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Is premium fuel worth it?
I have recently bought a BMW 120i convertible (having reached that time of life!) and was wondering what difference Shell V-Power fuel would make as opposed to other supermarket higher Ron products such as Tesco Momentum?
Asked on 5 February 2012 by Andy M
Answered by
Honest John
Has a better detergent package so will keep your fuel system cleaner (particularly important with the dodgy injectors fitted to 4 cylinder BMW petrol engines), and also high RON.
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