Water in Fuel
12-20-2012, 10:47 AM
#11
2011 Harley Davidson AWD
Thread Starter
You have no idea where the gas comes from. I know for a fact that many small refineries supply fuel to all sorts of stations. All the refinery does is put the additive for that brand in the truck before it leaves. So the gas at Chevron could come from the same place as the Circle K across the street. It's more of an individual station issue than brand of fuel. With that being said, I will not go back to that station again. But I'm not concerned about off-brand gas.
12-20-2012, 01:54 PM
#12
Senior Member
You have no idea where the gas comes from. I know for a fact that many small refineries supply fuel to all sorts of stations. All the refinery does is put the additive for that brand in the truck before it leaves. So the gas at Chevron could come from the same place as the Circle K across the street. It's more of an individual station issue than brand of fuel. With that being said, I will not go back to that station again. But I'm not concerned about off-brand gas.
12-20-2012, 04:00 PM
#13
Filled up at a local Murphy Express today. $110 worth of premium. Five minutes later my truck starts running a little rough which quickly turns to misfiring and a check engine light. I drove straight to the dealer. $560 to drop the tank, drain the fuel, and clean out the fuel system. Mechanic gave me a sample of the fuel he pulled out of he tank. It had about 15-20% water. That's ridiculous. Have already started the claims process to get reimbursed for the bad gas and repairs. Won't be getting gas there again.
Last edited by Zixxer10r; 12-20-2012 at 04:03 PM.
12-20-2012, 04:07 PM
#15
Senior Member
You have no idea where the gas comes from. I know for a fact that many small refineries supply fuel to all sorts of stations. All the refinery does is put the additive for that brand in the truck before it leaves. So the gas at Chevron could come from the same place as the Circle K across the street. It's more of an individual station issue than brand of fuel. With that being said, I will not go back to that station again. But I'm not concerned about off-brand gas.
so the gas is just like duff beer on the simpsons. one pipe coming out of brewery splitting into 3 and dispensing as duff, duff light and duff orginal?.... lol
12-20-2012, 04:35 PM
#18
Top tier refers to the amount of octane that is in the fuel. 87, 91, 93. 93 would be top tier by definition. Let's not reinvent the wheel here and create new definitions based on opinion of the quality of fuel.
Also, all fuel at the same octane level is the same. It comes from the same base element, and the different additives that get advertised by Chevron/Mobil/"whatever" are just marketing. Nothing else...barring the addition of water, of course. Racetrack was accused of this in the middle/late 90's and ended up blowing out one of my buddy's V12 Bronco.
Also, all fuel at the same octane level is the same. It comes from the same base element, and the different additives that get advertised by Chevron/Mobil/"whatever" are just marketing. Nothing else...barring the addition of water, of course. Racetrack was accused of this in the middle/late 90's and ended up blowing out one of my buddy's V12 Bronco.
Last edited by Zixxer10r; 12-20-2012 at 04:42 PM.
12-20-2012, 05:46 PM
#19
Senior Member
Originally Posted by Zixxer10r
The OP DID buy the top tier stuff dude.
You might want to look up the definition of top tier gas
12-20-2012, 08:39 PM
#20
Senior Member
Top tier refers to the amount of octane that is in the fuel. 87, 91, 93. 93 would be top tier by definition. Let's not reinvent the wheel here and create new definitions based on opinion of the quality of fuel.
Also, all fuel at the same octane level is the same. It comes from the same base element, and the different additives that get advertised by Chevron/Mobil/"whatever" are just marketing. Nothing else...barring the addition of water, of course. Racetrack was accused of this in the middle/late 90's and ended up blowing out one of my buddy's V12 Bronco.
Last edited by joshjohnson93; 12-20-2012 at 08:42 PM.
