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What fuel do you use in your car?
12-01-2011, 09:18 AM
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I use this web site to find 93 octane, ethanol free fuel, for the Porsches:
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=MO
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=MO
12-01-2011, 10:22 AM
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I use this web site to find 93 octane, ethanol free fuel, for the Porsches:
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=MO
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=MO
12-01-2011, 10:33 AM
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You are welcome. They are had to find, unfortunately. I live in the Chicago area, and I can easily find the ethanol free fuels in Wisconsin, where I do my +300 miles weekend fun-runs. Sometimes I bring along my DOT approved 5 gallon gas can for home re-fueling. Cars are very happy and you pick up 10-15% better MPG's. This easily off-sets the price premium.
12-01-2011, 11:53 AM
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If anyone has access to E85 and you have forced induction performance vehicle and you are NOT using it............... 
Shame on you!!! lol
Shame on you!!! lol
12-01-2011, 02:53 PM
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Actually the fuel can make a colossal difference... I'm told.
I just had to have the Audi dealership replace all the injectors in my FSI (direct-injection) daily-driver. They told me that the fuel I was using (mainly BP... out of convenience) was not top-tier approved. -In DI motors the valves and intake ports don't get 'washed' by the fuel injectors, and they were fouled. The injectors were buggered also.
About $2000 later on, my Audi is back to new, and I'm ONLY running Shell, Chevron or Texaco (my only local choices from the top tier gas web site list). No more BP or anything else. (Exxon and Mobil are excluded because of a 'family boycott' of you know what I mean...)
I just had to have the Audi dealership replace all the injectors in my FSI (direct-injection) daily-driver. They told me that the fuel I was using (mainly BP... out of convenience) was not top-tier approved. -In DI motors the valves and intake ports don't get 'washed' by the fuel injectors, and they were fouled. The injectors were buggered also.
About $2000 later on, my Audi is back to new, and I'm ONLY running Shell, Chevron or Texaco (my only local choices from the top tier gas web site list). No more BP or anything else. (Exxon and Mobil are excluded because of a 'family boycott' of you know what I mean...)
12-01-2011, 03:08 PM
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Actually the fuel can make a colossal difference... I'm told.
I just had to have the Audi dealership replace all the injectors in my FSI (direct-injection) daily-driver. They told me that the fuel I was using (mainly BP... out of convenience) was not top-tier approved. -In DI motors the valves and intake ports don't get 'washed' by the fuel injectors, and they were fouled. The injectors were buggered also.
About $2000 later on, my Audi is back to new, and I'm ONLY running Shell, Chevron or Texaco (my only local choices from the top tier gas web site list). No more BP or anything else. (Exxon and Mobil are excluded because of a 'family boycott' of you know what I mean...)
I just had to have the Audi dealership replace all the injectors in my FSI (direct-injection) daily-driver. They told me that the fuel I was using (mainly BP... out of convenience) was not top-tier approved. -In DI motors the valves and intake ports don't get 'washed' by the fuel injectors, and they were fouled. The injectors were buggered also.
About $2000 later on, my Audi is back to new, and I'm ONLY running Shell, Chevron or Texaco (my only local choices from the top tier gas web site list). No more BP or anything else. (Exxon and Mobil are excluded because of a 'family boycott' of you know what I mean...)
12-01-2011, 03:18 PM
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I use this web site to find 93 octane, ethanol free fuel, for the Porsches:
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=MO
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=MO
12-01-2011, 04:33 PM
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I am not the best qualified to answer. Search a little more, it's been covered here. But basically fuels with ethanol (10%) have less energy than pure gas, same octane. Or start a new post and some of the experts will chime in. The key is 93 octane. Finding ethanol free gas is a bonus, IMO.
