there are basicly only 4 brands of gas in my area, which is best between: sinclair, exxon, cenex and conoco?

 

exxon...

 

The gas you get at the pump most likely wasn't refined by the same company as the station. Exxon will put in X number of gallons of 87 octane into the pipe line, and on the other end, they'll withdrawl X number of gallons of 87 octane from the pipe line. The gas Exxon just pulled out may have been refined by BP or Citgo. Unless your station gets fuel shipped in directly from the refinery, you have no idea who actually refined the fuel at the pump.

One could say you're wasting your time sticking with one Brand since the source of the fuel at their stations will differ from week to week. Some stations have less contaminates (i.e. water) in the tanks and will perform better in your vehicle.

 

Exxon is one of the worst. In my area I have access to Sunoco so I go with that all the time. Fortunately for me and the others in Ohio and surrounding states, Sunoco is one of the best in terms of quality and etc...the Sunoco stations provide only their own products so you know what your getting..

 

i usually buy BP or Diamond shamrock gas runs the best in my truck and is cheapest in town

 

Bet you hate that traffic on Portage Rd when hitting the Sunoco.
I live near Myers Lake Plaza, but my Dad ownes the coin car wash on the corner of Portage & Whipple.

Ever eat at Sylvesters on Portage??? MMMMmmm, good stuff .

 

well i dunno if there is much difference in gas- but there is a big difference in diesel- we have always used Cenex diesel- tried phillipps 66 for a while and it was terrible, plugged the injectors and fuel filters all to h*ll.

Dan.

 

worland is correct about who gets what out of the pipe. The only batch (that I know of) that is different is the BP Ultimate Clear (what used to be known as Amoco Clear). No one other than BP is able to pull this product off the pipeline because it is refined to a higher degree than other 93 grades.

Other than that it's the additives that make the difference between gasolines, and those are added at the terminals when the tanker trucks pull fuel for whatever company they run for. FWIW - I see that Texaco stations are now beginning to use Techron from Chevron.

 

The "Big 3" & BMW have all used Chevron for many years for their emission test on vehicles. I would bet that they have tested extensively before they made their decision on what type of fuel to use. I see that was not one of your choices. Texaco & Chevron are together now, but I do not know which grades of Tex. are the same "build" as Chevron. At work, we have 5-6 trucks with over 250k miles ea, and are 14 to 12 years old & we have not have fuel system problems w/ them. All they get is Chevron 87 oct gas. That is what many dealership ser. managers recommend as customers that use it do not have fuel sys. problems. I hope this helps.
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