒ�ãƒ�ãƒ*ク wrote:

> Around here, Gulf seems to do the best. We do not have Chevron ( ...I
> like Techron, too...) or Amoco.

Got Texaco? Its the same gasoline s (ChevronTexaco is one company now,
just like BP/Amoco, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, etc.- merger madness
a few years back.) The odd thing is that most of those companies kept
their lubricating oil operations separate after mergers. Mobil engine
oil is different than Exxon, Havoline is different than Chevron Delo,
etc. Of course Shell is the nuttiest- they own and market Shell (non
heavy duty), Quaker State, and Pennzoil under the SOPUS (Shell Oil
Products US) corp, but their heavy duty oils (Rotella in the US, Helix
elsewhere) are yet another division, and all the oil formulations are
measurably different if you look at an oil analysis of each. Kinda like
GM of the 1960s- not that many parts would interchange between a Buick
and a Chevy.

Steve wrote:
> Hachiroku ãƒ�ãƒ�ãƒ*ク wrote:
>
>> Around here, Gulf seems to do the best. We do not have Chevron ( ...I
>> like Techron, too...) or Amoco.
>
> Got Texaco? Its the same gasoline s (ChevronTexaco is one company now,
> just like BP/Amoco, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, etc.- merger madness
> a few years back.) The odd thing is that most of those companies kept
> their lubricating oil operations separate after mergers. Mobil engine
> oil is different than Exxon, Havoline is different than Chevron Delo,
> etc. Of course Shell is the nuttiest- they own and market Shell (non
> heavy duty), Quaker State, and Pennzoil under the SOPUS (Shell Oil
> Products US) corp, but their heavy duty oils (Rotella in the US, Helix
> elsewhere) are yet another division, and all the oil formulations are
> measurably different if you look at an oil analysis of each. Kinda like
> GM of the 1960s- not that many parts would interchange between a Buick
> and a Chevy.

I thought Shell and BP were the same company.

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