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Wed 31 Jan 2001 16:18
Petrol Additives - Chris
Does anybody have any recommendations for any particular petrol additives / detergents???

Also, Is it worth using a detergent???

Honest John says about the 420: "T16 2.0 litre engine apt to coke up its valves if run on cheap petrol with inadequate detergent content".

Cheers,

Chris
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Thu 1 Feb 2001 07:51
RE: Petrol Additives - Andrew Bairsto
why not just buy proper petrol.
regards Andy Bairsto
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Thu 1 Feb 2001 08:57
RE: Petrol Additives - Chris
LOL!!!

Cheers for that!!! ;)
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Fri 2 Feb 2001 10:43
RE: Petrol Additives - John Slaughter
What's 'proper petrol' Andy? I run my car on Sainsbury's finest when I can as it's cheap and with my Sainsbury's card I get points as well. Now, I admit it gets regular shots of Esso or whatever, if I'm out and about, but it's still running fine at 75k. It could be the occasional use of Esso or whatever saves the day, or maybe 16v Ecotecs aren't susceptible to problems. However, given how much wheeling and dealing goes on in the Industry (eg Esso's petrol by no means all comes out of Esso's refineries) is this really an issue - I've never seen Sainsbury's or Tesco's refineries and they have a huge share of the market. Now, I do avoid the really small names, but I find it unlikely that, given the limited number of fuel refineries that there are, that you'll regularly buy 'cheap', low detergent petrol.

Regards

John
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Fri 2 Feb 2001 11:40
RE: Petrol Additives - Roger Jones
Perhaps HJ will reconfirm his faith in Shell and Texaco on the grounds that they consistently source their supplies from their own refineries and have a significantly higher input of beneficial detergents (and other additives?) than do other mainstream and supermarket brands. I believe him and plan my refuelling stops accordingly.
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Fri 2 Feb 2001 21:12
RE: Petrol Additives - honestjohn
That's what I've heard from someone involved in diesel fuel who has access to oil industry information I wouldn't normally be party to. Of course, during the fuel crisis, 'swapping' was much more rife than it normally is. But the word from my source is that not only do Shell have good additive packages and a higher than usual octane on their Premium Unleaded, they swap as little as possible. Texaco is a bit different because it actually supplies some supermarkets and has dropped its insured warranty on 'Cleansystem3'. But it was on Texaco that one of our cars recorded its cleanest pre-MOT exhaust emissions ever, at about 100,000 miles.

HJ
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Thu 1 Feb 2001 16:39
RE: Petrol Additives - Andrew Moorey (Tune-Up Ltd.)
I use and recommend TEXACO fuel treatments for both Petrol and Diesel. These are the same additives put into their "Clean system3". I have tried them all over the 15 years I have been engine tuning and these are the only ones that really work.
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