No BP 98 left..

[ben-jamminn]

Down in Q town and went to fill up before and they said they are out of 98, have replaced it with 95 for the time being.

Looks like I will be running 95 for the trip home :-\

Anyone else in the south island noticed this??

[Timmah]

It might be all going to ChCh atm?? I'd be even tempted to just get Shell V-Power since it's 95 and cheaper.. (If I remember correctly)

[Guest]

I get better mileage from Shell V-Power than BP's 98.

[WRXONP]

my old wrx had alot more detonation on the dyno with a knock link running v power...knock link was pretty much mint with 98

[Joker]

well considering the state of CHCH port not truly surprised

[Jord]

Cant say ive noticed it... Oh wait maybe thats because they dont even sell 98 in Nelson!!

[WRXONP]

the mobil purple pump would be the next best thing IMO...i would never run v power again...it detonates allot worse than BP 98

[ben-jamminn]

We don't have the 98 Mobildown here AFAIK

[WRXONP]

aww serious?? thats bullshit LOL might just have to run 95 and not cane her so much

[Timmah]

 ben-jamminn said:

We don't have the 98 Mobildown here AFAIK

Last I knew, BP is the only place that sells 98 in the South Island.

[Ninja8)]

yeah that gull or mobil sh!ts not really 98octane. its apparently like 97.2 or some sh!t but they call it synergy 1000?

[WRXONP]

gull is bio fuel... has bio ethanol mix and not good for older cars with o2 sensors LOL burns them out is what i have been informed ?? i tryed the gull and the v power and both had high knock values with a knock link...98 from bp was by far the best

[Old Skool Subbie]

I got 98 for my Suzuki Alto yesterday. As far as I know the fuel docks and storage is fully operating. Last I had heard the port was up to 95% operating capacity

[Guest]

 WRXONP said:

gull is bio fuel... has bio ethanol mix and not good for older cars with o2 sensors LOL burns them out is what i have been informed ?? i tryed the gull and the v power and both had high knock values with a knock link...98 from bp was by far the best

O2 sensors are fine, its the rubber fuel components that arent up to the game

Ref this link re Ethanol

http://www.subaru.co.nz/Technical_Lab/Biofuel.php

[WRXONP]

 Ichi Ban']

[quote name='WRXONP said:

gull is bio fuel... has bio ethanol mix and not good for older cars with o2 sensors LOL burns them out is what i have been informed ?? i tryed the gull and the v power and both had high knock values with a knock link...98 from bp was by far the best

/quote]

O2 sensors are fine, its the rubber fuel components that arent up to the game

Ref this link re Ethanol

http://www.subaru.co.nz/Technical_Lab/Biofuel.php

ur pic scares me dude....so serious LOL

[Joker]

for a reason...

its not new

and there have been a few incidents...

[Johnnynz]

I have used the Gull 98 since it became available. I use BP on long trips often but normally use Gull for no reason other than convenience, I always seem to live or work near a Gull service station.

My car has probably seen just over 50,000 km on its new engine and 90% of that would be on Gull 98, no issues thus far...

Im not saying they wont come, im saying so far so good and I have little reason to doubt that will change.

- Edit - 1998 WRX for the record -

[subieboy]

FWIW, My wife's RS ran on shell 95 for years, with no issues what so ever... In fact the current owner still runs it on V-Power...

[subieboy]

 Ninja 8) said:

yeah that gull or mobil sh!ts not really 98octane. its apparently like 97.2 or some sh!t but they call it synergy 1000?

Thats RON

When you compare MON, Mobil has a higher number, which explains why it "performs better."

But then it is only really academic in most road going cars (unless your car was tuned/designed for 98 or higher), also then you have to take into account the ECU having learnt the fuel type you currently use...

[WRXONP]

 subieboy said:

FWIW, My wife's RS ran on shell 95 for years, with no issues what so ever... In fact the current owner still runs it on V-Power...

ud be amazed at how nutty a knock link goes when running v power LOL... knock knock knock knock knock

[aim]

98 shortage in south island, so 95 in q/town and wanaka. afaik, only 98 in chch.

[wrx_lou]

 WRXONP']

[quote name='WRXONP said:

gull is bio fuel... has bio ethanol mix and not good for older cars with o2 sensors LOL burns them out is what i have been informed ?? i tryed the gull and the v power and both had high knock values with a knock link...98 from bp was by far the best

/quote]

O2 sensors are fine, its the rubber fuel components that arent up to the game

Ref this link re Ethanol

http://www.subaru.co.nz/Technical_Lab/Biofuel.php

ur pic scares me dude....so serious LOL

Its a default picture. You can choose it when you join.

[johnny5]

 subieboy']

[quote name='Ninja 8) said:

yeah that gull or mobil sh!ts not really 98octane. its apparently like 97.2 or some sh!t but they call it synergy 1000?

/quote]

Thats RON

When you compare MON, Mobil has a higher number, which explains why it "performs better."

But then it is only really academic in most road going cars (unless your car was tuned/designed for 98 or higher), also then you have to take into account the ECU having learnt the fuel type you currently use...

with subie boy on this only ever use Mobil 98 reckon its 10 times better than BP ultimate... BP's min ron rating is also 97.5 as with Mobils and Shell does have 2 fuels that are better than both they are just not sold locally only in australia.. The first is Shell optimax which is a 98ron fuel and also has better mon ratings than Mobil and they also sell BP 100ron in 20 litre drums maybe we should write to Shell and get them to stock it here

[johnny5]

also if your that worried about knock toulene mixed with petrol in the right quantities will up the ron

[PLRH8D]

Dose it matter if you run a lesser octane fuel?? will it make that much of a difference?? Ive ran 91 in my car and she goes all good, actully

she is still going

;D ;D