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Car Forum / Saturn Cars / September 2007Improves Engine Performance
Your local gas station probably offers you 3 levels of gasoline, like gold, silver and bronze. These typically have different levels of octane in them and you will generally get a little better mileage for the more expensive type. In addition to different octane levels there are many different additives that can be in a companies brand of gasoline and this differentiation can have a big impact on your vehicle. One type of additive is a detergent which generally cleans your engine. Without some level of detergents engine deposits form and this causes reduced fuel efficiency, acceleration and power as well as increasing emissions and rough idling. more.... http://www.zone-car.com/?gasoline-detergent-improves-engine-performance.php Saturn has a flyer of recommended gas brands and also recommends Chevron Techron additive for older cars.  Signaturemarx404 > Your local gas station probably offers you 3 levels of gasoline, like > gold, silver and bronze. These typically have different levels of [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > increasing emissions and rough idling. more.... > http://www.zone-car.com/?gasoline-detergent-improves-engine-performance.php > Saturn has a flyer of recommended gas brands and also recommends Chevron > Techron additive for older cars. The OP is a zone-car spammer with idiotic information. I've also noticed that Shell gas runs worse in my SC2. Weird. I cant burn rubber anymore when I fill up twice on shell. Switching to any other brand seems to restore mild power back to my car. > Saturn has a flyer of recommended gas brands and also recommends Chevron > Techron additive for older cars. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> increasing emissions and rough idling. more.... >> http://www.zone-car.com/?gasoline-detergent-improves-engine-performance.php Interesting that you mention that about Shell. It is one of the least expensive fuels in this area. I tried it a few times and would guess that I got between 10 to 20% less mileage on a tank than the BP that I usually use. I don't recall the lw300 saw any difference in power. Then again I bought the Shell when gas was near $4/gallon last year and it was all about the mpg and not even trying for power...feather-footed on the pedal and all that. > I've also noticed that Shell gas runs worse in my SC2. Weird. I cant burn > rubber anymore when I fill up twice on shell. Switching to any other brand > seems to restore mild power back to my car. According to a newsletter from www.Autotap.com when trailer towing (or anytime under a heavier than usual load), a higher grade of fuel will actually help mileage. Reason is that any pinging sensed by the knock sensors will cause a retard of the timing or mixture enrichment. This was part of the newsletter touting the digital dashboard enhancements that run on a PDA with the autotap software. The virtual gauges could show fuel trims and spark advance in near real time. One of these days I have to play with that a bit. Other than that, I use a can of injector cleaner every couple of months and run regular gas (includes 10% ethanol here in NY). So far, so good. Oppie > Your local gas station probably offers you 3 levels of gasoline, like > gold, silver and bronze. These typically have different levels of [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > increasing emissions and rough idling. more.... > http://www.zone-car.com/?gasoline-detergent-improves-engine-performance.php |
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